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Nature's Protection Superior Care All Life Stages & Breeds Insect & Rice Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Nature's Protection

Superior Care All Life Stages & Breeds Insect & Rice Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.77/lb

Nature's Protection Superior Care All Life Stages & Breeds Insect & Rice Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 47/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Primary concern: low protein quality. dried black soldier fly larvae delivers limited bioavailable amino acids..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

Low protein quality. dried black soldier fly larvae delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.

PQI

Contains msg. Safety signal is internet-fueled; real issue is transparency. Yeast extract as MSG loophole obscures formulation..

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
23%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
4.65%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
27 total
  1. 1 dried black soldier fly larvae
  2. 2 rice
  3. 3 barley
  4. 4 potato protein
  5. 5 poultry fat
  6. 6 fish meal
  7. 7 peas
  8. 8 pea protein
  9. 9 dried plain beet pulp
  10. 10 flaxseed
  11. 11 salmon oil
  12. 12 dried brewer's yeast
  13. 13 sodium aluminosilicate
  14. 14 dried chicory root
  15. 15 yeast extract
  16. 16 yucca schidigera extract
  17. 17 dried yeast
  18. 18 pot marigold
  19. 19 iron sulfate
  20. 20 calcium iodate
  21. 21 copper sulfate
  22. 22 manganese sulfate
  23. 23 zinc sulfate
  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 l-carnitine

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