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Natural Balance Original Ultra Platefulls Savory Duck & Pumpkin Recipe Wet Dog Food, 9-oz pouch, case of 12
Natural Balance

Original Ultra Platefulls Savory Duck & Pumpkin Recipe Wet Dog Food, 9-oz pouch, case of 12

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wet $71.76

Natural Balance Original Ultra Platefulls Savory Duck & Pumpkin Recipe Wet Dog Food, 9-oz pouch, case of 12 earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.

FQI

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
10.5%
min
Fat
5.5%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
75%
max
Ingredients
28 total
  1. 1 duck
  2. 2 chicken
  3. 3 carrots
  4. 4 pumpkin
  5. 5 green beans
  6. 6 chicken bone broth
  7. 7 salt
  8. 8 parsley
  9. 9 vitamin e supplement
  10. 10 vitamin b12 supplement
  11. 11 niacin supplement
  12. 12 d-calcium pantothenate
  13. 13 thiamine mononitrate
  14. 14 vitamin a supplement
  15. 15 biotin
  16. 16 riboflavin supplement
  17. 17 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  18. 18 folic acid
  19. 19 zinc oxide
  20. 20 reduced iron
  21. 21 manganese sulfate
  22. 22 copper amino acid complex
  23. 23 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.
  24. 24 potassium iodide
  25. 25 choline chloride

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