Taste of the Wild
Appalachian Valley Small Breed Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag
0out of 100
D Evidence Fair
dry $2.14/lb
Taste of the Wild Appalachian Valley Small Breed Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 35/100 (D) 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. venison delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+17
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.
MNI
+3
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 →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
32%
min
Fat
18%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
47 total - 1 venison protein animal
- 2 lamb meal protein animal
- 3 garbanzo beans legume
- 4 peas legume
- 5 lentils legume
- 6 pea protein protein plant
- 7 canola oil fat
- 8 egg product protein animal
- 9 duck meal protein animal
- 10 pea flour legume
- 11 dried tomato pomace
- 12 natural flavor other
- 13 fish meal protein animal
- 14 salt mineral
- 15 choline chloride supplement
- 16 taurine supplement
- 17 dried chicory root fiber
- 18 tomatoes
- 19 blueberries fruit
- 20 raspberries fruit
- 21 yucca schidigera extract supplement
- 22 dried lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product probiotic
- 23 dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product probiotic
- 24 dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product probiotic
- 25 dried enterococcus faecium fermentation product probiotic
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