Purina Cat Chow Indoor Hairball + Healthy Weight

Name: Purina Cat Chow Indoor Hairball + Healthy Weight
Brand: Purina Cat Chow

CatDryindoor hairball + healthy weight

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, blue 2, yellow 5 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 40

-20Unnamed animal ingredient ("animal fat") — animal fat 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, blue 2, yellow 5 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: 65

Scored alternatives

Ranked purely by score — same species, same form. Nothing here is sponsored.

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Closest-scored foods of the same species and form.

Ingredients, as printed

Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.

1Chicken by-product meal
2whole grain corn
3soy flour
4whole grain wheat
5corn protein meal
6rice
7animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
8chicken
9liver flavor
10powdered cellulose
11soybean hulls
12calcium carbonate
13phosphoric acid
14salt
15natural flavor
16choline chloride
17parsley flakes
18potassium chloride
19taurine
20Vitamin E supplement
21MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
22VITAMINS [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 B6), folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K)]
23L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Vitamin C)
24Red 40
25Blue 2
26Yellow 5

Guaranteed analysis

Nutrient	As fed	Dry matter
Crude protein	30%	34.1%
Crude fat	9.5%	10.8%
Crude fiber	4.7%	5.3%
Moisture	12%	—
Taurine	0.12%	0.1%

Nutritional adequacy

Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.

3372 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.

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Bowlmark score for Purina Cat Chow Indoor Hairball + Healthy Weight: 65 — Good

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