Functional Pour Overs: Hip & Joint - Chicken Stew
The Honest Kitchen Functional Pour Overs: Hip & Joint - Chicken Stew earns a Sniff Score of 51/100 (C) with Limited evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Primary concern: low protein quality. chicken delivers limited bioavailable amino acids..
Graded by The Sniff System
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared not stated. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
Low protein quality. chicken delivers limited bioavailable amino acids.
Wet and fresh foods contain more water than kibble (typically 65-78%). On a dry-matter basis, this food's protein content is roughly 45%, comparable to premium kibble (typically 30-45% DMB protein).
Read why each ingredient is good or bad for dogs.
- 1chicken bone broth
- 2protein animalchicken
Real meat. Primary protein source, with the amino acid profile dogs actually evolved to eat.
- 3vegetablecarrots
Real vegetable. Fiber, beta-carotene, and a small amount of antioxidant value.
- 4vegetablevegetable
Unnamed vegetable. No way to know what species. Named vegetables are far more transparent.
- 5tapioca
Starch from cassava root. Highly digestible energy source, but pure starch with minimal nutrition beyond that.
- 6fatfish oil
Concentrated omega-3s. The reason 'EPA' and 'DHA' get to show up on the bag.
- 7supplementturmeric
Spice with anti-inflammatory compounds. Real research in humans, but the dose in kibble is small. Mostly there for label appeal.
6 of 7 ingredients have a curated note. Coverage grows over time.