Nulo
Freestyle Salmon & Red Lentils Small Breed Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 14-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $3.57/lb
Nulo Freestyle Salmon & Red Lentils Small Breed Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 14-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. salmon delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+18
Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.
FQI
+11
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
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
31%
min
Fat
17%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
47 total - 1 salmon protein animal
- 2 lentils legume
- 3 chickpeas legume
- 4 sweet potato vegetable
- 5 turkey meal protein animal
- 6 salmon meal protein animal
- 7 fish meal protein animal
- 8 chicken fat fat
- 9 ground flaxseed fat
- 10 ground miscanthus grass
- 11 natural flavor other
- 12 potassium chloride mineral
- 13 dried tomatoes
- 14 salt mineral
- 15 choline chloride supplement
- 16 dl-methionine supplement
- 17 dried chicory root fiber
- 18 dried apples
- 19 blueberries fruit
- 20 carrots vegetable
- 21 taurine supplement
- 22 l-carnitine supplement
- 23 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 24 zinc proteinate mineral
- 25 zinc sulfate mineral
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