Purina ONE Healthy Kitten Formula Natural
Confidence A
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- +25Feeding-trial substantiation AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken 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 65
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish oil") — fish oil WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 85
- -15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
Transparencystarted at 50, landed at 85
- +25Feeding-trial substantiation AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
- +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: 83
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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
- 2chicken by-product meal
- 3corn gluten meal
- 4rice flour
- 5soybean meal
- 6beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 7chicken meal
- 8whole grain corn
- 9soy protein concentrate
- 10liver flavor
- 11soy protein isolate
- 12phosphoric acid
- 13salt
- 14L-Lysine monohydrochloride
- 15caramel color
- 16fish oil
- 17calcium carbonate
- 18dried carrots
- 19dried peas
- 20choline chloride
- 21potassium chloride
- 22taurine
- 23MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 24VITAMINS [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)]
- 25DL-Methionine
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 40% | 45.5% |
| Crude fat | 18% | 20.5% |
| Crude fiber | 2.5% | 2.8% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
| Taurine | 0.18% | 0.2% |
Nutritional adequacy
Substantiated by AAFCO feeding trials for growth.
4364 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
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