Natural Balance
Limited Ingredient Vegetarian Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
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D Evidence Fair
dry $3.04/lb
Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Vegetarian Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 41/100 (D) 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 carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.
MNI
+3
Plant-protein-dominated formula. brown rice as the #1 ingredient.
PQI
−22
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
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
18%
min
Fat
8%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
51 total - 1 brown rice grain
- 2 oatmeal grain
- 3 pearled barley grain
- 4 peas legume
- 5 pea protein protein plant
- 6 canola oil fat
- 7 potato protein protein plant
- 8 potato vegetable
- 9 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 10 dried plain beet pulp
- 11 tomato pomace fiber
- 12 natural vegetable flavor
- 13 calcium carbonate mineral
- 14 dl-methionine supplement
- 15 potassium chloride mineral
- 16 choline chloride supplement
- 17 taurine supplement
- 18 salt mineral
- 19 zinc proteinate mineral
- 20 zinc sulfate mineral
- 21 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 22 iron proteinate mineral
- 23 copper sulfate mineral
- 24 copper proteinate mineral
- 25 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ 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.
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