Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Small Breed Senior Chicken & 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 Senior Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 74/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. deboned chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. deboned chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+15
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
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.
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Guaranteed analysis
Protein
23%
min
Fat
13%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
63 total - 1 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 barley grain
- 6 peas legume
- 7 dried tomato pomace
- 8 natural flavor other
- 9 chicken fat fat
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 dried egg product
- 12 fish oil fat
- 13 dried yeast
- 14 miscanthus grass fiber
- 15 potassium chloride mineral
- 16 salt mineral
- 17 calcium carbonate mineral
- 18 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 19 dried chicory root fiber
- 20 choline chloride supplement
- 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 22 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 23 taurine supplement
- 24 vitamin e supplement vitamin
- 25 l-threonine
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