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 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
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
Plant-protein-dominated formula. ground whole grain corn as the #1 ingredient.
Contains bha. IARC Group 2B probable carcinogen; CA Prop 65 listed; FDA reassessment announced 2025. Natural alternatives (mixed tocopherols) widely available..
Controversial ingredients · 2
- bhaSynthetic preservative classified by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.' Many premium brands have removed it.
- sodium seleniteSynthetic 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 →
- 1 ground whole grain corn
- 2 meat and bone meal
- 3 soybean meal protein plant
- 4 animal fat
- 4 bha preservative synthetic ⚠ Synthetic preservative classified by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.' Many premium brands have removed it.
- 5 corn gluten meal protein plant
- 6 natural flavor other
- 7 dried plain beet pulp
- 8 salt mineral
- 9 chicken by-product meal protein animal
- 10 beef protein animal
- 11 ground whole grain wheat
- 12 choline chloride supplement
- 13 potassium chloride mineral
- 14 calcium carbonate mineral
- 15 dried peas
- 16 dl-methionine supplement
- 17 lamb meal protein animal
- 18 zinc sulfate mineral
- 19 yellow #6
- 20 yellow #5
- 21 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 22 l-tryptophan supplement
- 23 blue #2
- 24 carrots vegetable
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