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Royal Canin Canine Care Nutrition Medium Weight Care Adult Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
Royal Canin

Canine Care Nutrition Medium Weight Care Adult Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $3.67/lb

Royal Canin Canine Care Nutrition Medium Weight Care Adult Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 56/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: low protein quality. chicken by-product meal delivers limited bioavailable amino acids..

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

Low protein quality. chicken by-product meal delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.

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
25%
min
Fat
9%
min
Fiber
12.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
39 total
  1. 1 chicken by-product meal
  2. 2 pea fiber
  3. 3 corn
  4. 4 corn gluten meal
  5. 5 wheat
  6. 6 barley
  7. 7 natural flavors
  8. 8 wheat gluten
  9. 9 chicken fat
  10. 10 brewers rice
  11. 11 dried plain beet pulp
  12. 12 powdered cellulose
  13. 13 fish oil
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 vegetable oil
  16. 16 psyllium seed husk
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 calcium carbonate
  19. 19 fructooligosaccharides
  20. 20 l-lysine
  21. 21 hydrolyzed yeast
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 taurine
  24. 24 zinc proteinate
  25. 25 zinc oxide

Showing first 25 of 39. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.