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Nutro Max Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Recipe Natural Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag
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Max Puppy Farm-Raised Chicken Recipe Natural Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag

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

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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
26%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
38 total
  1. 1 chicken meal
  2. 2 barley
  3. 3 chicken
  4. 4 sorghum
  5. 5 brewers rice
  6. 6 chicken fat
  7. 7 split peas
  8. 8 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 9 pea protein
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 flaxseed
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 fish oil
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 dicalcium phosphate
  17. 17 citric acid
  18. 18 mixed tocopherols
  19. 19 vitamin e supplement
  20. 20 ferrous sulfate
  21. 21 zinc oxide
  22. 22 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.
  23. 23 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
  24. 24 manganese sulfate
  25. 25 copper sulfate

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