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Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Small Breed Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag
Blue Buffalo

Life Protection Formula Small Breed Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.93/lb

Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Small Breed Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 68/100 (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

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.

ACF

Controversial ingredients · 1

  • sodium selenite
    Synthetic 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
24%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
61 total
  1. 1 lamb
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 oatmeal
  6. 6 peas
  7. 7 chicken fat
  8. 8 flaxseed
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 pea starch
  11. 11 fish meal
  12. 12 dried yeast
  13. 13 dried tomato pomace
  14. 14 dried egg product
  15. 15 salt
  16. 16 dicalcium phosphate
  17. 17 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
  18. 18 potassium chloride
  19. 19 calcium carbonate
  20. 20 dried chicory root
  21. 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 dl-methionine
  24. 24 l-threonine
  25. 25 preserved with mixed tocopherols

Showing first 25 of 61. Position 1-5 has the largest weight.