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Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Small Starter Mother & Babydog Dry Dog Food, 14-lb bag
Royal Canin

Size Health Nutrition Small Starter Mother & Babydog Dry Dog Food, 14-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $5.78/lb

Royal Canin Size Health Nutrition Small Starter Mother & Babydog Dry Dog Food, 14-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (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 carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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

FQI

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
3.4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
35 total
  1. 1 chicken by-product meal
  2. 2 brewers rice
  3. 3 chicken fat
  4. 4 corn
  5. 5 wheat gluten
  6. 6 dried plain beet pulp
  7. 7 natural flavors
  8. 8 fish oil
  9. 9 monocalcium phosphate
  10. 10 vegetable oil
  11. 11 sodium silico aluminate
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 fructooligosaccharides
  15. 15 hydrolyzed yeast
  16. 16 l-lysine
  17. 17 choline chloride
  18. 18 marigold extract
  19. 19 zinc proteinate
  20. 20 manganese proteinate
  21. 21 zinc oxide
  22. 22 ferrous sulfate
  23. 23 manganous oxide
  24. 24 copper sulfate
  25. 25 calcium iodate

Showing first 25 of 35. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.