What is good about Nature's Recipe Nature's Recipe Adult Chicken, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag?

PQI: Strong protein profile with chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value. CQI: Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber. STACK: Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

Nature's Recipe

Adult Chicken, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag

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dry $1.48/lb

Nature's Recipe Adult Chicken, Barley & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 66/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

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Why this score

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

PQI

+21

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

+13

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

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.

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Guaranteed analysis

Protein

22%

min

Fat

12%

min

Fiber

4.5%

max

Moisture

10%

max

Ingredients

27 total

1 chicken protein animal
2 chicken meal protein animal
3 brewers rice
4 barley grain
5 oatmeal grain
6 canola meal
7 rice grain
8 brown rice grain
9 poultry fat
10 turkey meal protein animal
11 natural flavor other
12 salt mineral
13 flaxseed fat
14 potassium chloride mineral
15 taurine supplement
16 dl-methionine supplement
17 ferrous sulfate mineral
18 zinc sulfate mineral
19 copper sulfate mineral
20 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.
21 manganese sulfate mineral
22 calcium iodate mineral
23 choline chloride supplement
24 lactic acid
25 citric acid preservative natural

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