Friskies Ocean Favorites Paté With Salmon, Brown Rice & Peas
Confidence A
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat by-product") — meat by-product 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 40
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat by-product") — meat by-product WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 77
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
- -8Thickener with contested gut-inflammation literature — informational deduction on wet formulas — carrageenan Review literature on degraded carrageenan and GI inflammation
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 67
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +7Publishes a full typical analysis WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- ℹ By-products can be nutritious — the transparency issue is unnamed sourcing
Weighted total: 71
Scored alternatives
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Ingredients, as printed
Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.
- 1Meat by-products
- 2water
- 3chicken
- 4poultry by-products
- 5salmon
- 6brown rice
- 7peas
- 8rice
- 9artificial and natural flavors
- 10tricalcium phosphate
- 11guar gum
- 12MINERALS [potassium chloride, magnesium proteinate, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide]
- 13choline chloride
- 14carrageenan
- 15taurine
- 16VITAMINS [thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 supplement]
- 17salt
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 8% | 36.4% |
| Crude fat | 5% | 22.7% |
| Crude fiber | 1% | 4.5% |
| Moisture | 78% | — |
| Ash | 3.5% | 15.9% |
| Taurine | 0.05% | 0.2% |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
1180 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0050000503667
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