Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Puppy Lamb & Oatmeal 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 Puppy Lamb & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 30-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 69/100 (B) with Fair evidence. Zero controversial ingredients flagged. Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage..
Graded by The Sniff System
Why this score
Reasonable protein quality. lamb delivers solid amino acid coverage.
PQI
+19
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
26%
min
Fat
16%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
61 total - 1 lamb protein animal
- 2 chicken meal protein animal
- 3 oatmeal grain
- 4 barley grain
- 5 brown rice grain
- 6 fish meal protein animal
- 7 peas legume
- 8 pea starch
- 9 chicken fat fat
- 10 natural flavor other
- 11 dried tomato pomace
- 12 dried yeast
- 13 fish oil fat
- 14 flaxseed fat
- 15 dried egg product
- 16 salt mineral
- 17 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 18 potassium chloride mineral
- 19 calcium carbonate mineral
- 20 dicalcium phosphate mineral
- 21 choline chloride supplement
- 22 dried chicory root fiber
- 23 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 24 dl-methionine supplement
- 25 l-threonine
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