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

Glycobalance Small Dog Adult Dry Dog Food, 8.8-lb bag

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AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $7.39/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Glycobalance Small Dog Adult Dry Dog Food, 8.8-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 70/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. chicken by-product meal delivers solid amino acid coverage..

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. chicken by-product meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

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
9.4%
max
Moisture
10.5%
max
Ingredients
33 total
  1. 1 chicken by-product meal
  2. 2 barley
  3. 3 wheat gluten
  4. 4 pea fiber
  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 calcium sulfate
  12. 12 potassium chloride
  13. 13 marine microalgae oil
  14. 14 sodium bisulfate
  15. 15 fructooligosaccharides
  16. 16 sodium tripolyphosphate
  17. 17 l-arginine
  18. 18 choline chloride
  19. 19 rosemary extract
  20. 20 preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid
  21. 21 zinc proteinate
  22. 22 zinc oxide
  23. 23 manganese proteinate
  24. 24 ferrous sulfate
  25. 25 manganous oxide

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