Life Protection Formula Small Breed Healthy Weight Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Small Breed Healthy Weight Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 50/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 1 controversial ingredient flagged. Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.
Graded by The Sniff System
Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
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 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 pea starch
- 6 peas legume
- 7 oatmeal grain
- 8 fish meal protein animal
- 9 pea fiber fiber
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 pea protein protein plant
- 12 flaxseed fat
- 13 chicken fat fat
- 14 dried tomato pomace
- 15 powdered cellulose fiber
- 16 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 17 potassium chloride mineral
- 18 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 19 calcium carbonate mineral
- 20 salt mineral
- 21 dried chicory root fiber
- 22 choline chloride supplement
- 23 potato vegetable
- 24 dl-methionine supplement
- 25 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
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