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Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Maltese Adult Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag
Royal Canin

Breed Health Nutrition Maltese Adult Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $6.30/lb

Royal Canin Breed Health Nutrition Maltese Adult Dry Dog Food, 10-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (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
22%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
3.3%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
38 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 corn
  3. 3 chicken by-product meal
  4. 4 chicken fat
  5. 5 wheat gluten
  6. 6 pork meal
  7. 7 natural flavors
  8. 8 dried chicory root
  9. 9 vegetable oil
  10. 10 fish oil
  11. 11 grain distillers dried yeast
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 sodium silico aluminate
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 fructooligosaccharides
  16. 16 sodium tripolyphosphate
  17. 17 monocalcium phosphate
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 dl-methionine
  20. 20 taurine
  21. 21 calcium carbonate
  22. 22 marigold extract
  23. 23 zinc proteinate
  24. 24 zinc oxide
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

Showing first 25 of 38. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.