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Blue Buffalo 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

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

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

Why this score

Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value.

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.

STACK

Score capped at 64 due to DCM-pulse trigger.

CAP why?

Contains high legume stacking. Three or more pulse-family ingredients in top 10. Split-ingredient evidence of pea/lentil/chickpea reliance..

CIP

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
25%
min
Fat
10%
min
Fiber
8%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
71 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 barley
  5. 5 pea starch
  6. 6 peas
  7. 7 oatmeal
  8. 8 fish meal
  9. 9 pea fiber
  10. 10 natural flavor
  11. 11 pea protein
  12. 12 flaxseed
  13. 13 chicken fat
  14. 14 dried tomato pomace
  15. 15 powdered cellulose
  16. 16 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
  17. 17 potassium chloride
  18. 18 dicalcium phosphate
  19. 19 calcium carbonate
  20. 20 salt
  21. 21 dried chicory root
  22. 22 choline chloride
  23. 23 potato
  24. 24 dl-methionine
  25. 25 alfalfa nutrient concentrate

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