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Merrick Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Adult Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag
Merrick

Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Adult Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $5.00/lb

Merrick Real Chicken + Sweet Potato Recipe Grain-Free Adult Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 68/100 (B) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

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

STACK

AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.

ACF

Contains menadione. Banned for human OTC use but tolerated at AAFCO-permitted levels in pet food. The only AAFCO-permitted vitamin K source..

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 2

  • 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.
  • menadione
    Synthetic vitamin K3. Banned in human supplements due to toxicity concerns at high doses. Permitted in pet food but premium brands use natural vitamin K alternatives.

Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
32%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 turkey meal
  4. 4 sweet potato
  5. 5 potato
  6. 6 peas
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 natural flavor
  9. 9 flaxseed
  10. 10 dried yeast
  11. 11 potassium chloride
  12. 12 salt
  13. 13 choline chloride
  14. 14 apples
  15. 15 blueberries
  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 taurine
  24. 24 vitamin e supplement
  25. 25 vitamin b12 supplement

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