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Description
Purina Kitten Chow Nurture Dry Cat Food is an age-essential, dry kitten food made with the four foundational building blocks of nutrition: high in protein for developing lean muscle, DHA for brain and vision development, essential nutrients like those found in mother’s milk, and antioxidants for strong immune health. Every meal also provides the 25 essential vitamins and minerals cats need at any age. Plus, it’s formulated with a taste kittens love—and without artificial colors or flavors—to help give them the nutrition they need while they develop.
Price Score: 85 out of 100 Points
Variety Score: 97 out of 100 Points
Brand Score: 95 out of 100 Points
Ingredients Score: 65 out of 100 Points
Total Score: 87.4 out of 100 Points
Key Benefits
- Made with real chicken to provide your pal with the protein they need to develop lean muscle.
- Contains essential nutrients like those found in mother's milk.
- Includes omega fatty acid, DHA, to support brain and vision development.
- 100% complete and balanced nutrition, formulated for kittens.
- No artificial colors or flavors for better overall health.
Ingredients
Chicken By-product Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Rice, Soy Flour, Beef Fat Preserved With Mixed-tocopherols, Ground Whole Wheat, Chicken, Fish Meal, Liver Flavor, Dried Yeast, Calcium Carbonate, Phosphoric Acid, Salt, Choline Chloride, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K)], Taurine, Potassium Chloride. J453018. Caloric Content 3,653 kcal/kg, 408 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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Calcium Iodate - Controversial ingredient
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Calcium Pantothenate - Controversial ingredient
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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 By-Product Meal (25)
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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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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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Corn Gluten Meal - Controversial ingredient
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Dried Yeast (20)
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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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Fish Meal (22)
Fish meal, or fishmeal, is a commercial product mostly made from fish that are not used for human consumption; fishmeal is generally used to feed farm animals in agricultural setting. Because it is calorically dense and cheap to produce, fishmeal has played a critical role in the growth of factory farms and the number of farm animals it is possible to breed and feed.
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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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Ground Whole Wheat (2)
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Liver Flavor (1)
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Manganese Sulfate - Controversial ingredient
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Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex - Harmful 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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Phosphoric Acid (29)
Phosphoric acid, also known as orthophosphoric acid or phosphoric acid, is a weak acid with the chemical formula H 3PO 4. It is a non-toxic compound which, when pure, is a solid at room temperature and pressure. All three hydrogens are acidic to varying degrees and can be lost from the molecule as H+ ions.
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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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Rice (13)
Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima. As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production, after sugarcane and maize.
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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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Soy Flour (11)
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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 - Harmless ingredient
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Vitamin A is a group of unsaturated nutritional organic compounds that includes retinol, retinal, retinoic acid, and several provitamin A carotenoids. Vitamin A has multiple functions: it is important for growth and development, for the maintenance of the immune system, and for good vision.
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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
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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 Sulfate - Low-quality ingredient
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Zinc sulfate is an inorganic compound and dietary supplement. As a supplement it is used to treat zinc deficiency and to prevent the condition in those at high risk. Side effects of excess supplementation may include abdominal pain, vomiting, headache, and tiredness.
Guaranteed Analysis
| Crude Protein | 40.0% min |
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| Crude Fat | 12.5% min |
| Crude Fiber | 2.5% max |
| Moisture | 12.0% max |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0.02% min |
| Calcium (Ca) | 1.1% min |
| Phosphorous | 1.0% min |
| Selenium (Se) | 0.3 mg/kg min |
| Vitamin E | 150 IU/kg min |
| Taurine | 0.12% min |
Dry Matter Basis
| Crude Protein | 45.5% |
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| Crude Fat | 14.2% |
| Crude Fiber | 2.8% |
| Moisture | 13.6% |