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Merrick Grain Free Dry Dog Food Backcountry Bone Broth Coated Kibble Heartlands Recipe With Beef and Bison
Merrick

Grain Free Dry Dog Food Backcountry Bone Broth Coated Kibble Heartlands Recipe With Beef and Bison

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dry $4.59/lb Data verified from brand site

Merrick Grain Free Dry Dog Food Backcountry Bone Broth Coated Kibble Heartlands Recipe With Beef and Bison 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

Strong protein profile with beef as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.

MNI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
34%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
3.5%
max
Moisture
11%
max
Ingredients
31 total
  1. 1 beef
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 sweet potato
  4. 4 turkey meal
  5. 5 peas
  6. 6 potato
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 potato protein
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 bison
  11. 11 pea protein
  12. 12 beef bone broth
  13. 13 flaxseed
  14. 14 miscanthus grass
  15. 15 dried yeast
  16. 16 beef hearts
  17. 17 beef liver
  18. 18 potassium chloride
  19. 19 salt
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 zinc amino acid complex
  22. 22 iron amino acid complex
  23. 23 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.
  24. 24 manganese amino acid complex
  25. 25 copper amino acid complex

Showing first 25 of 31. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.