Purina® Friskies® Playfuls Crunchy Cat Treats - Chicken & Liver

by Friskies

Overall Score: 68/100

Ingredients

1. Chicken (protein)
2. Chicken Meal (protein)
3. Brewers Rice (carbohydrate)
4. Chicken By-Product Meal (protein)
5. Animal Fat Preserved With Mixed-Tocopherols (other)
6. Pea Starch (other)
7. Barley (carbohydrate)
8. Corn Gluten Meal (carbohydrate)
9. Animal Liver Flavor (other)
10. Dried Yeast (other)
11. Artificial And Natural Flavors (other)
12. Cassava Root Flour (other)
13. Turkey By-Product Meal (protein)
14. Phosphoric Acid (other)
15. Calcium Carbonate (mineral)
16. Potassium Chloride (mineral)
17. Choline Chloride (vitamin)
18. Salt (mineral)
19. Taurine (additive)
20. L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Vitamin C) (other)
21. Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement (other)
22. Niacin (Vitamin B-3) (other)
23. Vitamin A Supplement (vitamin)
24. Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5) (other)
25. Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1) (other)
26. Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2) (other)
27. Vitamin B-12 Supplement (other)
28. Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6) (other)
29. Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9) (other)
30. Vitamin D-3 Supplement (other)
31. Biotin (Vitamin B-7) (other)
32. Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K)) (other)
33. Minerals [Zinc Sulfate (other)
34. Ferrous Sulfate (mineral)
35. Manganese Sulfate (other)
36. Copper Sulfate (other)
37. Calcium Iodate (mineral)
38. Sodium Selenite] (other)
39. Yellow 5 (additive)
40. Citric Acid (preservative)
41. Red 40 (additive)
42. Blue 2 (additive)
43. Bha (A Preservative) (other)
44. Bht (A Preservative). A624122 \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuaranteed Analysis:\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Crude Protein (Min) 29.0% (other)
45. Crude Fat (Min) 15.0% (other)
46. Crude Fiber (Max) 4.0% (other)
47. Moisture (Max) 8.0%\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaloric Content: \u003c/b\u003e 4069 kcal/kg (other)
48. 2.2 kcal/piece \u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFEEDING INSTRUCTIONS\u003c/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFeed your adult cat 2 treats for each 1 pound of body weight (other)
49. not to exceed up to 10 treats daily as a reward or tasty snack (other)

Ingredient concerns

• Chicken By-Product Meal (medium concern): While nutritionally adequate, by-product meals can vary widely in quality and digestibility. They include parts like necks, feet, and intestines, which some consumers find objectionable. Quality control is less consistent than named muscle meat sources.
• Corn Gluten Meal (medium concern): Primarily used as an inexpensive plant-based protein booster that can inflate the protein percentage on guaranteed analysis without providing the complete amino acid profile of animal proteins. Its presence in large quantities may indicate the manufacturer is supplementing with cheap protein instead of using more meat.
• Yellow 5 (high concern): Like Red 40, Yellow 5 provides no nutritional value and is added only for appearance. It has been associated with hypersensitivity reactions and behavioral effects in children in multiple studies. Banned or restricted in several countries. The EU requires warning labels on products containing tartrazine. No legitimate reason for its inclusion in pet food.
• Red 40 (high concern): Provides no nutritional benefit whatsoever and is added solely for the visual appeal to human buyers, as dogs and cats have limited color vision. Multiple studies have raised concerns about behavioral effects in children, leading the EU to require warning labels on foods containing Red 40. Some animal studies have suggested potential genotoxicity, though results are debated. The FDA maintains it is safe at approved levels, but many veterinary nutritionists recommend avoiding artificial colors entirely.
• Blue 2 (high concern): Another artificial color with zero nutritional value. Some studies have found associations with brain tumors in male rats at high doses, though these findings are not universally accepted. Like other artificial colors, it exists in pet food solely for marketing purposes and offers no benefit to the animal.

Guaranteed analysis (dry-matter basis)

On a dry-matter basis (water removed for a fair wet-vs-dry comparison): protein 31.5%, fat 16.3%, fiber 4.3%, ash 7.6%, carbohydrate 40.2%. By calories: 28.3% from protein, 35.6% from fat, 36.1% from carbohydrate.

Dry food, with grains.

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