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Nutro Max Puppy Large Breed Farm-Raised Chicken Recipe Natural Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag
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Max Puppy Large Breed Farm-Raised Chicken Recipe Natural Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.20/lb

Nutro Max Puppy Large Breed Farm-Raised Chicken Recipe Natural Dry Dog Food, 25-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 66/100 (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
24%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
38 total
  1. 1 chicken meal
  2. 2 barley
  3. 3 brewers rice
  4. 4 sorghum
  5. 5 chicken
  6. 6 chicken fat
  7. 7 egg product
  8. 8 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 9 pea protein
  10. 10 natural flavors
  11. 11 dicalcium phosphate
  12. 12 split peas
  13. 13 fish oil
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 flaxseed
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 choline chloride
  18. 18 citric acid
  19. 19 mixed tocopherols
  20. 20 vitamin e supplement
  21. 21 ferrous sulfate
  22. 22 zinc oxide
  23. 23 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.
  24. 24 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
  25. 25 manganese sulfate

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