Fancy Feast With Savory Chicken & Turkey vs Purina Cat Chow Complete with Salmon
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The scores
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Pillar by pillar
Weighted pillar contributions from each product's stored score — nutritional adequacy, ingredient quality, additives & processing, transparency.
| Metric | Fancy Feast | Purina Cat Chow |
|---|---|---|
| Nutritional adequacy | 35 | 35 |
| Ingredient quality | 11 | 11 |
| Additives & processing | 10 | 10 |
| Transparency | 6 | 6 |
Guaranteed analysis
As printed on each label; dry-matter protein removes the moisture so wet and dry read on the same basis.
| Metric | Fancy Feast | Purina Cat Chow |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 34% | 32% |
| Fat | 17% | 12% |
| Fiber | 3% | 3% |
| Moisture | 10% | 12% |
| Protein (dry-matter) | 37.8% | 36.4% |
First five ingredients
Fancy Feast
- Rice
- poultry by-product meal
- corn gluten meal
- beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- whole grain corn
Purina Cat Chow
- Chicken by-product meal
- ground yellow corn
- corn protein meal
- whole grain wheat
- rice
Flags on the label
Fancy Feast
- Unnamed animal ingredient ("poultry by-product")
- Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources
- Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped
Purina Cat Chow
- Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat")
- Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources
- Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped
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