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Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Toy Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 4-lb bag
Blue Buffalo

Life Protection Formula Toy Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 4-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $5.00/lb

Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Toy Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 4-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 75/100 (A) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Strong protein profile with deboned chicken as the primary ingredient, delivering high biological value..

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

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
26%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
4%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
59 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 oatmeal
  5. 5 barley
  6. 6 chicken fat
  7. 7 flaxseed
  8. 8 natural flavor
  9. 9 peas
  10. 10 dried tomato pomace
  11. 11 dried yeast
  12. 12 dried egg product
  13. 13 salt
  14. 14 potassium chloride
  15. 15 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
  16. 16 calcium carbonate
  17. 17 dried chicory root
  18. 18 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
  19. 19 dicalcium phosphate
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 l-threonine
  22. 22 preserved with mixed tocopherols
  23. 23 dl-methionine
  24. 24 sweet potato
  25. 25 carrots

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