Harlow Clinical Nutrition Adult Optimal Balance Chicken & Rice Formula
Confidence A
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- +25Feeding-trial substantiation AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish oil") — fish oil WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
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 67
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish oil") — fish oil WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +21 whole fruits/veg/omega sources in the top 12 — beet pulp WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 100
- +5Natural preservation system — one bonus for the class — mixed tocopherols ACVN — preservative systems in pet food
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 85
- +25Feeding-trial substantiation AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
Weighted total: 87
Scored alternatives
Ranked purely by score — same species, same form. Nothing here is sponsored.
Ingredients, as printed
Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.
- 1Chicken
- 2brewers rice
- 3whole grain wheat
- 4corn gluten meal
- 5chicken meal
- 6dried beet pulp
- 7chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols)
- 8natural flavor
- 9dried egg product
- 10fish oil
- 11salt
- 12potassium chloride
- 13choline chloride
- 14DL-methionine
- 15vitamin E supplement
- 16zinc sulfate
- 17L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C)
- 18ferrous sulfate
- 19niacin
- 20thiamine mononitrate
- 21copper sulfate
- 22calcium pantothenate
- 23manganese sulfate
- 24pyridoxine hydrochloride
- 25riboflavin supplement
- 26vitamin A supplement
- 27biotin
- 28vitamin B12 supplement
- 29vitamin D3 supplement
- 30folic acid
- 31calcium iodate
- 32sodium selenite
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 27% | 30% |
| Crude fat | 16% | 17.8% |
| Crude fiber | 3% | 3.3% |
| Moisture | 10% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Substantiated by AAFCO feeding trials for adult maintenance.
3900 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Made in United States, as stated on pack.
Barcode 2005000000089
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