Lil' Plates Grain-Free Chicken-Free Real Salmon + Sweet Potato Recipe Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 4-lb bag
Merrick Lil' Plates Grain-Free Chicken-Free Real Salmon + Sweet Potato Recipe Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 4-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 salmon as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
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.
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- 1 salmon protein animal
- 2 salmon meal protein animal
- 3 sweet potato vegetable
- 4 potato vegetable
- 5 peas legume
- 6 whitefish meal protein animal
- 7 pork fat preserved with mixed tocopherols
- 8 potato protein protein plant
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 miscanthus grass fiber
- 12 sunflower oil fat
- 13 dried yeast
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 apples fruit
- 17 blueberries fruit
- 18 choline chloride supplement
- 19 zinc amino acid complex mineral
- 20 iron amino acid complex mineral
- 21 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ 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.
- 22 manganese amino acid complex mineral
- 23 copper amino acid complex mineral
- 24 calcium iodate mineral
- 25 dl-methionine supplement
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