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Merrick Grain-Free Wet Dog Food Slow-Cooked BBQ Kansas City Style with Chopped Pork, 12.7-oz can, case of 12
Merrick

Grain-Free Wet Dog Food Slow-Cooked BBQ Kansas City Style with Chopped Pork, 12.7-oz can, case of 12

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Merrick Grain-Free Wet Dog Food Slow-Cooked BBQ Kansas City Style with Chopped Pork, 12.7-oz can, case of 12 earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 2 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

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

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

Contains guar gum. Emerging microbiome data on emulsifiers; no canine clinical evidence. Minor penalty in canned food..

CIP

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
8%
min
Fat
1.5%
min
Fiber
1%
max
Moisture
82%
max
Ingredients
32 total
  1. 1 pork
  2. 2 beef broth
  3. 3 vegetable broth
  4. 4 pork liver
  5. 5 dried egg product
  6. 6 potato
  7. 7 carrots
  8. 8 natural porcine flavor
  9. 9 potato starch
  10. 10 guar gum
  11. 11 calcium carbonate
  12. 12 dried tomato
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 sunflower oil
  15. 15 fruit juice color
  16. 16 sodium phosphate
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 cane molasses
  19. 19 fish oil
  20. 20 flaxseed oil
  21. 21 natural smoke flavor
  22. 22 zinc proteinate
  23. 23 iron proteinate
  24. 24 copper proteinate
  25. 25 cobalt proteinate

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