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Blue Buffalo Blue's Hunter's Stew Grain-Free Canned Dog Food, 12.5-oz, case of 12
Blue Buffalo

Blue's Hunter's Stew Grain-Free Canned Dog Food, 12.5-oz, case of 12

Evidence Fair
wet $44.28

Blue Buffalo Blue's Hunter's Stew Grain-Free Canned Dog Food, 12.5-oz, case of 12 earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

Strong protein profile with duck as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No declared omega-3 source. Fish oil, salmon oil, and algae oil all absent.

FQI

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

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
7.5%
min
Fat
4%
min
Fiber
1%
max
Moisture
82%
max
Ingredients
36 total
  1. 1 duck
  2. 2 duck broth
  3. 3 water
  4. 4 chicken
  5. 5 dried egg
  6. 6 salmon
  7. 7 turkey liver
  8. 8 peas
  9. 9 carrots
  10. 10 potato
  11. 11 potato starch
  12. 12 guar gum
  13. 13 sodium phosphate
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 natural flavor
  16. 16 salt
  17. 17 calcium carbonate
  18. 18 zinc amino acid chelate
  19. 19 iron amino acid chelate
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 vitamin e supplement
  22. 22 copper amino acid chelate
  23. 23 manganese amino acid chelate
  24. 24 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.
  25. 25 thiamine mononitrate

Showing first 25 of 36. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.