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Nutrena True Adult Maintenance 21/12 Dry Dog Food, 50-lb bag
Nutrena

True Adult Maintenance 21/12 Dry Dog Food, 50-lb bag

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

AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.

ACF

Plant-protein-dominated formula. ground corn as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

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
21%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
32 total
  1. 1 ground corn
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 wheat
  4. 4 soybean meal
  5. 5 chicken fat
  6. 6 natural flavors
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 monocalcium phosphate
  9. 9 dicalcium phosphate
  10. 10 vitamin e supplement
  11. 11 niacin supplement
  12. 12 d -calcium pantothenate
  13. 13 riboflavin supplement
  14. 14 vitamin a supplement
  15. 15 vitamin d3 supplement
  16. 16 vitamin b12 supplement
  17. 17 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  18. 18 biotin
  19. 19 thiamine mononitrate
  20. 20 folic acid
  21. 21 salt
  22. 22 yeast culture
  23. 23 manganese sulfate
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

Showing first 25 of 32. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.