Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Adult Beef & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lbs bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.43/lb
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Adult Beef & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lbs bag earns a Sniff Score of 71/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. beef delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. beef delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+15
AAFCO formulation inferred from declared adult maintenance. Verbatim statement not published by retailer.
ACF
+4
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.
Every flagged ingredient has a published basis (confirmed harm / regulatory action / precautionary). See methodology →
Guaranteed analysis
Protein
24%
min
Fat
14%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
58 total - 1 beef protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 barley grain
- 6 peas legume
- 7 chicken fat fat
- 8 flaxseed fat
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 dried tomato pomace
- 11 fish meal protein animal
- 12 dried yeast
- 13 salt mineral
- 14 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 15 potassium chloride mineral
- 16 calcium carbonate mineral
- 17 dried chicory root fiber
- 18 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 19 choline chloride supplement
- 20 dl-methionine supplement
- 21 preserved with mixed tocopherols
- 22 l-threonine
- 23 sweet potato vegetable
- 24 carrots vegetable
- 25 taurine supplement
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