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Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition German Shepherd Puppy Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
Royal Canin

Breed Health Nutrition German Shepherd Puppy Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.50/lb

Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition German Shepherd Puppy Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 68/100 (B) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Reasonable protein quality. brewers rice delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

FQI

Contains msg. Safety signal is internet-fueled; real issue is transparency. Yeast extract as MSG loophole obscures formulation..

CIP

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
28%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
3.9%
max
Moisture
10.5%
max
Ingredients
44 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 chicken fat
  4. 4 brewers rice flour
  5. 5 chicken meal
  6. 6 corn
  7. 7 wheat gluten
  8. 8 brown rice
  9. 9 corn protein meal
  10. 10 pea fiber
  11. 11 natural flavors
  12. 12 dried plain beet pulp
  13. 13 monocalcium phosphate
  14. 14 sodium aluminosilicate
  15. 15 vegetable oil
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 powdered psyllium seed husk
  19. 19 calcium carbonate
  20. 20 fructooligosaccharides
  21. 21 marine microalgae oil
  22. 22 yeast extract
  23. 23 dl-methionine
  24. 24 fish oil
  25. 25 l-lysine

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