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Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Reserve Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Natural Balance

Limited Ingredient Reserve Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $3.64/lb

Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Reserve Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Bison Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 48/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

FQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.

MNI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Plant-protein-dominated formula. sweet potato as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
20%
min
Fat
10%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
41 total
  1. 1 sweet potato
  2. 2 bison
  3. 3 potato
  4. 4 potato protein
  5. 5 pea protein
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 dicalcium phosphate
  8. 8 menhaden fish oil
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 calcium carbonate
  11. 11 salt
  12. 12 potato
  13. 13 flaxseed
  14. 14 taurine
  15. 15 dl-methionine
  16. 16 vitamin e supplement
  17. 17 ascorbic acid
  18. 18 niacin supplement
  19. 19 vitamin a supplement
  20. 20 thiamine mononitrate
  21. 21 d-calcium pantothenate
  22. 22 riboflavin supplement
  23. 23 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  24. 24 vitamin b12 supplement
  25. 25 folic acid

Showing first 25 of 41. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.