Pedigree With TENDER BITES™ for Small Dogs Complete Nutrition Adult Dry Dog Food Chicken & Steak Flavor
DogDrysmall pieces for small mouths100% complete & balanced food for adult dogssupports everyday health with 36 vitamins, minerals & amino acidmade with small, easy-to-chew tender bitestwo-textured dry dog food kibblesupports everyday health and natural vitalityformulated with 36 vitamins, minerals, and amino acidshigh-quality protein to support lean musclesprebiotic fiber to support healthy digestionomega 6 fatty acid and zinc to help nourish a healthy skin and cmade in the usa with the finest ingredients from around the worlno high fructose corn syrup, artificial flavors, or added sugars
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 6, blue 2, yellow 5 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
- -35Synthetic preservatives with carcinogenicity signals in rodent studies — one deduction for the class — bha NTP Report on Carcinogens — butylated hydroxyanisole
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat") — animal fat 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 22
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat") — animal fat WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry dog food — Ground Whole Grain Corn WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -82 distinct sugars/sweeteners in the list — glycerin, sugar WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 29
- -35Synthetic preservatives with carcinogenicity signals in rodent studies — one deduction for the class — bha NTP Report on Carcinogens — butylated hydroxyanisole
- -36Azo/synthetic dyes — purely cosmetic in pet food; −12 per distinct dye, capped — red 40, yellow 6, blue 2, yellow 5 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 68
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +8States where it is made — made in WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- ℹ By-products can be nutritious — the transparency issue is unnamed sourcing
Weighted total: 55
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 Whole Grain Corn
- 2Chicken By-Product Meal (Source of Glucosamine & Chondroitin Sulfate)
- 3Corn Gluten Meal
- 4Animal Fat (Source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids) [Preserved with BHA/Citric Acid]
- 5Soybean Meal
- 6Meat and Bone Meal (Source of Calcium)
- 7Ground Whole Grain Wheat
- 8Natural Flavor
- 9Brewers Rice
- 10Water
- 11Glycerin
- 12Chicken Meal
- 13Salt
- 14Sugar
- 15Calcium Carbonate
- 16Monocalcium Phosphate
- 17Potassium Chloride
- 18Choline Chloride
- 19Phosphoric Acid
- 20Dried Peas
- 21Potassium Sorbate (preservative)
- 22DL-Methionine
- 23Natural Grilled Steak Flavor
- 24Vitamin E Supplement
- 25Zinc Sulfate
- 26BHA (preservative)
- 27Citric Acid (preservative)
- 28Red 40
- 29L-Tryptophan
- 30Yellow 6
- 31Dried Carrots
- 32Niacin Supplement [Vitamin B3]
- 33Blue 2
- 34Yellow 5
- 35D-Calcium Pantothenate [Source of Vitamin B5]
- 36Copper Sulfate
- 37Sodium Selenite
- 38Potassium Iodide
- 39Vitamin A Supplement
- 40Riboflavin Supplement [Vitamin B2]
- 41Vitamin B12 Supplement
- 42Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1]
- 43Vitamin D3 Supplement
- 44Pyridoxine Hydrochloride [Vitamin B6]
- 45Folic Acid
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 21% | 23.9% |
| Crude fat | 11% | 12.5% |
| Crude fiber | 4% | 4.5% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
3454 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0023100135243
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