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Nulo Freestyle Puppy Grain-Free Salmon & Peas Recipe Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag
Nulo

Freestyle Puppy Grain-Free Salmon & Peas Recipe Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.42/lb

Nulo Freestyle Puppy Grain-Free Salmon & Peas Recipe Dry Dog Food, 26-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 53/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.

FQI

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

STACK

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

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
30%
min
Fat
17%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
47 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 turkey
  3. 3 turkey meal
  4. 4 fish meal
  5. 5 peas
  6. 6 sweet potato
  7. 7 chickpeas
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 lentils
  10. 10 pea fiber
  11. 11 natural flavor
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 dried tomatoes
  15. 15 yeast culture
  16. 16 dried chicory root
  17. 17 dl-methionine
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 dried apples
  20. 20 blueberries
  21. 21 carrots
  22. 22 taurine
  23. 23 vitamin e supplement
  24. 24 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
  25. 25 zinc proteinate

Showing first 25 of 47. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.