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Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Chihuahua Adult 8+ Dry Dog Food, 2.5-lb bag
Royal Canin

Breed Health Nutrition Chihuahua Adult 8+ Dry Dog Food, 2.5-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $10.80/lb

Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Chihuahua Adult 8+ Dry Dog Food, 2.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 56/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: plant-protein-dominated formula. brewers rice as the #1 ingredient..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.

ACF

Plant-protein-dominated formula. brewers rice as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

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
24%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
3.3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
44 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 corn
  3. 3 chicken by-product meal
  4. 4 corn gluten meal
  5. 5 chicken fat
  6. 6 wheat gluten
  7. 7 natural flavors
  8. 8 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 9 fish oil
  10. 10 dried tomato pomace
  11. 11 vegetable oil
  12. 12 sodium silico aluminate
  13. 13 calcium carbonate
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 psyllium seed husk
  16. 16 fructooligosaccharides
  17. 17 sodium tripolyphosphate
  18. 18 l-arginine
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 hydrolyzed yeast
  21. 21 taurine
  22. 22 salt
  23. 23 dl-methionine
  24. 24 l-carnitine
  25. 25 l-lysine

Showing first 25 of 44. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.