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Natural Balance Health Protection Puppy Real Chicken, Brown Rice & Pumpkin Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag
Natural Balance

Health Protection Puppy Real Chicken, Brown Rice & Pumpkin Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.33/lb

Natural Balance Health Protection Puppy Real Chicken, Brown Rice & Pumpkin Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 80/100 (A) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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

FQI

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
26%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
35 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 turkey meal
  4. 4 brown rice
  5. 5 oatmeal
  6. 6 sorghum
  7. 7 peas
  8. 8 pumpkin
  9. 9 dried yeast
  10. 10 chicken fat
  11. 11 pearled barley
  12. 12 flaxseed
  13. 13 dried plain beet pulp
  14. 14 natural flavor
  15. 15 salmon oil
  16. 16 dicalcium phosphate
  17. 17 dried chicory root
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 zinc proteinate
  21. 21 zinc sulfate
  22. 22 ferrous sulfate
  23. 23 iron proteinate
  24. 24 copper sulfate
  25. 25 copper proteinate

Showing first 25 of 35. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.