Purina Pro Plan Adult Complete Essentials Grain Free Beef & Salmon Entrée Classic
Confidence A
The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.
Top findings
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat by-product") — meat by-product WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +151st ingredient is named beef — Beef WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- +10Calorie content published on the label AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
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 55
- +151st ingredient is named beef — Beef WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
- -20Unnamed animal ingredient ("meat by-product") — meat by-product WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 92
- -8Thickener with contested gut-inflammation literature — informational deduction on wet formulas — carrageenan Review literature on degraded carrageenan and GI inflammation
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: 79
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.
- 1Beef
- 2liver
- 3water
- 4chicken
- 5meat by-products
- 6salmon
- 7MINERALS [potassium chloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, potassium iodide, sodium selenite]
- 8guar gum
- 9salt
- 10carrageenan
- 11VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 supplement, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin A supplement, folic acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7)]
- 12choline chloride
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 9% | 40.9% |
| Crude fat | 6% | 27.3% |
| Crude fiber | 1.5% | 6.8% |
| Moisture | 78% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.
1240 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
Barcode 0038100181633
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