BLUE Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food for Adult Dogs
December 27, 2008
Filed under BLUE Buffalo, Dog Food Reviews
BLUE Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food for Adult Dogs
Blue Buffalo Dog Food is made and manufactured by, The Blue Buffalo Co.
BLUE Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food for Adult Dogs Review
As with all dog food recipes the first thing we are going to look at are the first five ingredients. The first five ingredients are a good indication of the quality of the dog food. When looking at the first five ingredients you want to make sure there is plenty of meat and grains are minimal.
BLUE Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food for Adult Dogs First Five Ingredients:
- Deboned Chicken
- Chicken Meal
- Whole Ground Brown Rice
- Whole Ground Barley
- Oatmeal
Deboned Chicken is the first ingredient in this recipe. This ingredient is inclusive of its water content. Meaning that once the water is removed and this ingredients becomes a dried ingredient it will weigh significantly less, thus making it fall further in the ingredients list.
Chicken Meal is the second ingredient and is a named meat ingredient. A dog’s diet needs to based on the fact that dogs need meat and protein that derives from meat.
The third, fourth and fifth ingredients are all grains. All of these ingredients are of decent quality.
BLUE Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food for Adult Dogs First Full Ingredients:
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Oatmeal, Rye, Whole Potatoes, Tomato Pomace (natural source of Lycopene), Chicken Fat (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Chicken Flavor, Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Blueberries, Cranberries, Flaxseed, Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp Meal, Taurine, L-Carnitine, L-Lysine, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Yucca Shidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Turmeric, Garlic, Sunflower Oil (natural source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Herring Oil (natural source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Fructooligosaccharides, Monooligosaccharides, Dried Chicory Root, Black Malted Barley, Oil of Rosemary, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin C, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Beta Carotene, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Folic Acid, Biotin, Choline Chloride, Calcium Phosphate, Zinc Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Zinc), Iron Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Iron), Copper Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Copper), Manganese Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Manganese), Potassium Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Potassium), Cobalt Proteinate (source of Chelated Cobalt), Potassium Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Salt, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium thermophilum, Bifidobacterium longum, Enterococcus faecium.
BLUE Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Dog Food for Adult Dogs Guaranteed Analysis:
| Crude Protein | 25.0% min |
| Crude Fat | 14.0% min |
| Crude Fiber | 4.0% max |
| Moisture | 10.0% max |
| Calcium | 1.0% min |
| Phosphorus | 0.90% min |
| L-Carnitine* | 100 mg/kg min |
| Omega 3 Fatty Acids* | 0.25% min |
| Omega 6 Fatty Acids* | 3.50% min |
| Beta Carotene* | 5.0 mg/kg min |
| Glucosamine* | 400 mg/kg max |
*Not recognized as an essential nutrient by AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
This is an excellent brand of food!!
I personally haven’t ever fed it, but I have spoken to people who feed this to their dogs, and they swear by this food.
It’s a bit expensive, though, and it is too rich for some dogs.
9 stars.
Actually, no stars, because I don’t see anywhere to rate this food… lol.
my g shepherd had inconsistant stools with this food, bit too rich for him
I love it, wonderful food! Done wonders to my dogs coat and skin!
10 stars
This food has been wonderful for all three of our dogs. They love it and the ingredients are great. The dogs have all responded very well to this food. Highly recommended.
I gave my 1 year old adopted Golden this food. When I got her she was on a different food and had very loose stools. I transitioned her to this correctly and she never had anything but loose stools. I ended up trying Blue Buffalo Fish and Oatmeal for large breeds and she is doing wonderful on this. She may have a Chicken allergy, not sure? Her coat is beautiful. She is healty and at a nice weight.
My adopted dog is 3 yrs old.. (now 3.7 yrs old) he is rescue from March 2011…he still has dander problem and is now biting and itching sometimes. My choice was is Blue Buffalo (chx rice) since i got him. I thought a high quality food would help his dander.?no such luck…like i said , he now biting skin and ear bacteria. My thought is that gets worse before it gets better? I was gonna give Blue Buff till January..maybe he was just severely malnourished and it will take more than 6 Mo. to fix a life of poor diet? I’d love a response. Lab Dobie mix