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Nutro Natural Choice Puppy High Protein Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag
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Natural Choice Puppy High Protein Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag

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AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.16/lb

Nutro Natural Choice Puppy High Protein Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 12-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 68/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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

FQI

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
28%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
48 total
  1. 1 lamb
  2. 2 lamb meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 oatmeal
  6. 6 brewers rice
  7. 7 pea protein
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 potato protein
  10. 10 natural flavors
  11. 11 dried plain beet pulp
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 dicalcium phosphate
  14. 14 fish oil
  15. 15 flaxseed
  16. 16 dl-methionine
  17. 17 salt
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 chia seed
  20. 20 dried coconut
  21. 21 dried tomato pomace
  22. 22 dried egg product
  23. 23 pumpkin
  24. 24 dried kale
  25. 25 dried spinach

Showing first 25 of 48. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.