Purina Pro Plan Vital Systems Chicken & Egg Formula

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)

Scored alternatives

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Ingredients, as printed

Ranked exactly as the label lists them — heaviest first.

1. 1Chicken
2. 2chicken meal
3. 3pea protein
4. 4dried egg product
5. 5cassava root flour
6. 6pea starch
7. 7potato protein
8. 8canola meal
9. 9beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
10. 10dried yeast
11. 11natural flavor
12. 12dried chicory root
13. 13salt
14. 14potassium chloride
15. 15L-Lysine monohydrochloride
16. 16sodium bisulfate
17. 17calcium carbonate
18. 18phosphoric acid
19. 19choline chloride
20. 20VITAMINS [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)]
21. 21taurine
22. 22MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]
23. 23DL-Methionine
24. 24dried Bacillus coagulans fermentation product

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