Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken-Free Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Senior Chicken-Free Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 42/100 (D) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.
Graded by The Sniff System
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.
Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..
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 →
- 1 salmon protein animal
- 2 brown rice grain
- 3 barley grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 fish meal protein animal
- 6 dried tomato pomace
- 7 peas legume
- 8 potato vegetable
- 9 pea starch
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 natural flavor other
- 12 dried yeast
- 13 canola oil fat
- 14 pea protein protein plant
- 15 miscanthus grass fiber
- 16 calcium carbonate mineral
- 17 fish oil fat
- 18 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 19 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 20 potassium citrate
- 21 salt mineral
- 22 pea fiber fiber
- 23 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 24 dried chicory root fiber
- 25 choline chloride supplement
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