Pure Balance
Chicken & Pea Recipe Dog Food
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C Evidence Limited
dry
Pure Balance Chicken & Pea Recipe Dog Food earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Limited 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 chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+22
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
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
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Fat
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Fiber
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Moisture
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Ingredients
29 total - 1 chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 dried peas
- 4 potato vegetable
- 5 pea starch
- 6 poultry fat
- 7 egg product protein animal
- 8 dried yeast
- 9 dried beet pulp fiber
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 flaxseed fat
- 12 salmon oil fat
- 13 salt mineral
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 dl-methionine supplement
- 16 choline chloride supplement
- 17 taurine supplement
- 18 ferrous sulfate mineral
- 19 zinc sulfate mineral
- 20 copper sulfate mineral
- 21 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.
- 22 manganese sulfate mineral
- 23 calcium iodate mineral
- 24 lactic acid
- 25 mixed tocopherols preservative natural
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