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Merrick Lil’ Plates Dinner Duos Teeny Texas Steak Tips Dinner & Tiny Thanksgiving Day Dinner Variety Pack Grain-Free Wet Dog Food, 3.5-oz tub, case of 12
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Lil’ Plates Dinner Duos Teeny Texas Steak Tips Dinner & Tiny Thanksgiving Day Dinner Variety Pack Grain-Free Wet Dog Food, 3.5-oz tub, case of 12

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Merrick Lil’ Plates Dinner Duos Teeny Texas Steak Tips Dinner & Tiny Thanksgiving Day Dinner Variety Pack Grain-Free Wet Dog Food, 3.5-oz tub, case of 12 earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with teeny texas steak tips dinner: deboned beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

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

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.

FQI

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
8%
min
Fat
3%
min
Fiber
1.4%
max
Moisture
82%
max
Ingredients
52 total
  1. 1 teeny texas steak tips dinner: deboned beef
  2. 2 beef broth
  3. 3 venison broth
  4. 4 beef liver
  5. 5 dried egg whites
  6. 6 pea flour
  7. 7 potato starch
  8. 8 guar gum
  9. 9 sunflower oil
  10. 10 sodium phosphate
  11. 11 salt
  12. 12 natural flavor
  13. 13 calcium carbonate
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 zinc amino acid chelate
  16. 16 iron amino acid chelate
  17. 17 copper amino acid chelate
  18. 18 manganese amino acid chelate
  19. 19 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.
  20. 20 cobalt amino acid chelate
  21. 21 potassium iodide
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 xanthan gum. 2a26026
  24. 24 tiny thanksgiving day dinner: deboned turkey
  25. 25 turkey broth

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