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Nature's Recipe Small Breed Grain-Free Chicken, Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag
Nature's Recipe

Small Breed Grain-Free Chicken, Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $2.50/lb

Nature's Recipe Small Breed Grain-Free Chicken, Sweet Potato & Pumpkin Recipe Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag 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

Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

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
24%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
24 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 sweet potato
  4. 4 tapioca starch
  5. 5 canola meal
  6. 6 garbanzo beans
  7. 7 peas
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 pumpkin
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 salt
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 taurine
  14. 14 dl-methionine
  15. 15 ferrous sulfate
  16. 16 zinc sulfate
  17. 17 copper sulfate
  18. 18 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.
  19. 19 manganese sulfate
  20. 20 calcium iodate
  21. 21 choline chloride
  22. 22 lactic acid
  23. 23 citric acid
  24. 24 rosemary extract