Beneful Originals With Farm-Raised Chicken
Confidence A
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
Why this score
Every point traces to a published rule with its source — nothing hand-adjusted, nothing sponsored.
Nutritional adequacystarted at 100, landed at 100
No adjustments — clean slate on this pillar
Ingredient qualitystarted at 60, landed at 75
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 85
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 60
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- ℹ By-products can be nutritious — the transparency issue is unnamed sourcing
Weighted total: 84
Scored alternatives
Ranked purely by score — same species, same form. Nothing here is sponsored.
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Ingredients, as printed
Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.
- 1Chicken
- 2whole grain corn
- 3barley
- 4whole grain wheat
- 5soybean meal
- 6corn protein meal
- 7oat meal
- 8beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 9chicken by-product meal
- 10rice
- 11egg and chicken flavor
- 12natural flavor
- 13calcium carbonate
- 14mono and dicalcium phosphate
- 15glycerin
- 16dried carrots
- 17dried tomatoes
- 18salt
- 19annatto color
- 20potassium chloride
- 21vegetable juice (color)
- 22MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 23VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 supplement, folic acid (Vitamin B-9), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 supplement]
- 24choline chloride
- 25carmine
- 26L-Lysine monohydrochloride
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 23% | 26.1% |
| Crude fat | 12% | 13.6% |
| Crude fiber | 4% | 4.5% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
3565 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0017800101745
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