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Pedigree

Small Dog Food Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Flavor

Evidence Limited
dry

Pedigree Small Dog Food Roasted Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Flavor earns a Sniff Score of 0/100 (F) with Limited evidence. 4 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 39 due to 4 FLAG ingredients.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Score capped at 39 due to 4 FLAG ingredients.

CAP why?

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Plant-protein-dominated formula. ground whole grain corn as the #1 ingredient.

PQI

Controversial ingredients · 5

  • yellow 5
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  • yellow 6
    Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  • blue 2
    Artificial color. A 1990s industry-funded study reported brain tumors in male rats; subsequent reviews disputed methodology, but the additive provides no nutritional benefit.
  • red 40
    Artificial color with no nutritional value. Linked to behavioral effects in children; relevance to dogs is unclear but the ingredient serves only marketing purposes.
  • 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
n/a
min
Fat
n/a
min
Fiber
n/a
max
Moisture
n/a
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 ground whole grain corn
  2. 2 chicken by-product meal
  3. 3 corn gluten meal
  4. 4 animal fat
  5. 5 meat and bone meal
  6. 6 soybean meal
  7. 7 ground whole grain wheat
  8. 8 natural flavor
  9. 9 brewers rice
  10. 10 salt
  11. 11 calcium carbonate
  12. 12 monocalcium phosphate
  13. 13 potassium chloride
  14. 14 choline chloride
  15. 15 dried peas
  16. 16 dl-methionine
  17. 17 vitamin e supplement
  18. 18 zinc sulfate
  19. 19 l-tryptophan
  20. 20 yellow 5 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value. Some dogs show allergic-type reactions.
  21. 21 yellow 6 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value.
  22. 22 carrots
  23. 23 blue 2 ⚠ Artificial color. A 1990s industry-funded study reported brain tumors in male rats; subsequent reviews disputed methodology, but the additive provides no nutritional benefit.
  24. 24 niacin supplement
  25. 25 red 40 ⚠ Artificial color with no nutritional value. Linked to behavioral effects in children; relevance to dogs is unclear but the ingredient serves only marketing purposes.

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