Natural Balance
Limited Ingredient Reserve Grain-Free Duck & Potato Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.64/lb
Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Reserve Grain-Free Duck & Potato Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 69/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. duck delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. duck delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.
CQI
+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
25%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
42 total - 1 duck protein animal
- 2 duck meal protein animal
- 3 potato vegetable
- 4 sweet potato vegetable
- 5 tapioca starch
- 6 potato protein protein plant
- 7 canola oil fat
- 8 brewers dried yeast
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 12 menhaden fish oil fat
- 13 salt mineral
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 dl-methionine supplement
- 16 taurine supplement
- 17 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 18 ascorbic acid vitamin
- 19 niacin supplement vitamin
- 20 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 21 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 22 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 23 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 24 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 25 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
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