What score does Jinx Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble get in this review?

On our published label rubric it scores 90 out of 100. The ingredient panel opens with Salmon, and the score table on this page shows each signal, the points it earned and the label fact behind the points. The guaranteed crude protein figure is 27 percent.

Is Jinx Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble suitable for puppies?

The label says yes: its adequacy statement covers all life stages, which includes growth. Amounts still change with age, and the feeding section on this page works through daily amounts by weight.

How many calories are in Jinx Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble?

Its label prints 3,600 kcal per kilogram and 392 kcal per cup. Weigh or measure by calories, not by how full the bowl looks.

Has Jinx dog food been recalled?

Our November 2026 check of FDA recall records found no posted dog food recall events for Jinx. That records what we could verify, not a promise about the future.

Is Jinx Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble grain free?

Its published ingredient list contains no grain line, so this is a grain free recipe. The carbohydrate in it comes from the legumes, roots and other plants named in the panel above.

Jinx Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble review

Jinx · Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble · Dry food · All life stages

90 / 100Our label score

★★★★½4.5 of 5 stars, from the score

27%Crude protein (min)

392kcal per cup

0FDA recall events for the brand

On the facts printed on its own label, Jinx Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble scores 90 out of 100 on our rubric: top of the range we have scored. The panel opens with Salmon, and the first ingredient signal earns 20 of its 20 points. At 27% crude protein it ranks 3 of the 13 Jinx recipes we scored for protein. Crude fat reads 14%.

At 392 kcal a cup it sits mid range for energy, so standard portion maths applies. Its adequacy claim rests on formulation: balanced on paper against the AAFCO nutrient profiles rather than fed to dogs in a trial. Our November 2026 check of FDA records found no posted dog food recall events for Jinx.

The panel runs to 29 ingredient lines. 3 of them are animal source lines and 6 are plant lines. The first added fat appears at line 5, so 4 lines sit ahead of it in the recipe by weight. The vitamin and mineral pack begins around line 15; the 15 lines from there on are mostly supplements, preservatives and functional extras rather than staple foods.

Panel for panel, this is the same recipe as Grain-Free Atlantic Salmon Kibble, sold as Dry food: the ingredient lines match. What actually differs is the calorie line. Between the two, choose on format and on the size of dog in front of you, not on the ingredient list, because the lists are the same list.

The label facts

Maker	Think Jinx, Inc.
Format	Dry food
Life stage	All life stages
Full ingredient list, in label order	Salmon Salmon Meal Chickpeas Lentils Salmon Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols) Flaxseed Natural Flavors Dried Pumpkin Dried Blueberry Kale Calcium Carbonate Dicalcium Phosphate Potassium Chloride Choline Chloride Vitamin E Supplement Zinc Proteinate Iron Proteinate Niacin Supplement Copper Proteinate Manganese Proteinate Thiamine Mononitrate Calcium Pantothenate Pyridoxine Hydrochloride Riboflavin Supplement Vitamin A Supplement Folic Acid Biotin Vitamin D3 Supplement Vitamin B12 Supplement
Guaranteed analysis	Crude protein (min) 27% · crude fat (min) 14% · crude fiber (max) 5% · moisture (max) 10%
Dry matter reading	With the water taken out, the same analysis reads 30% protein and 15.6% fat. Dry matter is how wet and dry foods can be compared fairly.
Calories	3,600 kcal/kg, 392 kcal/cup, as labeled
AAFCO adequacy	Our Salmon, Brown Rice & Sweet Potato Recipe is a dog food formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages.
Price	Not listed. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing, and we had not for this recipe when the label was read.

How the score breaks down

Signal	Points	What the label shows
First ingredient	20 / 20	Salmon, a named whole animal protein, opens the panel.
Animal protein depth, first 10 ingredients	10 / 15	3 of the first ten ingredients are named animal ingredients.
Protein level for the life stage	12 / 15	Crude protein reads 27% as labeled, read against the all life stages stage the label claims.
Fat level fit	10 / 10	Crude fat reads 14% as labeled.
Whole foods versus filler-flagged ingredients	10 / 10	None of the rubric's flagged ingredients appears in the first ten.
Artificial colors and preservatives	10 / 10	No artificial colors, color-retention chemicals or artificial preservatives appear in the panel.
AAFCO adequacy basis	8 / 10	Formulated to meet AAFCO profiles for all life stages, including growth of large size dogs.
FDA recall history	10 / 10	No FDA posted dog food recall events for this brand were found in our November 2026 check.
Price tier	Not scored	Not scored in this round. We publish a price only when we have verified it from a dated listing.
Total	90 / 100	Scaled from 90 of 100 available points. Stars are the score divided by 20, rounded to the nearest half. The method is published in full on the dog food hub.

