Blue Buffalo
Life Protection Formula Small Breed Puppy Chicken & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag
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dry $2.93/lb
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Small Breed Puppy Chicken & Oatmeal Recipe Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag earns a Sniff Score of 75/100 (A) 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 carbohydrate sources with fermentable fiber.
CQI
+15
Named fresh meat paired with same-species meal, a strong extrusion architecture.
STACK
+5
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.
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Guaranteed analysis
Protein
29%
min
Fat
17%
min
Fiber
5%
max
Moisture
10%
max
Ingredients
57 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 chicken fat fat
- 8 dried tomato pomace
- 9 natural flavor other
- 10 flaxseed fat
- 11 dried yeast
- 12 salt mineral
- 13 direct dehydrated alfalfa pellets
- 14 potassium chloride mineral
- 15 dried chicory root fiber
- 16 alfalfa nutrient concentrate
- 17 calcium carbonate mineral
- 18 choline chloride supplement
- 19 l-threonine
- 20 dl-methionine supplement
- 21 preserved with mixed tocopherols
- 22 sweet potato vegetable
- 23 carrots vegetable
- 24 taurine supplement
- 25 zinc amino acid chelate
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