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Blue Buffalo Basics Skin & Stomach Care Healthy Weight Turkey & Potato Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
Blue Buffalo

Basics Skin & Stomach Care Healthy Weight Turkey & Potato Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.92/lb

Blue Buffalo Basics Skin & Stomach Care Healthy Weight Turkey & Potato Recipe Adult Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 43/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.

ACF

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic 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 →

Guaranteed analysis
Protein
20%
min
Fat
9%
min
Fiber
10%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
66 total
  1. 1 turkey
  2. 2 oatmeal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 potato
  5. 5 peas
  6. 6 turkey meal
  7. 7 pea fiber
  8. 8 pea protein
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 canola oil
  11. 11 powdered cellulose
  12. 12 fish oil
  13. 13 calcium carbonate
  14. 14 dicalcium phosphate
  15. 15 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
  16. 16 pumpkin
  17. 17 dried chicory root
  18. 18 potassium chloride
  19. 19 choline chloride
  20. 20 l-lysine
  21. 21 flaxseed
  22. 22 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
  23. 23 salt
  24. 24 dl-methionine
  25. 25 vitamin e supplement

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