Purina Cat Chow Complete High Protein Dry Cat Food with Real Salmon
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Ingredients or analysis are missing, so there's no honest number yet. A minute with the label fixes that.
Top findings
- -40No nutritional-adequacy statement AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- -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
- -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 50
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish meal") — fish meal 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: 54
Confidence held back by: guaranteed_analysis_missing
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 By-Product Meal
- 2Ground Yellow Corn
- 3Corn Protein Meal
- 4Whole Grain Wheat
- 5Rice
- 6Soybean Meal
- 7Beef Fat Preserved With Mixed-Tocopherols
- 8Salmon
- 9Liver Flavor
- 10Fish Meal
- 11Calcium Carbonate
- 12Phosphoric Acid
- 13Salt
- 14Choline Chloride
- 15Potassium Chloride
- 16Taurine
- 17Zinc Sulfate
- 18Ferrous Sulfate
- 19Manganese Sulfate
- 20Copper Sulfate
- 21Calcium Iodate
- 22Sodium Selenite
- 23Vitamin E Supplement
- 24Niacin (Vitamin B-3)
- 25Vitamin A Supplement
- 26Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5)
- 27Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1)
- 28Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2)
- 29Vitamin B-12 Supplement
- 30Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6)
- 31Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9)
- 32Vitamin D-3 Supplement
- 33Biotin (Vitamin B-7)
- 34Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K)
- 35Red 40
- 36Yellow 5
- 37Blue 2
Nutritional adequacy
No nutritional adequacy statement found on this label.
3737 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Cite this page
Bowlmark. "Purina Cat Chow Complete High Protein Dry Cat Food with Real Salmon." https://www.bowlmark.com/food/purina-cat-chow-complete-high-protein-dry-cat-food-with-real-salmon
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