BLUE Freedom Grain-Free Indoor Chicken
Blue Buffalo BLUE Freedom Grain-Free Indoor Chicken is a grain-free dry adult cat food. Its first ingredients are deboned chicken, chicken meal and tapioca starch. It has an Ingredients score of 62/100, a Nutrition score of 6.6/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $4.27/lb (11 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 27, 2026 · Price checked Oct 27, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Deboned Chicken
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Chicken Meal
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Tapioca Starch
- 1 / 5
- Starch or refined grain
- Peas
- 2 / 5
- Legume
- Pea Protein
- 2 / 5
- Legume
- Other ingredients
- 3.3 / 5
- Average of the other 60 ingredients
Avoid List
0The label lists none of the additives we count.
The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score
Adult targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 32%
- 4.4 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 14%
- 4.7 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 31%
- 3.8 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 7%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
- Unnamed animal source
- × 0.75
- Fish Meal does not name the animal. Score before: 8.8/10.
What Is in It
Dry matter means the food with the water taken out. It lets you compare foods with different moisture fairly.
| On the label | Dry matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein (min) | 32% | 35.2% |
| Fat (min) | 14% | 15.4% |
| Fiber (max) | 7% | 7.7% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 31% | 34.1% |
| Moisture (max) | 9% | - |
| Calories | 3,598 kcal/kg · 391 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
Labels do not list carbohydrates, and this one does not list ash either. We estimate carbohydrates by assuming 7% ash, a typical value for dry cat food, and subtracting everything else from 100.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Tapioca Starch, Peas, Pea Protein, Potatoes, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Fish Meal (source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Pea Fiber, Powdered Cellulose, Flaxseed (source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Natural Flavor, Choline Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, DL-Methionine, Potassium Chloride, Direct Dehydrated Alfalfa Pellets, Calcium Chloride, Dried Chicory Root, Salt, Alfalfa Nutrient Concentrate, Taurine, Calcium Carbonate, preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, Sweet Potatoes, Carrots, Vegetable Juice for color, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Blueberries, Cranberries, Barley Grass, Parsley, Turmeric, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Copper Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Copper Amino Acid Chelate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), L-Lysine, L-Carnitine, Biotin (Vitamin B7), Vitamin A Supplement, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Dried Yeast, Dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Dried Aspergillus niger fermentation extract, Dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation extract, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Oil of Rosemary
Estimated Monthly Cost
By your cat's weight, using the maker's daily amount and the cheapest bag. Your cat may eat more or less.
The maker gives the daily amount as a range by weight. We worked out the amount for each weight from that range, so it is an estimate.
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Last checked: Oct 27, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction