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Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Gastrointestinal Adult Dog Treats, 17.6-oz bag
Royal Canin Veterinary Diet

Gastrointestinal Adult Dog Treats, 17.6-oz bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $11.81/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Gastrointestinal Adult Dog Treats, 17.6-oz bag earns a Sniff Score of 58/100 (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
5.5%
min
Fiber
3.8%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
32 total
  1. 1 brewers rice
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 wheat
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 natural flavors
  6. 6 dried plain beet pulp
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 salt
  9. 9 fish oil
  10. 10 monocalcium phosphate
  11. 11 powdered psyllium seed husk
  12. 12 calcium carbonate
  13. 13 potassium chloride
  14. 14 sodium silico aluminate
  15. 15 fructooligosaccharides
  16. 16 hydrolyzed yeast
  17. 17 dl-methionine
  18. 18 taurine
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 marigold extract
  21. 21 zinc proteinate
  22. 22 zinc oxide
  23. 23 manganese proteinate
  24. 24 ferrous sulfate
  25. 25 manganous oxide

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