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Pedigree Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Flavor with Bacon Flavored Bites Adult Dry Dog Food, 44-lb bag
Pedigree

Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Flavor with Bacon Flavored Bites Adult Dry Dog Food, 44-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $0.82/lb

Pedigree Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Flavor with Bacon Flavored Bites Adult Dry Dog Food, 44-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 12/100 (F) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 49 due to bha.

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 49 due to bha.

CAP why?

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

PQI

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

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 2

  • 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.
  • 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
22%
min
Fat
10%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
39 total
  1. 1 ground whole grain corn
  2. 2 meat and bone meal
  3. 3 soybean meal
  4. 4 animal fat
  5. 4 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.
  6. 5 corn gluten meal
  7. 6 natural flavor
  8. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 8 salt
  10. 9 chicken by-product meal
  11. 10 beef
  12. 11 ground whole grain wheat
  13. 12 choline chloride
  14. 13 potassium chloride
  15. 14 calcium carbonate
  16. 15 dried peas
  17. 16 dl-methionine
  18. 17 lamb meal
  19. 18 zinc sulfate
  20. 19 yellow #6
  21. 20 yellow #5
  22. 21 vitamin e supplement
  23. 22 l-tryptophan
  24. 23 blue #2
  25. 24 carrots

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