Natural Balance
Specialized Nutrition Joint & Muscle Health Adult Chicken & Oatmeal Formula Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
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dry $3.41/lb
Natural Balance Specialized Nutrition Joint & Muscle Health Adult Chicken & Oatmeal Formula Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 75/100 (A) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+20
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
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
24%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
52 total - 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 oatmeal grain
- 4 sorghum grain
- 5 brewers rice
- 6 peas legume
- 7 chickpeas legume
- 8 pumpkin vegetable
- 9 chicken fat fat
- 10 turkey meal protein animal
- 11 sweet potato vegetable
- 12 chicken bone broth
- 13 flaxseed fat
- 14 brown rice grain
- 15 dried plain beet pulp
- 16 natural flavor other
- 17 salmon oil fat
- 18 dried chicory root fiber
- 19 malted barley flour
- 20 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 21 ascorbic acid vitamin
- 22 niacin supplement vitamin
- 23 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 24 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 25 d-calcium pantothenate vitamin
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