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Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Calm Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 8.8-lb bag
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet

Adult Calm Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 8.8-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $8.29/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Calm Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 8.8-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
23%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
3.4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 corn
  4. 4 chicken fat
  5. 5 wheat gluten
  6. 6 wheat
  7. 7 dried chicory root
  8. 8 natural flavors
  9. 9 salt
  10. 10 vegetable oil
  11. 11 fish oil
  12. 12 calcium sulfate
  13. 13 potassium chloride
  14. 14 sodium silico aluminate
  15. 15 fructooligosaccharides
  16. 16 sodium tripolyphosphate
  17. 17 dl-methionine
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 taurine
  20. 20 dried hydrolyzed casein
  21. 21 marigold extract
  22. 22 zinc proteinate
  23. 23 zinc oxide
  24. 24 manganese proteinate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

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