Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Healthy Weight Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.27/lb
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Healthy Weight Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 71/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. deboned chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. deboned chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
STACK
+5
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
20%
min
Fat
9%
min
Fiber
10%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
63 total - 1 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 oatmeal grain
- 6 peas legume
- 7 pea starch
- 8 miscanthus grass fiber
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 dried tomato pomace
- 11 potato starch
- 12 flaxseed fat
- 13 chicken fat fat
- 14 dried yeast
- 15 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 16 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 calcium carbonate mineral
- 19 salt mineral
- 20 dried chicory root fiber
- 21 choline chloride supplement
- 22 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 23 l-threonine
- 24 dl-methionine supplement
- 25 taurine supplement
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