NutrientBoost Medium & Large Breed Puppy, Chicken, Potato & Apple Puppy Gut Health Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Solid Gold NutrientBoost Medium & Large Breed Puppy, Chicken, Potato & Apple Puppy Gut Health Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 50/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.
Graded by The Sniff System
Reasonable protein quality. chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..
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.
Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →
- 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 sweet potato vegetable
- 4 peas legume
- 5 pea protein protein plant
- 6 chicken fat fat
- 7 chickpeas legume
- 8 pea fiber fiber
- 9 ocean fish meal protein animal
- 10 apples fruit
- 11 animal plasma
- 12 natural flavor other
- 13 spray dried animal blood cells
- 14 salmon oil fat
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 carrots vegetable
- 17 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 18 potassium chloride mineral
- 19 pumpkin vegetable
- 20 blueberries fruit
- 21 cranberries fruit
- 22 dl-methionine supplement
- 23 l-threonine
- 24 choline chloride supplement
- 25 zinc sulfate mineral
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