Purina Pro Plan SPORT Active 26/16 Formula

Name: Purina Pro Plan SPORT Active 26/16 Formula
Brand: Purina Pro Plan

DogDrycomplete and balanced nutrition for all life stages, including g

Confidence A

The Universal score is pet-agnostic. Fit reads the same label against one pet.

Top findings

-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)
+25Feeding-trial substantiation AAFCO Dog & Cat Food Nutrient Profiles (2016)
-20Unnamed animal ingredient ("poultry by-product") — poultry by-product 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 33

+151st ingredient is named chicken — Chicken WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
-20Unnamed animal ingredient ("poultry by-product") — poultry by-product WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
-10Unnamed fish ingredient ("fish meal") — fish meal WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food
-12corn appears as 3 fractions in the top 8 — corn protein meal, whole grain corn, corn germ meal WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food

Additives & processingstarted at 100, landed at 60

-15Synthetic vitamin K3 — questioned safety margin vs natural K sources — menadione NRC Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats (2006)
-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 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: 67

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Ingredients, as printed

Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.

1Chicken
2rice
3poultry by-product meal
4whole grain wheat
5corn protein meal
6whole grain corn
7corn germ meal
8beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
9fish meal
10natural flavor
11vegetable oil
12potassium chloride
13calcium carbonate
14salt
15dried egg product
16fish oil
17choline chloride
18VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin B-12 supplement, riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), Vitamin D-3 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7)]
19MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
20mono and dicalcium phosphate
21L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Vitamin C)
22L-Lysine monohydrochloride
23garlic oil

Guaranteed analysis

Nutrient	As fed	Dry matter
Crude protein	26%	29.5%
Crude fat	16%	18.2%
Crude fiber	3%	3.4%
Moisture	12%	—

Nutritional adequacy

Substantiated by AAFCO feeding trials for all life stages.

3884 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.

Barcode 0038100136763

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Bowlmark score for Purina Pro Plan SPORT Active 26/16 Formula: 67 — Good

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