The shelter I volunteer is associated with an excellent veterinary clinic, which sells Science Diet. This is ALSO what they feed the shelter animals. The people who work there are wonderful and absolutely do not work with rescue animals for "the money".
I do not believe Science Diet is the best possible food to feed your dog, but I think it is probably best of the standard store brands, and is absolutely a reasonable brand to recommend. Science Diet is like any other product, it is sold by a company that has the good sense to invest its marketing funds where they will make an impact. There doesn't have to be anything sinister about it.
I agree with Nancy1999 that we have a lot to learn about nutrition for both humans and dogs. I think this can create a lot of anxiety about how best to care for our pets, and fear that we will be misled. All we can do is research, ask questions like the OP is, and do what we think makes sense.
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