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Nature's Protection Superior Care Adult Small Breed Grain-Free Salmon Dry Dog Food, 3.3-lb bag
Nature's Protection

Superior Care Adult Small Breed Grain-Free Salmon Dry Dog Food, 3.3-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $7.27/lb

Nature's Protection Superior Care Adult Small Breed Grain-Free Salmon Dry Dog Food, 3.3-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 56/100 (C) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

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
Dry-matter protein: 24% ⓘ
Protein
22%
min (as fed)
Fat
13%
min (as fed)
Fiber
5.25%
max (as fed)
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients

Read why each ingredient is good or bad for dogs.

23 total
Good Neutral Watch Flagged
  1. 1
    salmon meal

    Salmon cooked into a dry concentrate. Carries both protein and natural omega-3s in one ingredient.

  2. 2
    potato

    Standard white potato. Steady carb source, common starch in grain-free recipes.

  3. 3
    sweet potato

    Complex carb with fiber and beta-carotene. Gentle on the stomach.

  4. 4
    poultry fat
  5. 5
    peas

    Cheap protein bulk. Fine in small amounts, but when peas stack with lentils and chickpeas in the top ingredients, it's the pattern the FDA flagged in its heart-disease investigation. See why →

  6. 6
    dried plain beet pulp

    Beet fiber, with the sugar removed. Long unfairly maligned. It's a real soluble fiber that supports stool quality.

  7. 7
    salmon oil

    Pure omega-3s. The thing skin-and-coat formulas are usually built around.

  8. 8
    dicalcium phosphate

    Calcium and phosphorus combined. Required source of both minerals, especially in formulas without much bone content.

  9. 9
    sodium aluminosilicate

    Anti-caking agent that keeps powder ingredients flowing. Functional, not nutritional.

  10. 10
    tapioca starch

    Refined cassava starch, used as a binder. Easy to digest, low on nutrition.

  11. 11
    fructooligosaccharide

    Prebiotic fiber, often abbreviated FOS. Feeds beneficial gut bacteria.

  12. 12
    yucca schidigera extract

    Plant extract added to reduce stool odor. Functional, not nutritional. Fine in trace amounts.

  13. 13
    green tea extract
  14. 14
    cranberries

    Often added with a urinary-tract-support marketing angle. Real cranberry compounds help in concentrate form, but kibble doses are small.

  15. 15
    pot marigold
  16. 16
    iron sulfate
  17. 17
    calcium iodate

    Source of iodine for thyroid function. Functional, required in complete formulas.

  18. 18
    copper sulfate

    Inorganic copper. Standard, effective at small doses. Premium formulas tend to use copper proteinate instead.

  19. 19
    manganese sulfate

    Inorganic manganese. Functional but less well-absorbed than the chelated proteinate form.

  20. 20
    zinc sulfate

    Inorganic zinc. Effective at AAFCO doses but less well-absorbed than chelated forms like zinc proteinate.

  21. 21
    sodium selenite Flagged

    Inorganic selenium. Effective at AAFCO levels, no documented safety concern in dogs despite what some pet food blogs claim. Selenium yeast is a marginal upgrade, not a necessity. See why →

  22. 22
    mixed tocopherols

    Natural vitamin E used to keep fats from going rancid. The good kind of preservative.

  23. 23
    rosemary extract

    Natural preservative. Replaces synthetic ones like BHA and BHT.

19 of 23 ingredients have a curated note. Coverage grows over time.