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Natural Balance Original Ultra Fat Dogs Adult Low-Fat Chicken Meal, Salmon Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag
Natural Balance

Original Ultra Fat Dogs Adult Low-Fat Chicken Meal, Salmon Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.36/lb

Natural Balance Original Ultra Fat Dogs Adult Low-Fat Chicken Meal, Salmon Meal & Barley Recipe Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 54/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with chicken meal as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

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

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

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
26%
min
Fat
7.5%
min
Fiber
10.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
55 total
  1. 1 chicken meal
  2. 2 salmon meal
  3. 3 chickpeas
  4. 4 peas
  5. 5 oat groats
  6. 6 pearled barley
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 pea fiber
  9. 9 dehydrated alfalfa meal
  10. 10 chicken fat
  11. 11 oat fiber
  12. 12 pea protein
  13. 13 tomato pomace
  14. 14 natural flavor
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 dried egg product
  17. 17 brewers dried yeast
  18. 18 spinach
  19. 19 parsley
  20. 20 carrots
  21. 21 salmon oil
  22. 22 potassium chloride
  23. 23 dl-methionine
  24. 24 taurine
  25. 25 vitamin e supplement

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