Quick Analysis
Ingredients:
Nutrition:
Potential Allergens: seafood and meat by-products
Est. Calories: 79 cal/100g
Price: $$$$
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Overall, Purina Pro Plan Complete Essentials Turkey & Vegetable Entrée Grain Free is a significantly below average cat food, earning 4 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list. For more information on our cat food analysis techniques, please click here.
Ingredient Analysis
When evaluating a cat food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.
Purina Pro Plan Complete Essentials Turkey & Vegetable Entrée Grain Free includes the following:
Quality Ingredients
- turkey
- turkey
Questionable Ingredients
- meat by-products
- guar gum
- meat by-products
- guar gum
- carrageenan
Potential Allergens
- meat by-products
- fish
- meat by-products
- fish
Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.
In this case, Purina Pro Plan Complete Essentials Turkey & Vegetable Entrée Grain Free's most plentiful ingredient listed is turkey, which is considered a quality protein source.
However, this product also lists meat by-products within its top ingredients. By-products are typically considered inferior, lesser quality ingredients.
Please also be aware that this product contains guar gum, guar gum and carrageenan, which are additives that some experts claim may be possible contributors to certain medical conditions in cats.
Allergen alert: This product contains fish and meat by-products which may be problematic for cats who suffer from seafood or meat by-products food allergies.
Nutritional Analysis*
Compared to the other 2877 cat foods in our database, Purina Pro Plan Complete Essentials Turkey & Vegetable Entrée Grain Free has:
- an average amount of protein
- an average amount of carbohydrates
- an average amount of fat
- more fiber than average
In general, cats have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.
Calorie Breakdown
Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, Purina Pro Plan Complete Essentials Turkey & Vegetable Entrée Grain Free has approximately 79 calories per 100g (22 calories/ounce), which is an average amount of calories compared to the average of the other wet cat foods in the CatFoodDB.
All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on January 16, 2022.
The authoritative source for ingredient lists and nutritional analysis for any pet food is always the pet food manufacturer.
Ingredients
Ingredients as published by the cat food manufacturer:
Turkey, Liver, Meat By-products, Water Sufficient For Processing, Fish, Tomatoes, Carrots (dried), Artificial And Natural Flavors, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Taurine, Salt, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (vitamin B-1), Niacin (vitamin B-3), Calcium Pantothenate (vitamin B-5), Vitamin A Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (vitamin K), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (vitamin B-6), Riboflavin Supplement (vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Biotin (vitamin B-7), Folic Acid (vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Turkey, Liver, Meat By-products, Water Sufficient For Processing, Fish, Tomatoes, Carrots (dried), Artificial And Natural Flavors, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide, Taurine, Salt, Carrageenan, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (vitamin B-1), Niacin (vitamin B-3), Calcium Pantothenate (vitamin B-5), Vitamin A Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (vitamin K), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (vitamin B-6), Riboflavin Supplement (vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Biotin (vitamin B-7), Folic Acid (vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 Supplement,
Guaranteed Analysis
Nutritional information as published by the cat food manufacturer.*
Protein:(min)
10.0%
Fat:(min)
4.0%
Fiber:(max)
1.5%
Carbs:(est)
2.9%
Ash:(est)
3.6%
Moisture:(max)
78.0%
Dry Matter Analysis
The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.
Protein:(min)
45%
Fat:(min)
18%
Fiber:(max)
7%
Carbs:(est)
13%
Ash:(est)
16%
Calories:(est)
79/100g
*Note that nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each cat food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber and moisture in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Optionally, manufacturers may also publish a product's ash content. When they are not published an average of 3% ash for wet food, and 6% ash for dry food, will be used. Because exact nutritional percentages are not available and all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values. Any other manufacturer published values in a product's Guaranteed Analysis is done at the manufacture's discretion, and is not used in any of the calculations done by CatFoodDB.
Although a high score may be indicative of a higher-quality product it is not a guarantee. Similarly, a low score may or may not indicate an inferior product. The best food for your cat is the one that meets their individual needs.
