Natural Balance
Health Protection Adult Real Lamb, Brown Rice & Pumpkin Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.29/lb
Natural Balance Health Protection Adult Real Lamb, Brown Rice & Pumpkin Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 73/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+15
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+15
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
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
24%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
34 total - 1 lamb protein animal
- 2 lamb meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 sorghum grain
- 6 pearled barley grain
- 7 peas legume
- 8 dried yeast
- 9 chicken meal protein animal
- 10 pumpkin vegetable
- 11 chicken fat fat
- 12 flaxseed fat
- 13 dried plain beet pulp
- 14 natural flavor other
- 15 salmon oil fat
- 16 dried chicory root fiber
- 17 choline chloride supplement
- 18 potassium chloride mineral
- 19 zinc proteinate mineral
- 20 zinc sulfate mineral
- 21 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 22 iron proteinate mineral
- 23 copper sulfate mineral
- 24 copper proteinate mineral
- 25 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.
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