Merrick

Real Beef + Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Chicken-Free Adult Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Q: What is good about Merrick Merrick Real Beef + Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Chicken-Free Adult Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag?

PQI: Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value. FQI: Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source). STACK: Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

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dry $3.50/lb

Merrick Real Beef + Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Chicken-Free Adult Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 71/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

+21

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

+12

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

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

32%

min

Fat

15%

min

Fiber

3.5%

max

Moisture

11%

max

Ingredients

29 total

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 natural flavor other
8 pea protein protein plant
9 pork fat preserved with mixed tocopherols
10 potato protein protein plant
11 sunflower oil fat
12 miscanthus grass fiber
13 dried yeast
14 flaxseed fat
15 potassium chloride mineral
16 salt mineral
17 choline chloride supplement
18 apples fruit
19 blueberries fruit
20 salmon oil fat
21 zinc amino acid complex mineral
22 iron amino acid complex mineral
23 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.
24 manganese amino acid complex mineral
25 copper amino acid complex mineral

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