Basics Skin & Stomach Care Turkey & Potato Recipe Senior Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
Blue Buffalo Basics Skin & Stomach Care Turkey & Potato Recipe Senior 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
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
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 turkey protein animal
- 2 oatmeal grain
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 potato vegetable
- 5 peas legume
- 6 turkey meal protein animal
- 7 pea fiber fiber
- 8 natural flavor other
- 9 pea protein protein plant
- 10 canola oil fat
- 11 fish oil fat
- 12 calcium carbonate mineral
- 13 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 choline chloride supplement
- 16 pumpkin vegetable
- 17 dried chicory root fiber
- 18 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 19 flaxseed fat
- 20 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 21 salt mineral
- 22 taurine supplement
- 23 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 24 preserved with mixed tocopherols
- 25 l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate
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