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Wholemade Whole Grain Chicken & Duck
The Honest Kitchen

Wholemade Whole Grain Chicken & Duck

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dry $11.75/lb Data verified from brand site

The Honest Kitchen Wholemade Whole Grain Chicken & Duck earns a Sniff Score of 49/100 (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

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

Score capped at 49 due to CP_DM=32.8%, CF_DM=0.2%.

CAP why?

Low protein quality. chicken delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.

PQI

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
30%
min
Fat
0.16%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
8.5%
max
Ingredients
33 total
  1. 1 chicken
  2. 2 barley
  3. 3 oats
  4. 4 flaxseed
  5. 5 eggs
  6. 6 carrots
  7. 7 duck
  8. 8 pumpkin
  9. 9 coconut
  10. 10 quinoa
  11. 11 chicken bone broth
  12. 12 tricalcium phosphate
  13. 13 parsley
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 iron amino acid chelate
  16. 16 zinc amino acid chelate
  17. 17 copper amino acid chelate
  18. 18 potassium iodide
  19. 19 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.
  20. 20 taurine
  21. 21 vitamin e supplement
  22. 22 vitamin b12 supplement
  23. 23 calcium pantothenate
  24. 24 vitamin d3 supplement
  25. 25 thiamine mononitrate

Showing first 25 of 33. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.