Flavor Snacks Dog Biscuits vs Farmer's Table Pork Grain-Free Dog Kibble 11 lb: which is safer?

Milk-Bone Flavor Snacks Dog Biscuits is our pick, better on PFAS and on the overall hazard picture.

Our pick

Milk-Bone Flavor Snacks Dog Biscuits

Milk-Bone

Flavor Snacks Dog Biscuits

PFAS grade

Excellent 85/100

Overall grade

Good 71/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 2

Material

Wheat flour, meat by-products, soy lecithin, standard binders and preservatives

Confidence

78%

PossibleRancidity and oxidative degradation of fats

ReportedIngredient sourcing transparency and traceability

Farmer's Table Pork Grain-Free Dog Kibble 11 lb

Open Farm

Farmer's Table Pork Grain-Free Dog Kibble 11 lb

PFAS grade

Good 70/100

Overall grade

Good 52/100

Verdict

Buy

Hazard flags

⚑ 3

Material

paper/cardboard bag with inner polymer coating (likely polyethylene)

Confidence

72%

PossiblePolymer liner degradation and microplastic shedding

ReportedMoisture barrier failure and mold contamination

PossibleInsect or pest contamination via packaging gaps

Where these two actually differ

  • We flag Rancidity and oxidative degradation of fats and Ingredient sourcing transparency and traceability on the Milk-Bone and not on the Open Farm.
  • We flag Polymer liner degradation and microplastic shedding, Moisture barrier failure and mold contamination and Insect or pest contamination via packaging gaps on the Open Farm and not on the Milk-Bone.
  • The Milk-Bone is Wheat flour, meat by-products, soy lecithin, standard binders and preservatives where the Open Farm is paper/cardboard bag with inner polymer coating (likely polyethylene), which is most of the difference in these two grades.

Both products run through the same public rubric, which covers materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →

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