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

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

Evidence Fair
freeze dried $3.73/lb

Merrick Healthy Grains Raw-Coated Kibble Real Salmon + 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 salmon 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
15%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
39 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 brown rice
  3. 3 salmon meal
  4. 4 chicken meal
  5. 5 oat meal
  6. 6 barley
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 turkey meal
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 flaxseed
  11. 11 dried yeast
  12. 12 miscanthus grass
  13. 13 sunflower oil
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 whitefish
  17. 17 apples
  18. 18 carrots
  19. 19 alfalfa meal
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 tapioca
  22. 22 iron amino acid complex
  23. 23 zinc amino acid complex
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 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.

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