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Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Puppy Recipe + Grains with Chicken & Salmon Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag
Merrick

Backcountry Raw Infused Puppy Recipe + Grains with Chicken & Salmon Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag

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AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
freeze dried $5.60/lb

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Puppy Recipe + Grains with Chicken & Salmon Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 78/100 (A) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.

Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
28%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
28 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 brown rice
  3. 3 chicken meal
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 oat meal
  6. 6 turkey meal
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 potato protein
  9. 9 salmon
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 miscanthus grass
  12. 12 dried yeast
  13. 13 chicken hearts and livers
  14. 14 salmon oil
  15. 15 tapioca starch
  16. 16 potassium chloride
  17. 17 salt
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 zinc amino acid complex
  20. 20 iron amino acid complex
  21. 21 sodium selenite ⚠ Synthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.
  22. 22 manganese amino acid complex
  23. 23 copper amino acid complex
  24. 24 calcium iodate
  25. 25 dl-methionine

Showing first 25 of 28. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.