Wholesomes
High Energy 26/18 Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag
0out of 100
C Evidence Fair
dry $1.30/lb
Wholesomes High Energy 26/18 Dry Dog Food, 40-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. chicken meal delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+13
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
26%
min
Fat
18%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
37 total - 1 chicken meal protein animal
- 2 brown rice grain
- 3 peas legume
- 4 chicken fat fat
- 5 rice grain
- 6 whitefish meal protein animal
- 7 dried beet pulp fiber
- 8 dried egg protein animal
- 9 flaxseed fat
- 10 rice grain
- 11 potassium chloride mineral
- 12 l-threonine
- 13 salt mineral
- 14 taurine supplement
- 15 choline chloride supplement
- 16 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 17 niacin supplement vitamin
- 18 calcium pantothenate vitamin
- 19 vitamin a supplement vitamin
- 20 riboflavin supplement vitamin
- 21 thiamine mononitrate vitamin
- 22 pyridoxine hydrochloride vitamin
- 23 biotin vitamin
- 24 vitamin b12 supplement vitamin
- 25 vitamin d3 supplement vitamin
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