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CORE Tiny Tasters Pate Duck Recipe

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Wellness CORE Tiny Tasters Pate Duck Recipe earns a Sniff Score of 58/100 (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 duck as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.

FQI

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
10.5%
min
Fat
7.5%
min
Fiber
1%
max
Moisture
78%
max
Ingredients
34 total
  1. 1 duck
  2. 2 chicken
  3. 3 chicken broth
  4. 4 water sufficient for processing
  5. 5 natural flavors
  6. 6 tapioca starch
  7. 7 sunflower oil
  8. 8 tricalcium phosphate
  9. 9 locust bean gum
  10. 10 potassium chloride
  11. 11 guar gum
  12. 12 salt
  13. 13 sodium carbonate
  14. 14 taurine
  15. 15 xanthan gum
  16. 16 vitamin e supplement
  17. 17 thiamine hydrochloride
  18. 18 niacin supplement
  19. 19 vitamin a supplement
  20. 20 pyridoxine hydrochloride
  21. 21 d-calcium pantothenate
  22. 22 riboflavin supplement
  23. 23 folic acid
  24. 24 vitamin d3 supplement
  25. 25 biotin

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