The Honest Kitchen
Human Grade Essential Clusters Whole Grain Beef & Chicken Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag
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C Evidence Fair
dry $4.90/lb
The Honest Kitchen Human Grade Essential Clusters Whole Grain Beef & Chicken Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients 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
+20
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.
ACF
−8
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
22%
min
Fat
12.5%
min
Fiber
5.5%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
23 total - 1 beef protein animal
- 2 chicken protein animal
- 3 oats grain
- 4 peas legume
- 5 barley grain
- 6 beef liver protein animal
- 7 flaxseed fat
- 8 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 9 natural beef flavor
- 10 dried whey protein concentrate
- 11 salt mineral
- 12 potassium chloride mineral
- 13 fish oil fat
- 14 dried kelp supplement
- 15 taurine supplement
- 16 iron amino acid chelate
- 17 copper amino acid chelate
- 18 manganese amino acid chelate
- 19 zinc amino acid chelate
- 20 sodium selenite mineral ⚠ 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.
- 21 choline chloride supplement
- 22 mixed tocopherols preservative natural
- 23 rosemary extract preservative natural