Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Adult Fish & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.43/lb
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Adult Fish & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 63/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. whitefish delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. whitefish delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+18
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
Quality fat sources: named fat with declared fat sources.
FQI
+11
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.
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Guaranteed analysis
Protein
22%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
60 total - 1 whitefish protein animal
- 2 fish meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 oatmeal grain
- 6 peas legume
- 7 pea starch
- 8 chicken fat fat
- 9 flaxseed fat
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 dried tomato pomace
- 12 dried yeast
- 13 chicken meal protein animal
- 14 calcium carbonate mineral
- 15 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 16 salt mineral
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 dried chicory root fiber
- 19 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 20 choline chloride supplement
- 21 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 22 dl-methionine supplement
- 23 l-threonine
- 24 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 25 preserved with mixed tocopherols
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