Alpo Prime Cuts vs Pedigree Large Breed Dry Dog Food, Roasted Chicken, Rice and Vegetable

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The scores

Alpo Prime Cuts

56

Mediocre · Confidence A

Pedigree Large Breed Dry Dog Food, Roasted Chicken, Rice and Vegetable

51

Mediocre · Confidence B

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Pillar by pillar

Weighted pillar contributions from each product's stored score — nutritional adequacy, ingredient quality, additives & processing, transparency.

MetricAlpoPedigree
Nutritional adequacy3521
Ingredient quality1111
Additives & processing513
Transparency66

Guaranteed analysis

As printed on each label; dry-matter protein removes the moisture so wet and dry read on the same basis.

MetricAlpoPedigree
Protein18%22%
Fat8.5%10%
Fiber5.5%4%
Moisture12%12%
Protein (dry-matter)20.5%25%

First five ingredients

Alpo

  1. Ground yellow corn
  2. meat and bone meal
  3. soybean meal
  4. beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
  5. corn protein meal

Pedigree

  1. Ground Whole Grain Corn
  2. Chicken By-Product Meal (Source of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate)
  3. Corn Gluten Meal
  4. Animal Fat (Source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids [Preserved with BHA and Citric Acid])
  5. Meat and Bone Meal

Flags on the label

Alpo

  • Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat and bone meal")
  • corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry dog food
  • Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources
  • Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped

Pedigree

  • No nutritional-adequacy statement
  • Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat")
  • corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry dog food
  • Synthetic preservatives with carcinogenicity signals in rodent studies — one deduction for the class

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