Natural Balance
Original Ultra Platefulls Tender Carrot, Potato & Beef Recipe Wet Dog Food, 9-oz pouch, case of 12
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C Evidence Fair
wet $71.76
Natural Balance Original Ultra Platefulls Tender Carrot, Potato & Beef Recipe Wet Dog Food, 9-oz pouch, case of 12 earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (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 chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+20
Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.
CQI
+12
No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.
FQI
−8
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
10.5%
min
Fat
5.5%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
75%
max
Ingredients
31 total - 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 carrots vegetable
- 3 potato vegetable
- 4 beef protein animal
- 5 beef bone broth
- 6 salt mineral
- 7 spinach vegetable
- 8 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 9 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 10 niacin supplement vitamin
- 11 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 12 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 13 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 14 biotin vitamin
- 15 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 16 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 17 beta-carotene
- 18 folic acid vitamin
- 19 zinc oxide
- 20 reduced iron
- 21 manganese sulfate mineral
- 22 copper amino acid complex mineral
- 23 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.
- 24 potassium iodide mineral
- 25 tuna oil
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