Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.43/lb
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 74/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
PQI
+21
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+15
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+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
27%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
60 total - 1 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 barley grain
- 6 fish meal protein animal
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 dried tomato pomace
- 9 peas legume
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 flaxseed fat
- 12 dried egg product
- 13 dried yeast
- 14 fish oil fat
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 potassium chloride mineral
- 17 choline chloride supplement
- 18 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 19 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 20 dried chicory root fiber
- 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 22 calcium carbonate mineral
- 23 l-threonine
- 24 dl-methionine supplement
- 25 preserved with mixed tocopherols
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