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Description
If your fur-iend is sporting a pooch belly and your vet would like her to reach a healthier weight, you can help her lose weight with Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets OM Overweight Management Canine Formula Food. This high-protein, low-calorie and low-fat food is formulated by Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians to help your overweight or obese pup lose or maintain weight without losing lean muscle. It may be a diet food, but don’t expect extra whining for snacks—it’s rich in natural fiber to keep her feeling full. It even supports a healthy urinary system to prevent potty problems! Switching foods can be a challenge, so Purina offers this feed in dry and wet varieties and you can choose the paw-fect type for your furbaby.
Variety Score: 26 out of 100 Points
Brand Score: 89 out of 100 Points
Ingredients Score: 66 out of 100 Points
Total Score: 69 out of 100 Points
Key Benefits
- Formulated by Purina nutritionists, researchers and veterinarians for your overweight or obese pup to help her lose or maintain weight.
- High-protein, low-calorie and low-fat recipe helps your furbaby lose weight while maintaining lean muscle.
- Helps support a healthy urinary system to prevent potty problems.
- Natural fiber helps keep your pooch feeling full.
- Available in dry and canned varieties so you can choose the type she will be happy to eat.
Ingredients
Water, Chicken, Liver, Powdered Cellulose, Rice, Soy Protein Isolate, Meat By-products, Carrageenan, Guar Gum, Tricalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Locust Bean Gum, Magnesium Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Calcium Carbonate, Zinc Sulfate, L-carnitine, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Copper Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Manganese Sulfate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin A Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Sodium Selenite. C259319. Caloric Content 652 kcal/kg, 245 kcal/canSee 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
(155)
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 Pantothenate - Controversial ingredient
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Calcium Sulfate (24)
Calcium sulfate is the inorganic compound with the formula CaSO4 and related hydrates. In the form of γ-anhydrite, it is used as a desiccant. One particular hydrate is better known as plaster of Paris, and another occurs naturally as the mineral gypsum.
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Carrageenan - Low-quality ingredient
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Carrageenans or carrageenins are a family of linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. They are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties. Their main application is in dairy and meat products, due to their strong binding to food proteins.
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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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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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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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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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Guar Gum - Controversial ingredient
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Guar gum, also called guaran, is a galactomannan polysaccharide extracted from guar beans that has thickening and stabilizing properties useful in food, feed, and industrial applications. The guar seeds are mechanically dehusked, hydrated, milled and screened according to application. It is typically produced as a free-flowing, off-white powder..
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L-Carnitine (27)
Carnitine is a quaternary ammonium compound involved in metabolism in most mammals, plants, and some bacteria. Carnitine exists as one of two stereoisomers. Both are biologically active but only l-carnitine naturally occurs in animals and d-carnitine is toxic as it inhibits the activity of the l-form.
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Liver (35)
The liver is an organ only found in vertebrates which detoxifies various metabolites, synthesizes proteins and produces biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth. In humans, it is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen, below the diaphragm. Its other roles in metabolism include the regulation of glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells and the production of hormones.
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Locust Bean Gum (9)
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Magnesium Sulfate (31)
Magnesium sulfate is an inorganic salt with the formula MgSO4x where 0≤x≤7. It is often encountered as the heptahydrate sulphate mineral epsomite, commonly called Epsom salt. The overall global annual usage in the mid-1970s of the monohydrate was 2.3 million tons, of which the majority was used in agriculture.
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Manganese Sulfate - Controversial ingredient
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Meat By-Products - Healthy 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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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 Iodide - Harmless ingredient
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Potassium iodide is a chemical compound, medication, and dietary supplement. As a medication it is used to treat hyperthyroidism, in radiation emergencies, and to protect the thyroid gland when certain types of radiopharmaceuticals are used. In the developing world it is also used to treat skin sporotrichosis and phycomycosis.
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Powdered Cellulose (35)
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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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Soy Protein Isolate (7)
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Thiamine Mononitrate - Harmless ingredient
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Tricalcium Phosphate - Controversial ingredient
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Tricalcium phosphate is a calcium salt of phosphoric acid with the chemical formula Ca32. It is also known as tribasic calcium phosphate and bone phosphate of lime. It is a white solid of low solubility. Most commercial samples of "tricalcium phosphate" are in fact hydroxyapatite.
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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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Water (68)
Water is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of most living organisms. It is vital for all known forms of life, even though it provides no calories or organic nutrients.
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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 | 7.5% min |
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| Crude Fat | 4.0% max |
| Crude Fiber | 7.0% max |
| Moisture | 82.0% max |
| Ash | 2.5% max |
| Calcium | 0.11% min |
| Phosphorus | 0.1% min |
Dry Matter Basis
| Crude Protein | 41.7% |
|---|---|
| Crude Fat | 22.2% |
| Crude Fiber | 38.9% |
| Moisture | 455.6% |