Pro Plan Adult Complete Essentials Shredded Blend Salmon & Rice Dry Dog Food

Salmon, Rice, Whole Grain Wheat, Poultry By-Product Meal, Whole Grain Corn, Soybean Meal, Beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols, Corn Protein Meal, Fish Meal, Natural Flavours, Dried Beet Pulp, Egg Product (Dried), Glycerin, Mono And Dicalcium Phosphate, Wheat Bran, Calcium Carbonate, Soybean Oil, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Ferrous Sulphate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Choline Chloride, Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Vitamin C), L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, Garlic Oil, E449223

First 5 ingredients

This is the largest single category in FeedWise. It looks at which animal ingredients are present, whether the species is named, whether organs, egg and named fats are included, and whether concentrated plant proteins are diluting the animal content.

• Named animal protein first

  Salmon is a named animal ingredient in position 1.

  +8 / 8

• Animal Prominence Index

  Animal Prominence Index 34 of 100. This is a FeedWise position-weighted measure of how far animal ingredients dominate the ingredient panel. It is a label-position index, not a manufacturer-disclosed recipe percentage.

  +0.7 / 5

• Liver

  No liver in the ingredient panel.

  0 / 2

• Heart

  No heart in the ingredient panel.

  0 / 2

• Other appropriate organs

  No additional organ meats identified.

  0 / 2

• Whole egg

  Egg Product (Dried) is included.

  +1 / 1

• Named animal or marine fats

  Named animal or marine fat sources: Beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols, Salmon.

  +2 / 2

• Verified animal ingredient proportion

  The manufacturer has not published an animal ingredient percentage. Excluded from the score rather than counted against the product.

  NOT SCORED

• Plant protein disclosure

  Concentrated plant protein is present: Soybean Meal, Corn Protein Meal. The manufacturer does not publish its inclusion level or the animal versus plant share of the crude protein, so the contribution is not quantified. This is deducted once under Ingredient Quality and is not counted again here.

  N/A

Every ingredient is classified into a quality tier and weighted by its position on the label, so ingredient number one counts far more than ingredient number fifteen.

• Position weighted ingredient quality

  15 food ingredients assessed by quality tier with early positions weighted most heavily. 24 fortifying nutrients or preservatives excluded from the average.

  +10.7 / 20

• Vague animal ingredients

  Animal ingredients without an identified species: Poultry By-Product Meal, Fish Meal.

  -2

• Ingredient splitting

  Multiple fractions of the same core ingredient appear: WHEAT FAMILY (Whole Grain Wheat, Wheat Bran); CORN FAMILY (Whole Grain Corn, Corn Protein Meal); SOY FAMILY (Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil).

  -1

• Concentrated plant proteins

  Concentrated plant protein appears at position 6: Soybean Meal, Corn Protein Meal. Scored once here and not repeated in other categories.

  -2

• Estimated carbohydrate: not calculable
• Pulse ingredients detected: none
• Plant protein concentrates: Soybean Meal, Corn Protein Meal
• Ingredient splitting: WHEAT FAMILY (Whole Grain Wheat, Wheat Bran); CORN FAMILY (Whole Grain Corn, Corn Protein Meal); SOY FAMILY (Soybean Meal, Soybean Oil)

Carbohydrate is not calculable because ash is not disclosed. It is left blank rather than overstated.

• Carbohydrate burden

  Carbohydrate is not precisely calculable because ash has not been disclosed. This is an evidence limitation, not evidence of high carbohydrate, so it is removed from the score and reported as reduced confidence.

  NOT SCORED

• Ingredient based plant load

  Plant load assessed as VERY HIGH. Carbohydrate bearing plant ingredients: Rice (whole grain), Whole Grain Wheat (whole grain), Whole Grain Corn (whole grain), Soybean Meal (concentrated plant protein), Corn Protein Meal (concentrated plant protein), Dried Beet Pulp (fibre ingredient), Wheat Bran (refined grain).

  0 / 8

• Split plant fractions

  Split plant fractions understate the true plant load in the ingredient order.

  -1

Processing method: Extruded. This category measures food integrity only. Raw handling safety is assessed separately under Safety and Quality Control, so a raw food can score well here and still lose safety points.

• Processing method

  Extruded processing. Food integrity only. Raw handling safety is assessed separately under Safety and Quality Control.

  +5 / 10

• Animal species clearly identified

  Every animal ingredient names its species.

• Ingredient sourcing disclosed

  Not publicly verified

• Country or region identified

  Country or region of origin published: USA.

• Manufacturing location identified

  Manufacturing location published: United States.

• Detailed nutritional analysis

  A detailed nutritional analysis is published.

• Traceability information

  Not publicly verified

• Manufacturer provides sourcing detail

  Not publicly verified

• Overall formulation transparency

  Not publicly verified

Marketing language alone does not count. Anything that has not been published is shown as not publicly verified rather than as a failure.

• Complete and balanced for the stated life stage

  Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate that Pro Plan Shredded Blend Salmon & Rice Formula provides complete and balanced nutrition for maintenance of adult dogs.

• Detailed nutritional analysis available

  A full guaranteed analysis with energy content is on file.

• Qualified formulation expertise

  Not publicly verified

• Feeding trial or validation

  Feeding trial validation is documented.

• Calcium and phosphorus disclosed

  Calcium 1 percent and phosphorus 0.8 percent disclosed.

• Batch testing

  Not publicly verified

• Pathogen testing

  Not publicly verified

• Supplier verification

  Not publicly verified

• Lot traceability

  Not publicly verified

• Nutrient verification

  Not publicly verified

• Manufacturing quality program

  Not publicly verified

• Recall context and corrective action

  No recalls on file.

A recall alone does not destroy a score. Severity, cause, frequency, recency and documented corrective action are all considered.