Mousetail Morsels Ocean Whitefish Crunchers
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)
- -35Synthetic preservatives with carcinogenicity signals in rodent studies — one deduction for the class — bha NTP Report on Carcinogens — butylated hydroxyanisole
- -24Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped — yellow 6, blue 2 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
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 40
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("poultry by-product") — poultry by-product WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 41
- -35Synthetic preservatives with carcinogenicity signals in rodent studies — one deduction for the class — bha NTP Report on Carcinogens — butylated hydroxyanisole
- -24Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped — yellow 6, 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: 49
Confidence held back by: no life-stage statement · fiber not published
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.
- 1Ground corn
- 2poultry by-product meal
- 3wheat flour
- 4ocean whitefish meal
- 5animal fat (preserved with BHA and citric acid)
- 6brewers dried yeast
- 7natural fish flavor
- 8salt
- 9calcium carbonate
- 10taurine
- 11choline chloride
- 12Yellow 6
- 13Blue 2
- 14vitamin E supplement
- 15zinc sulfate
- 16niacin supplement
- 17thiamine mononitrate
- 18vitamin A supplement
- 19riboflavin supplement
- 20vitamin B12 supplement
- 21vitamin D3 supplement
- 22folic acid
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 30% | 33.3% |
| Crude fat | 13% | 14.4% |
| Moisture | 10% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
No nutritional adequacy statement found on this label.
3900 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Made in United States, as stated on pack.
Barcode 2004000000020
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