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Blue Buffalo Wilderness Chicken Recipe Adult High-Protein Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag
Blue Buffalo

Wilderness Chicken Recipe Adult High-Protein Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag

Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.87/lb

Blue Buffalo Wilderness Chicken Recipe Adult High-Protein Grain-Free Dry Dog Food, 24-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 47/100 (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

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

STACK

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

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
34%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
65 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 peas
  4. 4 pea protein
  5. 5 tapioca starch
  6. 6 fish meal
  7. 7 dried tomato pomace
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 flaxseed
  10. 10 pea starch
  11. 11 natural flavor
  12. 12 dried egg product
  13. 13 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
  14. 14 dl-methionine
  15. 15 dried chicory root
  16. 16 potato
  17. 17 pea fiber
  18. 18 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
  19. 19 calcium carbonate
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 salt
  22. 22 l-threonine
  23. 23 potassium chloride
  24. 24 preserved with mixed tocopherols
  25. 25 sweet potato

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