The Honest Kitchen
Human Grade Essential Clusters Whole Grain Chicken Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag
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C Evidence Fair
dry $3.92/lb
The Honest Kitchen Human Grade Essential Clusters Whole Grain Chicken Dry Dog Food, 20-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 54/100 (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
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
Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.
MNI
+3
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
10%
min
Fiber
4.5%
max
Moisture
12%
max
Ingredients
23 total - 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 oats grain
- 3 peas legume
- 4 barley grain
- 5 flaxseed fat
- 6 tricalcium phosphate mineral
- 7 chicken liver protein animal
- 8 coconut oil fat
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 salt mineral
- 11 potassium chloride mineral
- 12 fish oil fat
- 13 dried kelp supplement
- 14 taurine supplement
- 15 dried whey protein concentrate
- 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