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Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition German Shepherd Adult 5+ Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag
Royal Canin

Breed Health Nutrition German Shepherd Adult 5+ Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $4.29/lb

Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition German Shepherd Adult 5+ Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (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
23%
min
Fat
17%
min
Fiber
5.4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
41 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 corn
  3. 3 wheat gluten
  4. 4 chicken by-product meal
  5. 5 chicken fat
  6. 6 natural flavors
  7. 7 powdered cellulose
  8. 8 dried plain beet pulp
  9. 9 vegetable oil
  10. 10 fish oil
  11. 11 coconut oil
  12. 12 dried tomato pomace
  13. 13 sodium silico aluminate
  14. 14 pork digest
  15. 15 potassium chloride
  16. 16 calcium carbonate
  17. 17 l-tyrosine
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 l-lysine
  20. 20 sodium tripolyphosphate
  21. 21 hydrolyzed yeast
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 taurine
  24. 24 monocalcium phosphate
  25. 25 dl-methionine

Showing first 25 of 41. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.