Pet · Purina
Purina Cat Chow
050000580331
Ultra-processed
Controversial extras in a pet bowl are a hard no. Swap the bag.
Better than most of this aisle — 20 of 27 sit at or below this number.
Council note
A dye or a controversial extra in a daily bowl is a hard no. Dogs do not get a treat-day exception.
Watch-outs
High-concern extra
BHA
May affect hormones
BHA
Extra care in pregnancy
BHA
Artificial colour
Tartrazine
The pack
Controversial extras in a pet bowl are a hard no. Swap the bag.
How often
Rarely
Who it’s for
Anyone comparing similar products in this aisle.
Skip if
It clashes with the notes you keep in your profile — allergens, diet, or extras you asked us to flag.
- The nutrition box sets a limit
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- A high-concern extra blocks a Good rating
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Good
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
2 additives
Planet
Mixed footprint · 52/100
Organic
Not organic
Built in a factory with additives, flavours, or refined extras. Cannot be rated Good — a rare treat, not a habit.
Some good signs, some industrial ones. Not the heaviest in the aisle.
No shelf price logged yet. When a shopper posts a receipt to Open Prices, it lands here.
Why this number
Controversial extras in a pet bowl are a hard no. Swap the bag.
Poor · 49/100 · nutrition good
- Nutrition quality62/100
- Ingredients58/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
The extras on the list set the limit. A high-concern ingredient, or a cluster of them, blocks a better rating.
What pulled it down
The nutrition box sets a limit
The nutrition box is decent, but it is not the whole story.
Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
A factory recipe — flavours, colours, or many additives — cannot be rated Good. A sometimes treat, not a daily habit.
A high-concern extra blocks a Good rating
A cluster of extras keeps this at Poor: a sometimes product, not a habit.
What’s in the bowl
32 g protein / 100 g. Named meat on the list: Chicken. By-product meal is in the recipe. Pets need protein they can use, not a dye and a warehouse antioxidant.
BHA
-28IARC Group 2B antioxidant. Endocrine activity suspected.
Tartrazine
-14Azo dye linked to hyperactivity in sensitive children. EFSA ADI 7.5 mg/kg.
Factory kibble pattern
Dyes, flavours or a long additive list are common in cheap kibble. Dogs and cats don’t need a tennis-ball colour.
For pet food, the bowl and the extras share the number. How processed is a smaller slice. Organic is a small bonus — it cannot cancel BHA, dyes, or by-product meal.
Nutrition · per 100 g
| Energy | 1500 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 4 gLow Naturally low in sugar. |
| Saturated fat | 5 gMedium |
| Salt | 1.2 gMedium A moderate amount of salt. |
| Fibre | 3 g |
| Protein | 32 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Ground yellow corn, corn gluten meal, chicken by-product meal, soybean meal, beef tallow, phosphoric acid, calcium carbonate, salt.
BHAE320
−28We treat it as high concern. There are calmer ways to keep fat fresh.
May affect hormones · Extra care in pregnancy · Extra care for children
TartrazineE102
−14Linked to restlessness in some children. You don’t need yellow food to be yellow.
Extra care for children
Chicken
No concernNamed chicken is the goal. ‘By-product meal’ is a stretch.
Wheat flour
No concernContains gluten. Otherwise a staple.
Salt
No concernThe nutrition box already scores it. A pinch in cooking is not a packet of noodles.
More from PurinaHow scoring worksPack facts (open data)
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