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Country Style doesn't name a protein, so the ingredient list tells you what's inside: meat by-products first, then water, chicken and fish. It's 78% water and 170 calories a can, with 9% protein (about 41% on a dry-matter basis), and Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult cats.

Neither liver nor chicken leads this paté: water and two kinds of by-products come first, with liver fourth and chicken sixth. Because it's a “dinner”, labeling rules let the named ingredients be as little as 25% of the food, not counting water. Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult cats.

Ocean whitefish comes first in this paté for adult cats, ahead of the by-products, liver and even the water, with tuna seventh. The 9% protein on the label is about 41% once its 78% water is taken out, and a can is 174 calories. Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult maintenance.

Salmon is the first ingredient after water in this paté for adult cats, ahead of poultry and meat by-products. It's 78% water, so the 9% protein on the label is about 41% on a dry-matter basis, and a can is 170 calories. Purina says it meets AAFCO's Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for adult maintenance.

The name says turkey, but the ingredient list puts it fourth, after meat by-products, water and poultry by-products. That's allowed for a “dinner”: labeling rules only require the named ingredients together to make up 25% of the food, not counting added water. What's in the can is a paté for adult cats, 78% water and 171 calories, that Purina says meets AAFCO's nutrient profile for adult maintenance.

These chicken filets in gravy are 82% water, so the 10% protein on the label is about 56% once the water's out. Chicken comes right after water, followed by wheat gluten and liver, and a can is 126 calories. Purina says it meets AAFCO's Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for adult maintenance.

Chicken comes right after water in these shreds for adult cats, but the salmon in the name waits until ninth, behind wheat gluten, meat by-products, liver and turkey. At 82% water, the 9% protein on the label is about 50% on a dry-matter basis, and Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult maintenance.

Meat by-products come before the turkey in this Turkey & Cheese Dinner, and that's allowed: for a “dinner”, labeling rules only require the named ingredients together to make up 25% of the food, not counting added water. It's 82% water and 129 calories a can, and Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult cats.

“With beef” is a modest promise: labeling rules only require 3% of an ingredient named with “with”, and here beef comes fourth, after water, liver and chicken. The 9% protein is about 50% once the 82% water is out, and Purina says these shreds meet AAFCO's profile for adult maintenance.

Meat by-products and wheat gluten both come before the chicken in this adult cat food in scallop-flavored gravy, and tuna sits seventh. With 80% water, the 10% protein on the label is about 50% on a dry-matter basis, and a can is 135 calories. Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult maintenance.

Chicken and liver come right after water in this adult cat food in gravy, in the same order as the name, with wheat gluten fourth. It's 80% water, so the 10% protein on the label is about 50% with the water out, and a can is 134 calories. Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult maintenance.

Meat by-products and chicken come before any fish in this adult cat food in sauce: ocean fish is seventh, tuna eighth, and the scallop is a flavor. It's 80% water, so the 10% protein is about 50% on a dry-matter basis, and a can is 136 calories. Purina says it meets AAFCO's profile for adult maintenance.

Ground yellow corn is the first ingredient in this gravy-coated kibble, ahead of corn protein meal and chicken by-product meal, and the salmon from the name arrives as salmon meal in 12th place. A cup is 405 calories, and Purina says it's formulated for cats of all life stages under AAFCO's nutrient profiles.