Merrick Grain Free Healthy Weight Beef & Sweet Potato Recipe
Confidence B
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- -40No nutritional-adequacy statement AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +151st ingredient is named beef — Deboned Beef 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 60
- -40No nutritional-adequacy statement AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
Ingredient qualitystarted at 60, landed at 87
- +151st ingredient is named beef — Deboned Beef WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +8Named animal meal in the top 3 (Chicken Meal) — Chicken Meal WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +42 whole fruits/veg/omega sources in the top 12 — sweet potato, flaxseed WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 90
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
- +5Natural preservation system — one bonus for the class — mixed tocopherols ACVN — preservative systems in pet food
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 60
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
Weighted total: 75
Confidence held back by: no life-stage statement
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.
- 1Deboned Beef
- 2Chicken Meal
- 3Sweet Potatoes
- 4Potatoes
- 5Peas
- 6Turkey Meal
- 7Chicken Fat
- 8Natural Flavor
- 9Miscanthus Grass
- 10Flaxseed
- 11Dried Yeast
- 12Potassium Chloride
- 13Salt
- 14Choline Chloride
- 15Apples
- 16Blueberries
- 17Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Calcium Iodate)
- 18DL-Methionine
- 19Taurine
- 20Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement)
- 21Mixed Tocopherols for Freshness
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 30% | 33.7% |
| Crude fat | 10% | 11.2% |
| Crude fiber | 5% | 5.6% |
| Moisture | 11% | — |
| Taurine | 0.17% | 0.2% |
Nutritional adequacy
No nutritional adequacy statement found on this label.
3319 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0022808384984
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