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Pedigree Tender Bites Complete Nutrition Chicken & Steak Flavor Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag
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Tender Bites Complete Nutrition Chicken & Steak Flavor Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $0.80/lb

Pedigree Tender Bites Complete Nutrition Chicken & Steak Flavor Dry Dog Food, 40-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

Score capped at 39 due to 5 FLAG ingredients.

CAP why?

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

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

CIP

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • yellow 5
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  • 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
10%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
45 total
  1. 1 ground whole grain corn
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 corn gluten meal
  4. 4 animal fat [preserved with bha/citric acid]
  5. 5 soybean meal
  6. 6 meat and bone meal
  7. 7 ground whole grain wheat
  8. 8 natural flavor
  9. 9 brewers rice
  10. 10 water
  11. 11 glycerin
  12. 12 chicken meal
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 sugar
  15. 15 calcium carbonate
  16. 16 monocalcium phosphate
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 phosphoric acid
  20. 20 dried peas
  21. 21 potassium sorbate
  22. 22 dl-methionine
  23. 23 natural grilled steak flavor
  24. 24 vitamin e supplement
  25. 25 zinc sulfate

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