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Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food, 28.6-lb bag
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet

Adult Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food, 28.6-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $5.00/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Gastrointestinal Low Fat Dry Dog Food, 28.6-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
20%
min
Fat
5%
min
Fiber
4.8%
max
Moisture
10.5%
max
Ingredients
32 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 barley
  4. 4 natural flavors
  5. 5 pork digest
  6. 6 pea fiber
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 monocalcium phosphate
  10. 10 salt
  11. 11 potassium chloride
  12. 12 calcium carbonate
  13. 13 powdered psyllium seed husk
  14. 14 sodium aluminosilicate
  15. 15 fish oil
  16. 16 fructooligosaccharides
  17. 17 choline chloride
  18. 18 rosemary extract
  19. 19 preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid
  20. 20 hydrolyzed yeast
  21. 21 dl-methionine
  22. 22 marigold extract
  23. 23 zinc proteinate
  24. 24 zinc oxide
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

Showing first 25 of 32. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.