Nutrena
True Adult Maintenance 21/12 Dry Dog Food, 50-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $0.78/lb
Nutrena True Adult Maintenance 21/12 Dry Dog Food, 50-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: plant-protein-dominated formula. ground corn as the #1 ingredient..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+15
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
ACF
+4
Plant-protein-dominated formula. ground corn as the #1 ingredient.
PQI
−18
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
21%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
32 total - 1 ground corn grain
- 2 chicken by-product meal protein animal
- 3 wheat grain
- 4 soybean meal protein plant
- 5 chicken fat fat
- 6 natural flavors other
- 7 dried plain beet pulp
- 8 monocalcium phosphate
- 9 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 10 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 11 niacin supplement vitamin
- 12 d -calcium pantothenate
- 13 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 14 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 15 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
- 16 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 17 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 18 biotin vitamin
- 19 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 20 folic acid vitamin
- 21 salt mineral
- 22 yeast culture
- 23 manganese sulfate mineral
- 24 zinc sulfate mineral
- 25 ferrous sulfate mineral
Showing first 25 of 32. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.