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Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Vegetarian Small Breed Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag
Natural Balance

Limited Ingredient Vegetarian Small Breed Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $4.00/lb

Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Vegetarian Small Breed Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 42/100 (D) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: plant-protein-dominated formula. brown rice as the #1 ingredient..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.

ACF

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

MNI

Plant-protein-dominated formula. brown rice 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
18%
min
Fat
8%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
50 total
  1. 1 brown rice
  2. 2 oat groats
  3. 3 pearled barley
  4. 4 peas
  5. 5 potato protein
  6. 6 canola oil
  7. 7 potato
  8. 8 dicalcium phosphate
  9. 9 natural vegetable flavor
  10. 10 tomato pomace
  11. 11 dried vegetable broth
  12. 12 calcium carbonate
  13. 13 taurine
  14. 14 dl-methionine
  15. 15 potassium chloride
  16. 16 choline chloride
  17. 17 salt
  18. 18 zinc proteinate
  19. 19 zinc sulfate
  20. 20 ferrous sulfate
  21. 21 iron proteinate
  22. 22 copper sulfate
  23. 23 copper proteinate
  24. 24 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.
  25. 25 manganese sulfate

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