Lil' Plates Grain-Free Small Breed Dry Dog Food Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe, 4-lb bag
Merrick Lil' Plates Grain-Free Small Breed Dry Dog Food Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe, 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 deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
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 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 turkey meal protein animal
- 4 potato vegetable
- 5 sweet potato vegetable
- 6 peas legume
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 natural flavor other
- 9 whitefish meal protein animal
- 10 miscanthus grass fiber
- 11 dried yeast
- 12 flaxseed fat
- 13 potassium chloride mineral
- 14 salt mineral
- 15 choline chloride supplement
- 16 apples fruit
- 17 salmon oil fat
- 18 blueberries fruit
- 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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