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Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
Natural Balance

Limited Ingredient Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.04/lb

Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Salmon & Brown Rice Puppy Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 60/100 (B) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Reasonable protein quality. salmon delivers solid amino acid coverage..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. salmon delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

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

FQI

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
12%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
42 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 fish meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 brewers rice
  5. 5 rice
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 oat groats
  8. 8 flaxseed
  9. 9 brewers dried yeast
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 salt
  12. 12 salmon oil
  13. 13 dl-methionine
  14. 14 taurine
  15. 15 vitamin e supplement
  16. 16 ascorbic acid
  17. 17 niacin supplement
  18. 18 vitamin a supplement
  19. 19 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.
  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

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