Purina ONE Tender Selects Blend With Real Chicken
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 77
- +151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +21 whole fruits/veg/omega sources in the top 12 — chicory root 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: 87
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Ingredients, as printed
Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.
- 1Chicken
- 2rice flour
- 3chicken by-product meal
- 4corn gluten meal
- 5beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 6soybean meal
- 7whole grain corn
- 8wheat flour
- 9natural flavor
- 10soy protein isolate
- 11soy protein concentrate
- 12dried chicory root
- 13glycerin
- 14phosphoric acid
- 15calcium carbonate
- 16salt
- 17potassium chloride
- 18caramel color
- 19dried carrots
- 20dried peas
- 21choline chloride
- 22sodium bisulfate
- 23taurine
- 24MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 25VITAMINS [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)]
- 26L-Cysteine
- 27L-Lysine monohydrochloride
- 28DL-Methionine
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 34% | 38.6% |
| Crude fat | 15% | 17% |
| Crude fiber | 2% | 2.3% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
| Taurine | 0.15% | 0.2% |
Nutritional adequacy
Substantiated by AAFCO feeding trials for adult maintenance.
3942 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0017800571180
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