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Life Protection Formula Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 34-lb bag
Blue Buffalo

Life Protection Formula Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 34-lb bag

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AAFCO compliance inferred from product name
dry $2.35/lb

Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 34-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 72/100 (B) 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

Quality fat sources: named fat with marine oil (EPA and DHA source).

FQI

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
26%
min
Fat
15%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
62 total
  1. 1 deboned chicken
  2. 2 chicken meal
  3. 3 brown rice
  4. 4 oatmeal
  5. 5 peas
  6. 6 barley
  7. 7 dried tomato pomace
  8. 8 chicken fat
  9. 9 natural flavor
  10. 10 fish meal
  11. 11 flaxseed
  12. 12 dried yeast
  13. 13 dried egg product
  14. 14 fish oil
  15. 15 salmon meal
  16. 16 dicalcium phosphate
  17. 17 salt
  18. 18 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
  19. 19 potassium chloride
  20. 20 choline chloride
  21. 21 dried chicory root
  22. 22 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
  23. 23 l-threonine
  24. 24 calcium carbonate
  25. 25 dl-methionine

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