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Merrick Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Puppy Recipe Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Merrick

Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Puppy Recipe Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
freeze dried $3.64/lb

Merrick Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Puppy Recipe Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 76/100 (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
17%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
40 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 brown rice
  3. 3 chicken meal
  4. 4 oat meal
  5. 5 barley
  6. 6 chicken fat
  7. 7 natural flavor
  8. 8 salmon meal
  9. 9 dried egg product
  10. 10 turkey meal
  11. 11 flaxseed
  12. 12 dried yeast
  13. 13 sunflower oil
  14. 14 miscanthus grass
  15. 15 chicken giblets
  16. 16 salmon oil
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 alfalfa meal
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 apples
  22. 22 carrots
  23. 23 tapioca
  24. 24 iron amino acid complex
  25. 25 zinc amino acid complex

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