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Description
The proof is in the protein with Dr. Elsey’s cleanprotein Chicken Formula Grain-Free Dry Cat Food. Inspired by the protein levels found in natural prey, this food optimizes your cat’s appetite and body mass through simple, high quality ingredients. Including real chicken as the first ingredient, as well as plenty of vitamins and minerals, the idea is to promote a healthy and active lifestyle for all cats—because the right diet can go a long way in satisfying your cat’s appetite and keeping him feeling great.
Price Score: 3 out of 100 Points
Variety Score: 49 out of 100 Points
Brand Score: 90 out of 100 Points
Ingredients Score: 65 out of 100 Points
Total Score: 59.4 out of 100 Points
Key Benefits
- Over 90% of protein is animal-based to promote a healthy body mass and a satisfied appetite.
- Primary ingredients are among the highest biological value proteins available.
- Lower glycemic formula delivers just 4% of energy from carbohydrates.
- Ingredient profile is no-to-low oxalate to help prevent calcium oxalate crystals and bladder stones.
- 100% grain, gluten and filler free formula that’s full of vitamins and minerals like taurine and omega 3 fatty acids.
Ingredients
Chicken, Dried Egg Product, Pork Protein Isolate, Gelatin, Chicken Fat (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Salmon Oil, Potassium Citrate, Calcium Carbonate, Fructooligosaccharide, Calcium Carbonate, Choline Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Acetate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid), Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Calcium Carbonate, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide), Potassium Chloride, Mixed Tocopherols (Preservative), Taurine, Salt, Rosemary Extract. Caloric Content 4,030 kcal/kg, 554 kcal/cupSee products with the same ingredients:
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Biotin - Harmless ingredient
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Biotin also called vitamin H, vitamin B7 or vitamin B8 is a water-soluble B vitamin. It is involved in a wide range of metabolic processes, both in humans and in other organisms, primarily related to the utilization of fats, carbohydrates, and amino acids.
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Calcium Carbonate - Harmless ingredient
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Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite and is the main component of pearls and the shells of marine organisms, snails, and eggs.
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Chicken - Healthy ingredient
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The chicken is a type of domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl. They are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion as of 2018, up from more than 19 billion in 2011.
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Chicken Fat - Healthy ingredient
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Chicken fat is fat obtained from chicken rendering and processing. Of the many animal-sourced substances, chicken fat is noted for being high in linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid. Linoleic acid levels are between 17.9% and 22.8%. It is a common flavoring, additive or main component of chicken soup.
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Choline Chloride - Harmless ingredient
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Choline chloride is an organic compound with the formula 3NCH2CH2OH]Cl. It is bifunctional, containing both quaternary ammonium salt and an alcohol. The cation is choline, which occurs naturally. It is a white, water-soluble salt used mainly in animal feed..
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Cobalt Carbonate (12)
Cobalt carbonate is the inorganic compound with the formula CoCO3. This reddish paramagnetic solid is an intermediate in the hydrometallurgical purification of cobalt from its ores. It is an inorganic pigment, and a precursor to catalysts. Cobalt carbonate also occurs as the rare red/pink mineral spherocobaltite..
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Copper Amino Acid Chelate (34)
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Copper Sulfate - Harmless ingredient
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Copper sulfate, also known as copper sulphate, are the inorganic compounds with the chemical formula CuSO4x, where x can range from 0 to 5. The pentahydrate is the most common form. Older names for this compound include blue vitriol, bluestone, vitriol of copper, and Roman vitriol.
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D-Calcium Pantothenate - Controversial ingredient
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Dried Egg Product - Low-quality ingredient
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Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide (3)
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Ferrous Sulfate - Harmless ingredient
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Iron sulfate sulphate) or ferrous sulfate denotes a range of salts with the formula FeSO4·xH2O. These compounds exist most commonly as the heptahydrate but are known for several values of x. The hydrated form is used medically to treat iron deficiency, and also for industrial applications.
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Flaxseed - Healthy ingredient
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Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a member of the genus Linum in the family Linaceae. It is a food and fiber crop cultivated in cooler regions of the world. Textiles made from flax are known in the Western countries as linen, and traditionally used for bed sheets, underclothes, and table linen.
