Purina Cat Chow Complete with Salmon

Name: Purina Cat Chow Complete with Salmon
Brand: Purina Cat Chow

CatDrycomplete and balanced

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 5, blue 2 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
-20Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat") — animal fat 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 100

No adjustments — clean slate on this pillar

Ingredient qualitystarted at 60, landed at 30

-20Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat") — animal fat WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
-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: 61

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.

1Chicken by-product meal
2ground yellow corn
3corn protein meal
4whole grain wheat
5rice
6soybean meal
7animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
8salmon
9liver flavor
10fish meal
11calcium carbonate
12phosphoric acid
13salt
14choline chloride
15potassium chloride
16taurine
17MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
18VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K)]
19Red 40
20Yellow 5
21Blue 2

Guaranteed analysis

Nutrient	As fed	Dry matter
Crude protein	32%	36.4%
Crude fat	12%	13.6%
Crude fiber	3%	3.4%
Moisture	12%	—
Taurine	0.15%	0.2%

Nutritional adequacy

Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for all life stages.

3737 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.

Barcode 0017800194778

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Bowlmark score for Purina Cat Chow Complete with Salmon: 61 — Good

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