Royal Canin Veterinary Diet
Glycobalance Small Dog Adult Dry Dog Food, 8.8-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
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
+15
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+13
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic 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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Guaranteed analysis
Protein
35%
min
Fat
10%
min
Fiber
9.4%
max
Moisture
10.5%
max
Ingredients
33 total - 1 chicken by-product meal protein animal
- 2 barley grain
- 3 wheat gluten protein plant
- 4 pea fiber fiber
- 5 corn protein meal
- 6 chicken fat fat
- 7 dried plain beet pulp
- 8 tapioca
- 9 natural flavors other
- 10 powdered psyllium seed husk
- 11 calcium sulfate
- 12 potassium chloride mineral
- 13 marine microalgae oil
- 14 sodium bisulfate
- 15 fructooligosaccharides fiber
- 16 sodium tripolyphosphate mineral
- 17 l-arginine supplement
- 18 choline chloride supplement
- 19 rosemary extract preservative natural
- 20 preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid
- 21 zinc proteinate mineral
- 22 zinc oxide
- 23 manganese proteinate mineral
- 24 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 25 manganous oxide
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