Merrick

Grain-Free Dry Puppy Food Real Beef & Sweet Potato Recipe, 22-lb bag

Q: What is good about Merrick Merrick Grain-Free Dry Puppy Food Real Beef & Sweet Potato Recipe, 22-lb bag?

PQI: Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value. FQI: Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source). STACK: Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

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Merrick Grain-Free Dry Puppy Food Real Beef & Sweet Potato Recipe, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 71/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

+21

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

FQI

+12

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

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

15%

min

Fiber

4.5%

max

Moisture

11%

max

Ingredients

29 total

1 beef protein animal
2 chicken meal protein animal
3 sweet potato vegetable
4 potato vegetable
5 peas legume
6 natural flavor other
7 turkey meal protein animal
8 chicken fat preserved with mixed tocopherols
9 pea protein protein plant
10 miscanthus grass fiber
11 dried yeast
12 salmon oil fat
13 flaxseed fat
14 potassium chloride mineral
15 salt mineral
16 choline chloride supplement
17 zinc amino acid complex mineral
18 iron amino acid complex mineral
19 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ 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.
20 manganese amino acid complex mineral
21 copper amino acid complex mineral
22 calcium iodate mineral
23 apples fruit
24 blueberries fruit
25 dl-methionine supplement

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