Friskies Indoor Delights Dry Cat Food With Flavors of Chicken, Salmon, Peas & Carrots
Confidence A
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- -36Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped — yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40, blue 2 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat") — animal fat 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)
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 26
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat") — animal fat WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -14corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry cat food — Whole grain corn WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 49
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
- -36Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped — yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40, blue 2 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
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: 60
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.
- 1Whole grain corn
- 2corn protein meal
- 3chicken by-product meal
- 4soybean meal
- 5animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 6salmon meal
- 7powdered cellulose
- 8meat and bone meal
- 9soybean hulls
- 10liver flavor
- 11phosphoric acid
- 12calcium carbonate
- 13malted barley extract
- 14salt
- 15choline chloride
- 16dried cheese powder
- 17dried peas
- 18dried carrots
- 19potassium chloride
- 20MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 21taurine
- 22VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin A supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 supplement, folic acid (Vitamin B-9), biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K)]
- 23L-Tryptophan
- 24Yellow 6
- 25Yellow 5
- 26Red 40
- 27Blue 2
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 30% | 34.1% |
| Crude fat | 9% | 10.2% |
| Crude fiber | 5% | 5.7% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
| Taurine | 0.12% | 0.1% |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
3410 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0055800167514
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