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Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Real Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe with Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Merrick

Limited Ingredient Diet Real Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe with Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $3.45/lb

Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Real Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe with Healthy Grains Dry Dog Food, 22-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

Why this score

Strong protein profile with salmon as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

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
24%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
25 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 oat meal
  5. 5 barley
  6. 6 sweet potato
  7. 7 canola oil
  8. 8 potato protein
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 flaxseed
  11. 11 miscanthus grass
  12. 12 dried yeast
  13. 13 potassium chloride
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 zinc amino acid complex
  17. 17 iron amino acid complex
  18. 18 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.
  19. 19 manganese amino acid complex
  20. 20 copper amino acid complex
  21. 21 calcium iodate
  22. 22 dl-methionine
  23. 23 sunflower oil
  24. 24 taurine
  25. 25 preserved with mixed tocopherols c286524