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Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
Natural Balance

Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $3.04/lb

Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Grain-Free Salmon & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient 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 fermentable fiber.

CQI

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

FQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

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

  • 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.
  • 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
10%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
40 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 sweet potato
  4. 4 potato
  5. 5 dried yeast
  6. 6 tapoica starch
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 canola oil
  9. 9 flaxseed
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 dicalcium phosphate
  12. 12 choline chloride
  13. 13 vitamin e supplement
  14. 14 ascorbic acid
  15. 15 niacin supplement
  16. 16 vitamin a supplement
  17. 17 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.
  18. 18 thiamine mononitrate
  19. 19 d-calcium pantothenate
  20. 20 riboflavin supplement
  21. 21 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  22. 22 vitamin b12 supplement
  23. 23 folic acid
  24. 24 biotin
  25. 25 potassium chloride

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