Blue's Stew Hearty Beef Stew
Wet food · 12.5 oz canDog foodScored September 2026
- Flags
- 22 caution
- Ingredients
- 36all in our library
- Brand grade
- Btransparency, costs 2 points
- Recalls
- 0linked to this product
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The full methodologyBlue Buffalo
Blue's Stew Hearty Beef Stew
Good, check the flags
Scored September 2026 · checkthepanel.com
2 flagged ingredients.
Avoid first. Each flag costs points in the score above; where a flag has an entry behind it, it links to the evidence.
Natural flavor
An undisclosed blend. Not harmful per se, but it hides what your pet is actually tasting.
Added color
Color added for the buyer's eye, not a synthetic dye; your pet does not care what color it is.
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36 ingredients. 2 of them carry this product's 2 flags and are marked below. The other 34 raised no flag.
Recall record.
This product
None linked
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See all pet recallsBlue Buffalo, the brand
No FDA recalls on fileNone of the FDA recall notices we have imported names Blue Buffalo.
The brand behind it.
Blue Buffalo
Named deboned meats and meals across the lineup, with one natural-flavor catch-all in most recipes.
Names its meat sources on the panel. The B grade takes 2 points off this product's score.
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No independent testing on file.
Third-party lab findings for things that never appear on an ingredient label. This is separate from the score above and does not change it.
We haven't found published third-party lab results (PFAS, heavy metals, phthalates) for this product. That is not a clean bill of health, just an absence of data.
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This page was corrected 2 times.
- Sep 22, 2026 Its two color flags (“Artificial colors (Red 40, Yellow 5, and friends)” and “Artificial colors”) are now one “Added color” flag. Panel Score 82 → 86. The panel lists caramel color, not a synthetic dye such as Red 40. It was counted twice; one line earns one flag.
- Sep 21, 2026 Panel Score 86 → 82: added a caution for Artificial colors. The printed panel lists it and our record was not carrying the flag.
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