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Taste of the Wild Southwest Canyon Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag
Taste of the Wild

Southwest Canyon Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag

Evidence Fair
dry $2.11/lb

Taste of the Wild Southwest Canyon Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 41/100 (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. beef delivers solid amino acid coverage.

PQI

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

FQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

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
29%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
48 total
  1. 1 beef
  2. 2 peas
  3. 3 garbanzo beans
  4. 4 lamb meal
  5. 5 canola oil
  6. 6 egg product
  7. 7 pork
  8. 8 fish meal
  9. 9 pea flour
  10. 10 dried yeast
  11. 11 dried tomato pomace
  12. 12 natural flavor
  13. 13 flaxseed
  14. 14 salmon oil
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 choline chloride
  17. 17 taurine
  18. 18 dried chicory root
  19. 19 tomatoes
  20. 20 blueberries
  21. 21 raspberries
  22. 22 yucca schidigera extract
  23. 23 dried lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product
  24. 24 dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product
  25. 25 dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product

Showing first 25 of 48. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.