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Royal Canin Canine Care Nutrition Small Digestive Care Dry Dog Food, 3.5-lb bag
Royal Canin

Canine Care Nutrition Small Digestive Care Dry Dog Food, 3.5-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $7.14/lb

Royal Canin Canine Care Nutrition Small Digestive Care Dry Dog Food, 3.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 56/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. chicken by-product meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
20%
min
Fiber
3.6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
33 total
  1. 1 chicken by-product meal
  2. 2 corn
  3. 3 chicken fat
  4. 4 brewers rice
  5. 5 corn gluten meal
  6. 6 brewers rice flour
  7. 7 natural flavors
  8. 8 wheat gluten
  9. 9 dried plain beet pulp
  10. 10 fish oil
  11. 11 vegetable oil
  12. 12 pea fiber
  13. 13 sodium silico aluminate
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 fructooligosaccharides
  16. 16 sodium tripolyphosphate
  17. 17 calcium carbonate
  18. 18 salt
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 taurine
  21. 21 magnesium oxide
  22. 22 zinc proteinate
  23. 23 zinc oxide
  24. 24 manganese proteinate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

Showing first 25 of 33. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.