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The Good


First ingredient is a named meat ingredient

The Bad


Heavy Grain Content

Minimal Meat Content

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Nutro Max Senior Cat Food

Nutro Max Senior Cat Food is made and manufactured by, Nutro Products, Inc. Nutro claims this recipes is aimed towards Adult Cats 7 Years or Older. Nutro Max Senior Cat Food comes in 3 different sizes: 3lbs, 6lbs and 16lbs.
 

Nutro Max Senior Cat Food Review

We are going to take a look at the first five ingredients of Nutro Max Senior Cat Food. The first five ingredients are a good indication of the quality of cat food. The ingredients before the first fat source usually make up the vast majority of the cat food.
 

    Chicken Meal, Ground Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Wheat Flour, Rice Flour, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Ground Whole Wheat, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Natural Flavor, Soybean Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Chicken, Brewers Dried Yeast, Tomato Pomace, Yeast Culture, Oatmeal, Oat Bran, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Menhaden Fish Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Monosodium Phosphate, Taurine, DL-Methionine, Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Salt, Ferrous Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Dried Cranberry, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Inositol, Niacin, Manganese Proteinate, L-Carnitine, Manganese Oxide, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Biotin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Dried Blueberry, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Sodium Selenite. Nutro Products, Inc. supports the safe, ethical and humane treatment of all animals.

    First Five Ingredients Analysis:

    • Chicken Meal
    • Ground Rice
    • Corn Gluten Meal
    • Wheat Flour
    • Rice Flour
    Chicken Meal - chicken which has been ground or otherwise reduced in particle size.

    Ground Rice - the entire product obtained by grinding the rice kernels after the hulls have been removed.

    Corn Gluten Meal - the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.

    Wheat Flour - wheat flour together with fine particles of wheat bran, wheat germ and the offal from the "tail of the mill". This product must be obtained in the usual process of commercial milling and must not contain more than 1.5 percent crude fiber.

    Rice Flour - consists principally of the soft, finely ground and bolted meal obtained from milling rice (containing essentially the starch and gluten of the endosperm) together with fine particles of rice bran and the offal from the 'tail of the mill.'

    Crude Protein (minimum) 28.00%

    Crude Fat (minimum) 12.00%

    Crude Fat (maximum) 14.00%

    Crude Fiber (maximum) 3.00%

    Moisture (maximum) 10.00%

    Ash (maximum) 6.00%

    Linoleic Acid (minimum) 3.50%

    Calcium (minimum) 0.60%

    Calcium (maximum) 1.00%

    Phosphorus (minimum) 0.50%

    Phosphorus (maximum) 1.00%

    Sodium (maximum) 0.35%

    Magnesium (maximum) 0.085%

    Zinc (minimum) 250 mg/kg

    Vitamin A (minimum) 15,000 IU/kg

    Vitamin E (minimum) 250 IU/kg

    Thiamine (minimum) 12 mg/kg

    Riboflavin (minimum) 28 mg/kg

    Vitamin B6 (minimum) 14 mg/kg

    Taurine (minimum) 0.18%

    Ascorbic Acid (minimum)* 80 mg/kg

    Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) (minimum)* 0.05%

    L-Carnitine (minimum)* 50 mg/kg

    *Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles.

Nutro Max Senior Cat Food Consumer Ratings

Are you a consumer of Nutro Max Senior Cat Food? If so please take the time to rate Nutro Max Senior Cat Food. This will make it easier for people who are looking to purchase Nutro Max Senior Cat Food.

Rating (out of 10)

Overall Ingredients


This score is based on ALL ingredients
 4

First Five Ingredients


This score is based on the first five ingredients
 4

Protein Content


This score is based on the total meat protein content
 4

Grain Content


More Grains = Lower score and No Grains= 10
 3

Total

 3.75

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