Purina Pro Plan Sport Small Bites 27/17 Lamb & Rice
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 47
- +151st ingredient is named lamb — Lamb 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
- +21 whole fruits/veg/omega sources in the top 12 — beet pulp 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: 72
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.
- 1Lamb
- 2rice
- 3corn protein meal
- 4poultry by-product meal
- 5whole grain wheat
- 6beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 7oat meal
- 8barley
- 9dried beet pulp
- 10fish meal
- 11natural flavor
- 12mono and dicalcium phosphate
- 13dried egg product
- 14fish oil
- 15soybean oil
- 16calcium carbonate
- 17salt
- 18potassium chloride
- 19VITAMINS [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]
- 20choline chloride
- 21MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
- 22L-Lysine monohydrochloride
- 23dried Bacillus coagulans fermentation product
- 24L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (Vitamin C)
- 25garlic oil
Guaranteed analysis
| Nutrient | As fed | Dry matter |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 27% | 30.7% |
| Crude fat | 17% | 19.3% |
| Crude fiber | 3% | 3.4% |
| Moisture | 12% | — |
Nutritional adequacy
Substantiated by AAFCO feeding trials for all life stages.
4236 kcal/kg metabolizable energy, as published.
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