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Blue Buffalo Love Made Fresh Beef with Carrots & Peas Fresh Refrigerated Dog Food, 5-lb roll, case of 4
Blue Buffalo

Love Made Fresh Beef with Carrots & Peas Fresh Refrigerated Dog Food, 5-lb roll, case of 4

Evidence Fair
wet $3.78/lb

Blue Buffalo Love Made Fresh Beef with Carrots & Peas Fresh Refrigerated Dog Food, 5-lb roll, case of 4 earns a Sniff Score of 59/100 (C) with Fair evidence. 2 controversial ingredients flagged. Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

Graded by The Sniff System

Why this score

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

PQI

Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.

CQI

Includes egg, named fish, or organ meat for diverse high-bioavailability protein.

STACK

Score capped at 59 due to no AAFCO statement.

CAP why?

No AAFCO statement. Nutritional completeness unverified.

ACF

Contains guar gum. Emerging microbiome data on emulsifiers; no canine clinical evidence. Minor penalty in canned food..

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
11%
min
Fat
7%
min
Fiber
2%
max
Moisture
65%
max
Ingredients
56 total
  1. 1 beef
  2. 2 chicken
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 oat flour
  5. 5 egg
  6. 6 carrots
  7. 7 peas
  8. 8 honey
  9. 9 pea protein
  10. 10 cane molasses
  11. 11 vegetable glycerin
  12. 12 vinegar
  13. 13 flaxseed
  14. 14 natural flavor
  15. 15 celery juice
  16. 16 lemon juice
  17. 17 liquid lactococcus lactis fermentation product
  18. 18 lactic acid
  19. 19 oat fiber
  20. 20 dicalcium phosphate
  21. 21 potassium chloride
  22. 22 salt
  23. 23 sodium acetate
  24. 24 sodium phosphate
  25. 25 acetic acid

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