Nutro
Max Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Recipe Natural Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.67/lb
Nutro Max Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Recipe Natural Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 67/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. chicken meal delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. chicken meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+18
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
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
26%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
38 total - 1 chicken meal protein animal
- 2 barley grain
- 3 chicken protein animal
- 4 sorghum grain
- 5 brewers rice
- 6 chicken fat fat
- 7 split peas
- 8 dried plain beet pulp
- 9 pea protein protein plant
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 flaxseed fat
- 12 potassium chloride mineral
- 13 fish oil fat
- 14 salt mineral
- 15 choline chloride supplement
- 16 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 17 citric acid preservative natural
- 18 mixed tocopherols preservative natural
- 19 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 20 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 21 zinc oxide
- 22 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ 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.
- 23 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- 24 manganese sulfate mineral
- 25 copper sulfate mineral
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