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

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

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $6.70/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Dental Small Breed Dry Dog Food, 8.8-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 57/100 (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 fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

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
20%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
4.8%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
69 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 corn
  3. 3 chicken by-product meal
  4. 4 chicken fat
  5. 5 wheat gluten
  6. 6 dried chicory root
  7. 7 pea fiber
  8. 8 natural flavors
  9. 9 fish oil
  10. 10 salt
  11. 11 calcium carbonate
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 sodium tripolyphosphate
  14. 14 vegetable oil
  15. 15 sodium silico aluminate
  16. 16 fructooligosaccharides
  17. 17 choline chloride
  18. 18 taurine
  19. 19 dl-methionine
  20. 20 zinc proteinate
  21. 21 zinc oxide
  22. 22 ferrous sulfate
  23. 23 manganese proteinate
  24. 24 manganous oxide
  25. 25 copper sulfate

Showing first 25 of 69. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.