Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag
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B Evidence Fair
AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.43/lb
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Large Breed Adult Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 71/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. deboned chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. deboned chicken delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+20
Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).
FQI
+12
Quality carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+12
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
22%
min
Fat
12%
min
Fiber
6%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
65 total - 1 deboned chicken protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 brown rice grain
- 4 oatmeal grain
- 5 barley grain
- 6 peas legume
- 7 pea starch
- 8 chicken fat fat
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 miscanthus grass fiber
- 11 dried tomato pomace
- 12 flaxseed fat
- 13 meal
- 14 dried yeast
- 15 fish oil fat
- 16 potassium citrate
- 17 salt mineral
- 18 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 19 dried chicory root fiber
- 20 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 21 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 22 calcium carbonate mineral
- 23 choline chloride supplement
- 24 potassium chloride mineral
- 25 taurine supplement
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