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

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

Evidence Fair
dry adult maintenance $3.64/lb

Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Reserve Grain-Free Sweet Potato & Venison Recipe Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 58/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: plant-protein-dominated formula. sweet potato as the #1 ingredient..

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

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

PQI

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
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
43 total
  1. 1 sweet potato
  2. 2 venison
  3. 3 potato
  4. 4 pea protein
  5. 5 dried yeast
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 flaxseed
  8. 8 potato protein
  9. 9 dicalcium phosphate
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 salmon oil
  12. 12 calcium carbonate
  13. 13 threonine
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 potassium chloride
  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 d3 supplement
  25. 25 vitamin b12 supplement

Showing first 25 of 43. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.

AAFCO statement

Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance® L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets® Sweet Potato and Venison Formula for Dogs is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for Adult Maintenance.