Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Small Breed Adult Lamb & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag
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B 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
+19
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
ACF
+4
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
24%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
61 total - 1 lamb protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 oatmeal grain
- 6 peas legume
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 flaxseed fat
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 pea starch
- 11 fish meal protein animal
- 12 dried yeast
- 13 dried tomato pomace
- 14 dried egg product
- 15 salt mineral
- 16 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 17 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 18 potassium chloride mineral
- 19 calcium carbonate mineral
- 20 dried chicory root fiber
- 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 22 choline chloride supplement
- 23 dl-methionine supplement
- 24 l-threonine
- 25 preserved with mixed tocopherols
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