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Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Large Breed Chicken Puppy Dry Food with DHA & ARA

Blue Buffalolisted recordUS · Dry kibble

Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Large Breed Chicken Puppy Dry Food with DHA & ARA is a retailer-listed US dry dog food. Label facts retain their source basis and explicit unknowns.

Label review pendingUpdated Oct 23, 2026Revision 1

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Standard feeding cost: Unknownper 1,000 kcal · eligible dated offer
Calorie density: 3,628kcal / kg as fed
Nutritional adequacy: UnknownRead the exact statement below
Ingredient score: 65/100Ingredient naming specificity

Suitability & adequacy

The exact adequacy statement is unknown. This record cannot establish life-stage suitability.

Labelled life stages: Unknown
Large-breed growth explicitly supported: unknown
Substantiation method: unknown
Formulation record: f-major-blue-buffalo-9c66b960cbe90b7f-04cc43b482607ff1 · effective Unknown

The label’s statement is the starting point. Individual calorie needs and medical suitability are separate questions. Choosing puppy food

Nutrition & estimates

Label minima and maxima are guarantees, not typical measured values. Dry-matter and per-calorie conversions remain estimates; they do not become laboratory results.

Label nutrition and calculated estimates
Nutrient	Label value	Dry matter estimate	Per 1,000 kcal estimate
proteinminimum	26%as fed	28.9%	71.7 g
fatminimum	15%as fed	16.7%	41.3 g
fibermaximum	5%as fed	5.6%	13.8 g
moisturemaximum	10%as fed	—	—
ash	Unknown	—	—
calciumminimum	1.2%as fed	1.3%	3.3 g
phosphorusminimum	1%as fed	1.1%	2.8 g
sodium	Unknown	—	—
EPA	Unknown	—	—
DHAminimum	0.1%as fed	0.1%	0.3 g

“—” means a supported conversion is unavailable or not applicable. No ash or carbohydrate value is assumed. How to read these estimates

Ingredients on the label

First ten ingredients

Listed in descending weight order when added. Water content affects rank; position alone does not show nutrient contribution. About label order.

Deboned Chicken
Chicken Meal
Brown Rice
Oatmeal
Peas
Pulse ingredient among the first ten
FDA reports an unresolved association between certain diets high in pulses and non-hereditary dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This flag identifies label position, not the amount present or a diagnosis. Pulses are not established as inherently dangerous; discuss diet changes with your veterinarian.
FDA: diet and DCM questions View ingredient record
Barley
Dried Tomato Pomace
Chicken Fat
1. Mixed Tocopherols
Natural Flavor
Fish Meal

Select a highlighted ingredient to read why it is flagged. Flags cover specific documented concerns, not every possible risk. Unflagged does not mean proven safe. 63 of 64 label terms link to the catalog.

All remaining ingredients (52)

Original label wording

Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Peas, Barley, Dried Tomato Pomace, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Fish Meal (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Flaxseed (source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Dried Yeast, Dried Egg Product, Fish Oil (source of ARA-Arachidonic Acid and DHA-Docosahexaenoic Acid), Salmon Meal, Dicalcium Phosphate, Salt, Direct Dehydrated Alfalfa Pellets, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Dried Chicory Root, Alfalfa Nutrient Concentrate, L-Threonine, Calcium Carbonate, DL-Methionine, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Vitamin E Supplement, Dried Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Taurine, L-Carnitine, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Sulfate, Vegetable Juice for color, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Blueberries, Cranberries, Barley Grass, Parsley, Turmeric, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Copper Sulfate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), L-Lysine, Biotin (Vitamin B7), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Sodium Selenite, Oil of Rosemary

chicken: explicit
beef: ambiguous
fish: derived
lamb: ambiguous

“Not listed” does not establish allergy safety. Derived ingredients and ambiguous animal sources are distinguished; cross-contact control may be unknown. Understand exclusions

Packages & buying options

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Package sizes and offers are not documented in this record. Visit the cited manufacturer source for current availability.

Cost is an estimate, not a feeding prescription. Conditional discounts remain separate from standard prices.

Safety checks & information gaps

No exact-match notice is displayed in this catalog. This does not mean the food is recall-free or that the recall feed is complete or current.

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What remains unknown

Formulation effective date is not supplied; retrieval date is the observation date. A product-listing publication date does not establish when this formulation took effect.
Automated source extraction has not received independent veterinary or human editorial review; evidence score is unpublished.
Catalog presence does not establish recall-free status or clinical suitability.
No publication date was extracted from matching retailer product metadata; source publication date remains unknown.
Exact nutritional adequacy statement was not provided in accessible label text; life stage and completeness remain unconfirmed.
Large-breed growth eligibility is unconfirmed; product naming is not used as adequacy evidence.
No variant-specific dated offers were normalized; prices and feeding costs remain unknown.
Label text is supplied by a retailer; the current manufacturer label was not independently retrieved. Retailer assortment does not establish the manufacturer's complete range.

Recipe identity and formulation identity are recorded separately. The current published revision does not establish the contents of an older bag. Check its label and lot code.

Sources & dates

Manufacturer statements describe the label; they are not independent clinical findings. Check your bag for the current formulation.

petsmart.comretailer · retrieved Oct 23, 2026 · publication date unknown