Gastrointestinal Biome Stress with Chicken Cat Food

Overall Score: 80/100

Ingredients

Chicken (protein)
Brewers Rice (carbohydrate)
Corn Protein Meal (other)
Chicken Fat (protein)
Wheat Gluten (carbohydrate)
Pea Protein (protein)
Whole Grain Corn (other)
Chicken Meal (protein)
Whole Grain Oats (other)
Ground Pecan Shells (other)
Cracked Pearled Barley (other)
Dried Beet Pulp (fiber)
Chicken Liver Flavor (protein)
Flaxseed (fat)
Psyllium Seed Husk (fiber)
Dried Citrus Pulp (other)
Fish Oil (protein)
Lactic Acid (other)
L-Lysine (other)
Pumpkin (other)
Pressed Cranberries (other)
Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) (other)
Potassium Chloride (mineral)
DL-Methionine (other)
Choline Chloride (vitamin)
Taurine (additive)
Iodized Salt (other)
vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement) (other)
Dried Hydrolyzed Casein (other)
Calcium Sulfate (other)
L-Tryptophan (other)
minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite) (other)
Mixed Tocopherols for freshness (other)
Natural Flavors (additive)
Beta-Carotene (other)

Wheat Gluten (medium concern): Like corn gluten meal, wheat gluten serves as an inexpensive plant protein that inflates the total protein percentage. It was also at the center of the 2007 pet food recall when melamine-contaminated wheat gluten from China caused widespread kidney failure in pets.
Pea Protein (medium concern): Plant-based protein concentrates like pea protein can artificially inflate the total protein percentage on guaranteed analysis without providing the same amino acid profile as animal proteins. Associated with the FDA investigation into grain-free diets and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs, though a causal link has not been definitively established.

Dry food, with grains.