Plus Urinary Tract Health
9Lives Plus Urinary Tract Health is a dry adult cat food with grains. Its first ingredients are whole ground corn, corn protein meal and poultry by-product meal. It has an Ingredients score of 37/100, a Nutrition score of 3.5/10 and 8 items on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $1.32/lb (12 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Nov 2, 2026 · Price checked Nov 3, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Whole Ground Corn
- 1 / 5
- Corn
- Corn Protein Meal
- 1 / 5
- Plant protein concentrate
- Poultry By-Product Meal
- 2 / 5
- By-product meal
- Whole Wheat
- 1 / 5
- Wheat
- Beef Tallow (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols)
- 4 / 5
- Named animal fat
- Other ingredients
- 2 / 5
- Average of the other 23 ingredients
Avoid List
8The label lists titanium dioxide (artificial color), menadione (synthetic vitamin K3), iron oxide (artificial color), Yellow 5 (artificial color), Yellow 6 (artificial color), Red 40 (artificial color), BHA (synthetic preservative), Blue 1 (artificial color).
The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score
Adult targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 30%
- 4 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 10%
- 3.6 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 40%
- 2 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 3%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
- Unnamed animal source
- × 0.5
- Poultry By-Product Meal, Animal Digest, Meat and Bone Meal do not name the animal. At least one is in the first 5 ingredients. Score before: 7.1/10.
What Is in It
Dry matter means the food with the water taken out. It lets you compare foods with different moisture fairly.
| On the label | Dry matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein (min) | 30% | 33.3% |
| Fat (min) | 10% | 11.1% |
| Fiber (max) | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 40% | 44.4% |
| Moisture (max) | 10% | - |
| Calories | 3,800 kcal/kg · 355 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
Labels do not list carbohydrates, and this one does not list ash either. We estimate carbohydrates by assuming 7% ash, a typical value for dry cat food, and subtracting everything else from 100.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
- Whole Ground Corn
- Corn Protein Meal
- Poultry By-Product Meal
- Whole Wheat
- Beef Tallow (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols)
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Whole Ground Corn, Corn Protein Meal, Poultry By-Product Meal, Whole Wheat, Beef Tallow (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Animal Digest (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Meat and Bone Meal, Phosphoric Acid, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Grain Distillers Dried Yeast, Tuna Meal, Choline Chloride, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Vitamins [Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex [Source of Vitamin K Activity], Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement], Taurine, Minerals [Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate], Dried Egg Product, DL-Methionine, Iron Oxide (Color), Yellow 5, Lactic Acid, Yellow 6, Red 40, BHA (Used As A Preservative), Blue 1, Rosemary Extract
Estimated Monthly Cost
By your cat's weight, using the maker's daily amount and the cheapest bag. Your cat may eat more or less.
The maker gives the daily amount as a range by weight. We worked out the amount for each weight from that range, so it is an estimate.
Bags and Stores
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| Bag | Price | per lb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 lbCheapest per lbChewy · price checked Nov 3, 2026 | $15.79 | $1.32 | Buy |
Similar Price, Better Ingredients
Same age group, a higher Ingredients score, a Nutrition score no more than 0.5 lower and no more unwanted additives, at most 20% more per pound.
Data source: The feeding guide uses 3 to 6, 6 to 9 and 9 to 15 lb rows with ranges; we use the closest row and the middle of the range.
Last checked: Nov 2, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction