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Pedigree Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Flavor Adult Dry Dog Food, 14-lb bag
Pedigree

Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Flavor Adult Dry Dog Food, 14-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $1.21/lb

Pedigree Healthy Weight Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Flavor Adult Dry Dog Food, 14-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 0/100 (F) with Fair evidence. 5 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 39 due to 5 FLAG ingredients.

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

Score capped at 39 due to 5 FLAG ingredients.

CAP why?

Contains bha. IARC Group 2B probable carcinogen; CA Prop 65 listed; FDA reassessment announced 2025. Natural alternatives (mixed tocopherols) widely available..

CIP

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

PQI

Controversial ingredients · 6

  • bha
    Synthetic preservative classified by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.' Many premium brands have removed it.
  • yellow 5
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  • yellow 6
    Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  • blue 2
    Artificial color. A 1990s industry-funded study reported brain tumors in male rats; subsequent reviews disputed methodology, but the additive provides no nutritional benefit.
  • red 40
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Linked to behavioral effects in children; relevance to dogs is unclear but the ingredient serves only marketing purposes.
  • 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
7%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
38 total
  1. 1 ground whole grain corn
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 ground whole grain wheat
  4. 4 corn gluten meal
  5. 5 dried plain beet pulp
  6. 6 soybean meal
  7. 7 natural flavor
  8. 8 animal fat
  9. 8 bha ⚠ Synthetic preservative classified by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.' Many premium brands have removed it.
  10. 9 brewers rice
  11. 10 salt
  12. 11 calcium carbonate
  13. 12 monocalcium phosphate
  14. 13 meat and bone meal
  15. 14 potassium chloride
  16. 15 choline chloride
  17. 16 dried peas
  18. 17 dl-methionine
  19. 18 vitamin e supplement
  20. 19 zinc sulfate
  21. 20 carrots
  22. 21 l-tryptophan
  23. 22 yellow 5 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  24. 23 yellow 6 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  25. 24 blue 2 ⚠ Artificial color. A 1990s industry-funded study reported brain tumors in male rats; subsequent reviews disputed methodology, but the additive provides no nutritional benefit.

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