Tender Selects Blend With Real Chicken Dry Cat Food
Chicken leads this dry food for adult cats, with rice and chicken by-product meal right behind it. It's 34% protein on the label, about 39% with the water out, and 403 calories a cup. Purina says AAFCO feeding tests show it's complete and balanced for adult cats' maintenance.
From the label
Product facts
- Species
- Cat
- Food type
- Dry
- Life stage
- Adult
- Texture
- Kibble
- Primary proteins
- Chicken
- Ingredient claims
- Not listed
Nutrition
Labels print these numbers with the water still in, which makes a can look weak next to a bag. The dry-matter column takes the water out, so the two compare fairly.
| Nutrient | Manufacturer value (as fed) | PawFYI estimate (dry matter) |
|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 34.0% | 38.6% |
| Crude fat | 15.0% | 17.0% |
| Crude fiber | 10.0% | 11.4% |
| Moisture | 12.0% | — |
| Ash | Not published by the manufacturer | Not published by the manufacturer |
| Phosphorus | 0.9% | 1.0% |
| Carbohydrate (estimate) | Not printed on labels | 26.1% |
- Calories (kcal/kg)
- Not published by the manufacturer
- Calories per serving (per cup)
- 403 kcal
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Ingredients
Chicken, Rice, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Protein Meal, Beef Fat Preserved With Mixed-Tocopherols, Soybean Meal, Whole Grain Corn, Wheat Flour, Soy Protein Isolate, Soy Protein Concentrate, Natural Flavors, Dried Chicory Root, Glycerin, Calcium Carbonate, Phosphoric Acid, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Carrots (Dried), Peas (Dried), Sodium Bisulfate, Malted Barley Extract, Taurine, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin A Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), L-Cysteine, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, DL-Methionine
Copied word for word from the source below, in the maker's order. Ingredients are listed by weight before cooking, water included, so a fresh meat can rank first even though much of its weight is water.
Source
- Source type
- Manufacturer website
- Last verified
Where to buy
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