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Merrick Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Real Chicken + Brown Rice Recipe Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Merrick

Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Real Chicken + Brown Rice Recipe Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
freeze dried $3.64/lb

Merrick Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Real Chicken + Brown Rice Recipe Freeze-Dried Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

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

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
39 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 oat meal
  6. 6 turkey meal
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 natural flavor
  9. 9 flaxseed
  10. 10 dried yeast
  11. 11 miscanthus grass
  12. 12 sunflower oil
  13. 13 chicken giblets
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 apples
  17. 17 carrots
  18. 18 alfalfa meal
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 tapioca
  21. 21 iron amino acid complex
  22. 22 zinc amino acid complex
  23. 23 zinc sulfate
  24. 24 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.
  25. 25 manganese amino acid complex

Showing first 25 of 39. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.