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Nulo Freestyle Turkey & Sweet Potato Grain-Free Dry Puppy Food, 26-lb bag
Nulo

Freestyle Turkey & Sweet Potato Grain-Free Dry Puppy Food, 26-lb bag

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

Nulo Freestyle Turkey & Sweet Potato Grain-Free Dry Puppy Food, 26-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (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 turkey as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.

FQI

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

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
33%
min
Fat
18%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
46 total
  1. 1 turkey
  2. 2 turkey meal
  3. 3 sweet potato
  4. 4 salmon meal
  5. 5 peas
  6. 6 chickpeas
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 trout
  9. 9 pea fiber
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 potassium chloride
  12. 12 yeast culture
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 dl-methionine
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 dried chicory root
  17. 17 dried tomatoes
  18. 18 dried apples
  19. 19 blueberries
  20. 20 carrots
  21. 21 taurine
  22. 22 vitamin e supplement
  23. 23 zinc proteinate
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate

Showing first 25 of 46. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.