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Purina Beneful Originals with Natural Salmon Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag
Purina Beneful

Originals with Natural Salmon Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $5.98

Purina Beneful Originals with Natural Salmon Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 58/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. salmon delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with declared fiber.

CQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
23%
min
Fat
13%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
32 total
  1. 1 salmon
  2. 2 whole grain corn
  3. 3 wheat
  4. 4 soybean meal
  5. 5 barley
  6. 6 chicken by-product meal
  7. 7 oat meal
  8. 8 rice
  9. 9 beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
  10. 10 corn protein meal
  11. 11 egg and chicken flavor
  12. 12 natural flavor
  13. 13 calcium carbonate
  14. 14 soybean oil
  15. 15 mono and dicalcium phosphate
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 glycerin
  18. 18 sweet potato
  19. 19 dried green beans
  20. 20 carrots
  21. 21 annatto color
  22. 22 zinc sulfate
  23. 23 ferrous sulfate
  24. 24 manganese sulfate
  25. 25 copper sulfate

Showing first 25 of 32. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.