Pet · Whiskas
Whiskas Adult Beef
5900020012348
Ultra-processed
Controversial extras in a pet bowl are a hard no. Swap the bag.
Worse than 9 in 10 packs in this aisle. The swap is on this aisle.
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.
- Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
- Ultra-processed food cannot be rated Good
- A high-concern extra blocks a Good rating
At a glance
How often
Rarely
Nutrition box
Okay
How processed
Ultra-processed
Extras
3 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 · 42/100 · nutrition okay
- Nutrition quality54/100
- Ingredients44/100
- How processed16/100
- Organic0/100
What pulled it down
Okay nutrition cannot be rated Excellent
The box is middling. That is fine as a sometimes food. It is not everyday Excellent.
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
30 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.
Carrageenan
-14Degraded carrageenan is inflammatory in animal studies. Debate continues.
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 | 1550 kJ |
|---|---|
| Sugars | 1.5 gLow Naturally low in sugar. |
| Saturated fat | 5 gMedium |
| Salt | 1.2 gMedium A moderate amount of salt. |
| Fibre | 2 g |
| Protein | 30 g |
Better neighbours
Same aisle, cleaner number. Ranked by how close the job is — not by who paid.
Ingredients
Cereals, meat and animal derivatives (including beef), oils and fats, vegetable protein extracts, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals, colourants, antioxidants (including BHA).
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
CarrageenanE407
−14Some people find it rough on the gut. Debate continues; we treat it as worth watching.
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.
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