Purina Dog Chow High Protein With Real Beef
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 ("poultry by-product") — poultry by-product 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 20
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("poultry by-product") — poultry by-product WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish oil") — fish oil 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 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: 58
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
- 2poultry by-product meal
- 3corn protein meal
- 4animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 5meat and bone meal
- 6soybean meal
- 7beef
- 8natural flavor
- 9egg and chicken flavor
- 10salt
- 11potassium chloride
- 12fish oil
- 13dried peas
- 14calcium carbonate
- 15choline chloride
- 16MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 17VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A supplement, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 supplement]
- 18carrots
- 19L-Lysine monohydrochloride
- 20Red 40
- 21Yellow 5
- 22Blue 2
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 27% | 30% |
| Crude fat | 14% | 15.6% |
| Crude fiber | 4% | 4.4% |
| Moisture | 10% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
3668 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0017800101844
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