Basics Skin & Stomach Care Grain-Free Formula Lamb & Potato Recipe Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag
Blue Buffalo Basics Skin & Stomach Care Grain-Free Formula Lamb & Potato Recipe Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food, 11-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 44/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.
Graded by The Sniff System
Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
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 lamb protein animal
- 2 lamb meal protein animal
- 3 peas legume
- 4 potato vegetable
- 5 pea starch
- 6 pea protein protein plant
- 7 tapioca starch
- 8 canola oil fat
- 9 pea fiber fiber
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 fish oil fat
- 12 salt mineral
- 13 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 14 choline chloride supplement
- 15 pumpkin vegetable
- 16 dried chicory root fiber
- 17 dl-methionine supplement
- 18 flaxseed fat
- 19 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 20 calcium carbonate mineral
- 21 potassium chloride mineral
- 22 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 23 preserved with mixed tocopherols
- 24 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
- 25 zinc amino acid chelate
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