Friskies Surfin’ & Turfin’ Favorites Dry Cat Food With Flavors of Chicken, Whitefish, Salmon & Filet Mignon
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 — red 40, yellow 5, blue 2 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat and bone meal") — meat and bone meal 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 16
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat and bone meal") — meat and bone meal WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish meal") — fish meal WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -14corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry cat food — Ground yellow 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 — red 40, yellow 5, 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: 56
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.
- 1Ground yellow corn
- 2chicken by-product meal
- 3soybean meal
- 4corn protein meal
- 5beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 6meat and bone meal
- 7liver flavor
- 8ocean fish meal
- 9phosphoric acid
- 10salt
- 11calcium carbonate
- 12salmon meal
- 13choline chloride
- 14MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 15potassium chloride
- 16taurine
- 17DL-Methionine
- 18VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K)]
- 19natural filet mignon flavor
- 20Red 40
- 21Yellow 5
- 22Blue 2
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 30% | 34.1% |
| Crude fat | 11% | 12.5% |
| Crude fiber | 3% | 3.4% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
| Taurine | 0.12% | 0.1% |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for all life stages.
3573 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0055800309020
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