Ingredient notes: the first ten, one by one

Definitions below are written from AAFCO's ingredient definitions in our own words. They describe what an ingredient is, never what a brand claims about it. Names that appear in our ingredient dictionary link to it; the dictionary counts how many scored recipes carry each ingredient.

Salmon. Salmon is a named fish, bringing animal protein and, in oily species, omega 3 fats. Fish first panels suit dogs that react to land meats.
Salmon Meal. Salmon Meal is the named animal rendered and ground, with water and most fat cooked off before it is weighed. Per kilo it carries far more protein than the fresh meat does.
Chickpeas. Chickpeas is a legume bringing starch, fiber and plant protein together. Legumes help a panel reach its protein figure without meat, which is worth knowing when you read the protein line.
Lentils. Lentils is a legume: starch, fiber and roughly a quarter protein by weight. A block of legumes in a panel is doing protein work as well as energy work.
Salmon Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols). Salmon Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols) is oil from the named fish and the panel's usual source of EPA and DHA, the long chain omega 3 fats linked to skin, coat and joint health.
Flaxseed. Flaxseed is a plant seed bringing fiber and ALA, a plant omega 3. Dogs convert ALA to the active forms poorly, so it does not do the job fish oil does.
Natural Flavors. Natural Flavors is a flavoring: a spray or powder added so the food tastes stronger to the dog. It is not a protein source and our rubric does not count it as one.
Dried Pumpkin. Dried Pumpkin is a fiber rich vegetable makers add to steady digestion; it soaks up water in the gut.
Dried Blueberry. Dried Blueberry is a fruit or vegetable inclusion. At panel positions like this the amounts are small; treat them as garnish with benefits, not a nutrient pillar.
Kale. Kale is a fruit or vegetable inclusion. At panel positions like this the amounts are small; treat them as garnish with benefits, not a nutrient pillar.

Who it suits

Homes that want one bag to cover a puppy and an adult dog together
Owners who want a named whole meat, not a meal or a plant, at the top of the panel
Owners who put a clean FDA recall record near the top of their list

Who should skip it

Owners who specifically want a food proven in feeding trials rather than by formulation

The brand's recall record

No FDA posted dog food recall events for this brand were found in our November 2026 check of FDA recall records. That is a statement about what we could verify, not proof of a perfect history.

See the full dog food recall tracker for recent events across all brands.

Other Jinx recipes we scored

Recipe	Score / 100	Protein	Format
Puppy Organic Chicken and Sweet Potato Kibble	95	30%	Dry food
Cage-Free Chicken Kibble	92	27%	Dry food
Grain-Free Atlantic Salmon Kibble	90	27%	Dry food
Beef Bone Broth Stew	88	8%	Wet food
Grain-Free Salmon Pate	86	8%	Wet food
Chicken Bone Broth Stew	86	8%	Wet food
Grain-Free Chicken Pate	83	8%	Wet food
Grain-Free Beef Pate	83	8%	Wet food
Beef and Chicken Homemades	82	9%	Wet food
Chicken and Tuna Homemades	82	9%	Wet food
Salmon Bone Broth Stew	79	8%	Wet food
Chicken Homemades	79	9%	Wet food

Feeding it

Switch foods gradually over about a week, mixing more of the new food into the old each day. Portion by calories, not by the look of the bowl: our feeding calculator works out a daily amount from your dog's weight, and this recipe's calorie line above is the number it needs.

What that means at the bowl, for a typical neutered adult (resting energy 70 times body weight to the power 0.75, times 1.6; treats come out of the same budget):

Dog's weight	Daily energy	Of this recipe, at 392 kcal a cup
3 kg	about 255 kcal	about 0.7 cups
10 kg	about 630 kcal	about 1.6 cups
20 kg	about 1,059 kcal	about 2.7 cups
30 kg	about 1,436 kcal	about 3.7 cups

Puppies, pregnant dogs and very active dogs need more; older and weight watching dogs need less. The calculator linked above adjusts for those cases.

Jinx Atlantic Salmon and Sweet Potato Kibble: our recipe review