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Folic Acid - Harmless ingredient
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Folate, also known as vitamin B9 and folacin, is one of the B vitamins. Manufactured folic acid, which is converted into folate by the body, is used as a dietary supplement and in food fortification as it is more stable during processing and storage.
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Fructooligosaccharide (14)
Fructooligosaccharides also sometimes called oligofructose or oligofructan, are oligosaccharide fructans, used as an alternative sweetener. FOS exhibits sweetness levels between 30 and 50 percent of sugar in commercially prepared syrups.[unreliable source?] It occurs naturally, and its commercial use emerged in the 1980s in response to consumer demand for healthier and calorie-reduced foods..
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Gelatin (26)
Gelatin or gelatine is a translucent, colorless, flavorless food ingredient, derived from collagen taken from animal body parts. It is brittle when dry and gummy when moist. It may also be referred to as hydrolyzed collagen, collagen hydrolysate, gelatine hydrolysate, hydrolyzed gelatine, and collagen peptides after it has undergone hydrolysis.
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Iron Amino Acid Chelate (35)
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Manganese Amino Acid Chelate (31)
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Manganous Oxide - Low-quality ingredient
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Mixed Tocopherols - Low-quality ingredient
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Natural Flavor - Controversial ingredient
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Niacin - Harmless ingredient
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Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid, is an organic compound and a form of vitamin B3, an essential human nutrient. It has the formula C 6H 5NO 2 and belongs to the group of the pyridinecarboxylic acid. Niacin is obtained in the diet from a variety of whole and processed foods, with highest contents in fortified packaged foods, tuna, salmon, some vegetable and other animal sources.
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Pork Protein Isolate (3)
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Potassium Chloride - Low-quality ingredient
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Potassium chloride is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. It is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous crystal appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water, and its solutions have a salt-like taste. KCl is used as a fertilizer, in medicine, in scientific applications, and in food processing, where it may be known as E number additive E508.
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Potassium Citrate (13)
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Pyridoxine Hydrochloride - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin - Harmless ingredient
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Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in food and used as a dietary supplement. Food sources include eggs, green vegetables, milk and other dairy product, meat, mushrooms, and almonds. Some countries require its addition to grains. As a supplement it is used to prevent and treat riboflavin deficiency and prevent migraines.
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Salmon Oil - Healthy ingredient
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Salt - Harmless ingredient
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Salt is a mineral consisting primarily of sodium chloride, a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantities in seawater, where it is the main mineral constituent.
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Sodium Selenite - Harmful ingredient
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Taurine - Healthy ingredient
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Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic compound that is widely distributed in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine, and accounts for up to 0.1% of total human body weight.
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Thiamine Mononitrate - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin A Acetate (33)
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Vitamin B12 - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, is a water-soluble vitamin involved in the metabolism of every cell of the human body: it is a cofactor in DNA synthesis, and in both fatty acid and amino acid metabolism. It is particularly important in the normal functioning of the nervous system via its role in the synthesis of myelin, and in the maturation of developing red blood cells in the bone marrow.
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Vitamin D3 - Harmless ingredient
(244)
Cholecalciferol, also known as vitamin D3 and colecalciferol, is a type of vitamin D which is made by the skin when exposed to sunlight; it is also found in some foods and can be taken as a dietary supplement. It is used to treat and prevent vitamin D deficiency and associated diseases, including rickets.
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Vitamin E - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vitamin E deficiency, which is rare and usually due to an underlying problem with digesting dietary fat rather than from a diet low in vitamin E, can cause nerve problems.
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Zinc Amino Acid Chelate (33)
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Zinc Oxide - Harmful ingredient
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Zinc oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ZnO. ZnO is a white powder that is insoluble in water, and it is widely used as an additive in numerous materials and products including rubbers, plastics, ceramics, glass, cement, lubricants, paints, ointments, adhesives, sealants, pigments, foods, batteries, ferrites, fire retardants, and first-aid tapes.
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein | 59.0% min |
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| Crude Fat | 18.0% min |
| Crude Fiber | 4.0% max |
| Moisture | 12.0% max |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid | 0.06% min |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid | 0.06% min |
| Vitamin E | 150 IU/kg min |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids | 0.9% min |
Dry Matter Basis
| Crude Protein | 67.0% |
|---|---|
| Crude Fat | 20.5% |
| Crude Fiber | 4.5% |
| Moisture | 13.6% |