Merrick
Lil' Plates Grain-Free Little Lamb Chop Stew Dog Food Trays
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C Evidence Fair
wet $19.15
Merrick Lil' Plates Grain-Free Little Lamb Chop Stew Dog Food Trays earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Strong protein profile with lamb as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+27
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
STACK
+5
No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.
FQI
−8
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
8%
min
Fat
3.5%
min
Fiber
1.4%
max
Moisture
82%
max
Ingredients
26 total - 1 lamb protein animal
- 2 lamb broth
- 3 beef broth
- 4 beef protein animal
- 5 beef liver protein animal
- 6 dried egg whites
- 7 sweet potato vegetable
- 8 carrots vegetable
- 9 potato starch
- 10 peas legume
- 11 guar gum fiber
- 12 tricalcium phosphate mineral
- 13 sunflower oil fat
- 14 sodium phosphate
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 potassium chloride mineral
- 17 natural flavor other
- 18 zinc amino acid chelate
- 19 iron amino acid chelate
- 20 copper amino acid chelate
- 21 manganese amino acid chelate
- 22 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.
- 23 cobalt amino acid chelate
- 24 potassium iodide mineral
- 25 choline chloride supplement
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