Ingredient Library
Every dog food ingredient, graded.
The Sniff System covers 287 ingredients across animal proteins, grains, pulses, oilseed meals, controversial additives, and more. Each page shows where it sits in the methodology, similar ingredients in the catalog, and the products that actually use it.
Good
Quality inputs 150- alfalfa meal
- alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- ascorbic acid
- barley
- beef
- beef bone broth
- beef broth
- beef fat
- beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- beef kidney
- beef liver
- beef lung
- beef meal
- beef tripe
- beet pulp
- beets
- biotin
- bison
- brewers dried yeast
- broccoli
- brown rice
- calcium pantothenate
- carrot
- carrots
- chia seed
- chicken
- chicken broth
- chicken fat
- chicken heart
- chicken liver
- chicken meal
- chicory root
- choline chloride
- citric acid
- cobalt amino acid chelate
- cobalt proteinate
- copper amino acid chelate
- copper amino acid complex
- copper proteinate
- cracked pearled barley
- d-calcium pantothenate
- deboned chicken
- dehydrated alfalfa meal
- direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- dl-methionine
- dried apple
- dried bacillus coagulans fermentation product
- dried chicory root
- dried egg product
- dried egg whites
- dried kelp
- dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product
- dried plain beet pulp
- dried yam
- dried yeast
- duck
- duck meal
- egg
- egg product
- eggs
- fish meal
- fish oil
- flaxseed
- flaxseeds
- folic acid
- fresh chicken
- fructooligosaccharide
- fructooligosaccharides
- glucosamine hydrochloride
- grain sorghum
- green beans
- green mussel
- ground flaxseed
- herring
- herring meal
- herring oil
- hydrolyzed yeast
- inulin
- iron amino acid chelate
- iron amino acid complex
- iron proteinate
- kale
- kelp
- l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- l-carnitine
- l-lysine
- l-lysine monohydrochloride
- l-threonine
- l-tryptophan
- lamb
- lamb liver
- lamb meal
- liver
- magnesium proteinate
- manganese amino acid chelate
- manganese amino acid complex
- manganese proteinate
- marine microalgae oil
- menhaden fish oil
- millet
- mixed tocopherols
- mixed tocopherols added to preserve freshness
- niacin supplement
- oat groats
- oat meal
- oatmeal
- oats
- pearled barley
- pork
- pork fat
- pork liver
- pork meal
- probiotics
- psyllium seed husk
- pumpkin
- pumpkin seed
- pyridoxine hydrochloride
- quinoa
- rabbit
- riboflavin supplement
- rosemary extract
- salmon
- salmon meal
- salmon oil
- selenium yeast
- sorghum
- spinach
- squash
- suncured alfalfa meal
- sweet potato
- sweet potatoes
- taurine
- thiamine mononitrate
- tomatoes
- turkey
- turkey broth
- turkey liver
- turkey meal
- venison
- vitamin a supplement
- vitamin b12 supplement
- vitamin d3 supplement
- vitamin e supplement
- whitefish
- whitefish meal
- yeast culture
- yeast extract
- zinc amino acid chelate
- zinc amino acid complex
- zinc proteinate
Neutral
Context-dependent 81- agar-agar
- apple
- apples
- blueberries
- brewers rice
- calcium carbonate
- calcium iodate
- calcium lactate
- calcium sulfate
- canola oil
- cassia gum
- celery
- chicken by-product meal
- chicken liver flavor
- coconut oil
- copper sulfate
- corn
- corn meal
- cranberries
- cranberry
- dehydrated potatoes
- dicalcium phosphate
- fenugreek seed
- ferrous sulfate
- ginger
- ground corn
- ground miscanthus grass
- ground rice
- hydrolyzed chicken flavor
- lactic acid
- lecithin
- locust bean gum
- magnesium oxide
- magnesium sulfate
- manganese sulfate
- manganous oxide
- miscanthus grass
- mono and dicalcium phosphate
- monocalcium phosphate
- monosodium phosphate
- montmorillonite clay
- natural flavor
- natural flavors
- parsley
- pea fiber
- pomegranate
- pork liver flavor
- potassium chloride
- potassium citrate
- potassium iodide
- potato
- potato starch
- potatoes
- rice
- rice bran
- rice flour
- salt
- sea salt
- sodium aluminosilicate
- sodium carbonate
- sodium chloride
- sodium phosphate
- sodium selenite
- sodium silico aluminate
- soybean oil
- sunflower oil
- tapioca
- tapioca starch
- tomato pomace
- tricalcium phosphate
- turmeric
- vinegar
- water
- water sufficient for processing
- wheat
- wheat flour
- white rice
- whole grain corn
- yucca schidigera extract
- zinc oxide
- zinc sulfate
Caution
Watch for stacking + concentration 38- added color
- animal by-product meal
- animal digest
- animal fat
- cane molasses
- caramel color
- carrageenan
- chickpeas
- corn gluten meal
- corn protein meal
- fava beans
- garbanzo beans
- glycerin
- green peas
- guar gum
- lentils
- meat and bone meal
- meat by-products
- meat meal
- pea flour
- pea protein
- pea starch
- peas
- pork by-products
- potato protein
- poultry by-product meal
- poultry meal
- powdered cellulose
- red lentils
- sodium tripolyphosphate
- soy
- soy flour
- soybean meal
- vegetable
- vegetable oil
- wheat gluten
- xanthan gum
- yellow peas