Vegan Dry Dog Food, 26.46-lb bag
Graded by The Sniff System
Ami Vegan Dry Dog Food is a dry formula that doesn't state a specific life stage, built around plant-based proteins like corn gluten.
There isn't much to highlight as a positive for this food. The formula is technically vegan, but that's a choice, not a nutritional strength in itself.
The biggest concern is the lack of an AAFCO statement, which means there's no guarantee it meets nutritional standards. Also, corn gluten is the first ingredient, and there's no declared source of omega-3s.
Hard to recommend for any dog due to the missing AAFCO statement and plant-protein dominance.
Summary written by The Sniff System from the data above. Same rubric, same drivers, expressed in English.
Neutral fit for adult active medium-sized sporting breeds like English Springer Spaniels, English Cocker Spaniels, and English Setters. Corn gluten leads the deck, 28% DMB protein.
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At 21/100, this formula sits in territory where we recommend switching. The ceiling on this score is 59, set because the AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement isn't disclosed on the retailer page (so our methodology can't verify the formula meets adult, growth, or all-life-stages standards). The cap isn't the binding constraint here. Protein quality would also need to improve to reach the next band.
No positive drivers crossed our reporting threshold.
Plant-protein-dominated formula. corn gluten as the #1 ingredient.
No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.
- Bottom 4% for fat quality in grain-inclusive dry kibbles (4/16)
- Bottom 1% for carb quality in grain-inclusive dry kibbles (6/16)
- Bottom 4% for overall Sniff Score in grain-inclusive dry kibbles (21/100)
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- 1corn gluten
Position 1 grain: primary carbohydrate base. This is a grain-inclusive formula with corn gluten as the dominant carb.
- 2graincorn
Whole corn is more nutritious than it gets credit for, with decent amino acids and steady carbs. The bigger concern is when corn dominates the top of the ingredient list at the expense of named meat.
Position 2: major carbohydrate source.
- 3grainrice
Generic rice. Could be white or brown, the label doesn't say. Brown rice would be specified if it were.
Position 3: major carbohydrate source.
- 4legumepeas
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 →
Position 4. Within the FDA's top-5 DCM-pattern threshold. Especially notable if multiple pulses stack here.
- 5sunflower seed meal
- 6refined sunflower oil
Position 6: secondary fat. Often where marine oils sit when present alongside a primary land-animal fat.
- 7hydrolyzed vegetable proteins
- 8and minerals
3 of 8 ingredients have a curated note. Coverage grows over time.