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Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Adult X-Small Dry Dog Food, 2.5-lb bag
Royal Canin

Size Health Nutrition Adult X-Small Dry Dog Food, 2.5-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $8.00/lb

Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Adult X-Small Dry Dog Food, 2.5-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 56/100 (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
3.5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 corn
  3. 3 chicken by-product meal
  4. 4 chicken fat
  5. 5 corn gluten meal
  6. 6 wheat gluten
  7. 7 natural flavors
  8. 8 dried chicory root
  9. 9 vegetable oil
  10. 10 fish oil
  11. 11 psyllium seed husk
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 calcium sulfate
  14. 14 monocalcium phosphate
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 l-tyrosine
  17. 17 l-lysine
  18. 18 calcium carbonate
  19. 19 dl-methionine
  20. 20 fructooligosaccharides
  21. 21 sodium tripolyphosphate
  22. 22 l-arginine
  23. 23 choline chloride
  24. 24 magnesium oxide
  25. 25 zinc proteinate

Showing first 25 of 36. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.