Merrick
Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Chicken-Free Real Lamb & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $3.45/lb
Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Chicken-Free Real Lamb & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 54/100 (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
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
STACK
+5
Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.
MNI
+3
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
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 →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
23%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
25 total - 1 lamb protein animal
- 2 lamb meal protein animal
- 3 sweet potato vegetable
- 4 potato vegetable
- 5 peas legume
- 6 canola oil fat
- 7 potato protein protein plant
- 8 pea protein protein plant
- 9 flaxseed fat
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 miscanthus grass fiber
- 12 dried yeast
- 13 potassium chloride mineral
- 14 salt mineral
- 15 choline chloride supplement
- 16 zinc amino acid complex mineral
- 17 iron amino acid complex mineral
- 18 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.
- 19 manganese amino acid complex mineral
- 20 copper amino acid complex mineral
- 21 calcium iodate mineral
- 22 dl-methionine supplement
- 23 sunflower oil fat
- 24 taurine supplement
- 25 mixed tocopherols for freshness. b286423