Lil' Plates Grain-Free Chicken-Free Real Beef, Sweet Potato + Peas with Raw Bites Recipe Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag
Merrick Lil' Plates Grain-Free Chicken-Free Real Beef, Sweet Potato + Peas with Raw Bites Recipe Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 10-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
Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic 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 →
- 1 beef protein animal
- 2 pork and bone meal
- 3 salmon meal protein animal
- 4 sweet potato vegetable
- 5 potato vegetable
- 6 peas legume
- 7 pea protein protein plant
- 8 pork fat preserved with mixed tocopherols
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 potato protein protein plant
- 11 beef hearts
- 12 beef liver protein animal
- 13 sunflower oil fat
- 14 miscanthus grass fiber
- 15 dried yeast
- 16 flaxseed fat
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 tapioca
- 19 salt mineral
- 20 apples fruit
- 21 salmon oil fat
- 22 blueberries fruit
- 23 choline chloride supplement
- 24 zinc amino acid complex mineral
- 25 iron amino acid complex mineral
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