Basics Skin & Stomach Care Grain-Free Formula Duck & Potato Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag
Blue Buffalo Basics Skin & Stomach Care Grain-Free Formula Duck & Potato Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 22-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 41/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.
Graded by The Sniff System
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
Premium micronutrient forms such as chelated minerals or natural vitamin E.
Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..
Controversial ingredients · 1
- sodium seleniteSynthetic selenium source. Selenium is essential, but sodium selenite has a narrower safety margin than organic alternatives like selenium yeast. Better-formulated foods use the organic form.
Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →
- 1 duck protein animal
- 2 potato vegetable
- 3 pea starch
- 4 peas legume
- 5 pea protein protein plant
- 6 duck meal protein animal
- 7 tapioca starch
- 8 canola oil fat
- 9 pea fiber fiber
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 fish oil fat
- 12 calcium carbonate mineral
- 13 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 14 potato starch
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 17 pumpkin vegetable
- 18 dried chicory root fiber
- 19 choline chloride supplement
- 20 flaxseed fat
- 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 22 dl-methionine supplement
- 23 potassium chloride mineral
- 24 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 25 preserved with mixed tocopherols
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