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Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Glycobalance Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet

Adult Glycobalance Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $5.85/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Glycobalance Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 64/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber..

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

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
35%
min
Fat
10%
min
Fiber
9.8%
max
Moisture
10.5%
max
Ingredients
31 total
  1. 1 chicken by-product meal
  2. 2 barley
  3. 3 pea fiber
  4. 4 wheat gluten
  5. 5 corn protein meal
  6. 6 chicken fat
  7. 7 dried plain beet pulp
  8. 8 tapioca
  9. 9 natural flavors
  10. 10 powdered psyllium seed husk
  11. 11 potassium chloride
  12. 12 marine microalgae oil
  13. 13 calcium carbonate
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 rosemary extract
  17. 17 preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid
  18. 18 l-arginine
  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 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.

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