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Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Urinary SO Moderate Calorie Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet

Adult Urinary SO Moderate Calorie Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $6.36/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Adult Urinary SO Moderate Calorie Dry Dog Food, 17.6-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 52/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: plant-protein-dominated formula. corn 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. corn 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
18%
min
Fat
9%
min
Fiber
7.2%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
31 total
  1. 1 corn
  2. 2 brewers rice
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 chicken by-product meal
  5. 5 corn gluten meal
  6. 6 powdered cellulose
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 dried chicory root
  9. 9 natural flavors
  10. 10 salt
  11. 11 wheat gluten
  12. 12 vegetable oil
  13. 13 potassium chloride
  14. 14 calcium sulfate
  15. 15 fish oil
  16. 16 monocalcium phosphate
  17. 17 dl-methionine
  18. 18 fructooligosaccharides
  19. 19 l-lysine
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 taurine
  22. 22 zinc oxide
  23. 23 ferrous sulfate
  24. 24 manganous oxide
  25. 25 copper sulfate

Showing first 25 of 31. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.