Purina Dog Chow Complete Adult Chicken Flavor
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 — yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40, blue 2 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
- -25Garlic is an Allium with the same hemolytic mechanism; trace culinary use is common in pet food, so it warns rather than caps — advisor may escalate — garlic MSD Veterinary Manual — food hazards (toxicology)
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat and bone meal") — meat and bone meal 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 30
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat and bone meal") — meat and bone meal WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10corn is the 1st ingredient in a dry dog food — Whole grain corn WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 24
- -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 — yellow 6, yellow 5, red 40, blue 2 CSPI — Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks
- -25Garlic is an Allium with the same hemolytic mechanism; trace culinary use is common in pet food, so it warns rather than caps — advisor may escalate — garlic MSD Veterinary Manual — food hazards (toxicology)
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: 56
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.
- 1Whole grain corn
- 2meat and bone meal
- 3corn gluten meal
- 4beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 5soybean meal
- 6chicken by-product meal
- 7egg and chicken flavor
- 8whole grain wheat
- 9natural flavor
- 10salt
- 11potassium chloride
- 12calcium carbonate
- 13L-Lysine monohydrochloride
- 14choline chloride
- 15mono and dicalcium phosphate
- 16MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 17VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 supplement, thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin D-3 supplement, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), biotin (Vitamin B-7)]
- 18Yellow 6
- 19L-Tryptophan
- 20Yellow 5
- 21Red 40
- 22Blue 2
- 23garlic oil
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 21% | 23.9% |
| Crude fat | 10% | 11.4% |
| Crude fiber | 4.5% | 5.1% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
3469 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0017800410274
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