Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Lamb & 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 Large Breed Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 69/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+18
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
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 →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
20%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
63 total - 1 lamb 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 flaxseed fat
- 11 chicken fat fat
- 12 fish oil fat
- 13 dried yeast
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 17 calcium carbonate mineral
- 18 dried tomato pomace
- 19 dried chicory root fiber
- 20 choline chloride supplement
- 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 22 dl-methionine supplement
- 23 taurine supplement
- 24 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 25 l-threonine
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