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Merrick Classic Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food Puppy Recipe, 12-lb bag
Merrick

Classic Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food Puppy Recipe, 12-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry growth $4.17/lb

Merrick Classic Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food Puppy Recipe, 12-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
40 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 oat meal
  6. 6 salmon meal
  7. 7 dried egg product
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 canola meal
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 quinoa
  12. 12 turkey meal
  13. 13 flaxseed
  14. 14 salmon oil
  15. 15 dried yeast
  16. 16 miscanthus grass
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 dehydrated alfalfa meal
  20. 20 apples
  21. 21 carrots
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 iron amino acid complex
  24. 24 zinc amino acid complex
  25. 25 zinc sulfate

Showing first 25 of 40. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.

AAFCO statement

Merrick Classic Puppy Recipe Dog Food is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for growth.