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BLUE BUFFALO Wilderness Chicken Recipe High-Protein Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag
Blue Buffalo

Wilderness Chicken Recipe High-Protein Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag

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dry $3.07/lb

BLUE BUFFALO Wilderness Chicken Recipe High-Protein Healthy Weight Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food, 28-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 76/100 (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
28%
min
Fat
9%
min
Fiber
10%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
69 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 dried chicken
  4. 4 oatmeal
  5. 5 barley
  6. 6 brown rice
  7. 7 potato
  8. 8 fish meal
  9. 9 powdered cellulose
  10. 10 potato starch
  11. 11 natural flavor
  12. 12 flaxseed
  13. 13 chicken fat
  14. 14 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
  15. 15 potassium chloride
  16. 16 dicalcium phosphate
  17. 17 dried tomato pomace
  18. 18 l-threonine
  19. 19 dl-methionine
  20. 20 dried chicory root
  21. 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
  22. 22 calcium carbonate
  23. 23 choline chloride
  24. 24 salt
  25. 25 taurine

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