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

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

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $7.27/lb

Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Skintopic Small Dog Adult Dry Dog Food, 8.8-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 58/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: low protein quality. chicken by-product meal delivers limited bioavailable amino acids..

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

Low protein quality. chicken by-product meal delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.

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
23%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
3.2%
max
Moisture
10.5%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 chicken by-product meal
  2. 2 brewers rice
  3. 3 corn
  4. 4 wheat
  5. 5 natural flavors
  6. 6 vegetable oil
  7. 7 dried chicory root
  8. 8 fish oil
  9. 9 chicken fat
  10. 10 calcium sulfate
  11. 11 salt
  12. 12 monocalcium phosphate
  13. 13 calcium carbonate
  14. 14 sodium aluminosilicate
  15. 15 choline chloride
  16. 16 taurine
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 fructooligosaccharides
  19. 19 sodium tripolyphosphate
  20. 20 powdered psyllium seed husk
  21. 21 turmeric extract
  22. 22 gla safflower oil
  23. 23 dl-methionine
  24. 24 zinc proteinate
  25. 25 manganese proteinate

Showing first 25 of 36. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.