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Solid Gold NutrientBoost Chicken & Sweet Potato Weight Control Gut Health Grain-Free Dry Dog Food for Medium & Large Dogs, 22-lb bag
Solid Gold

NutrientBoost Chicken & Sweet Potato Weight Control Gut Health Grain-Free Dry Dog Food for Medium & Large Dogs, 22-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $3.32/lb

Solid Gold NutrientBoost Chicken & Sweet Potato Weight Control Gut Health Grain-Free Dry Dog Food for Medium & Large Dogs, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 45/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

FQI

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

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
26%
min
Fat
6.5%
min
Fiber
10%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 sweet potato
  4. 4 potato
  5. 5 peas
  6. 6 pea protein
  7. 7 pea fiber
  8. 8 pea starch
  9. 9 ocean fish meal
  10. 10 animal plasma
  11. 11 chicken fat
  12. 12 natural flavor
  13. 13 spray dried animal blood cells
  14. 14 salt
  15. 15 carrots
  16. 16 dicalcium phosphate
  17. 17 pumpkin
  18. 18 green beans
  19. 19 blueberries
  20. 20 cranberries
  21. 21 choline chloride
  22. 22 dl-methionine
  23. 23 salmon oil
  24. 24 zinc sulfate
  25. 25 ferrous sulfate

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