Hairball Control
Meow Mix Hairball Control is a dry adult cat food with grains. Its first ingredients are chicken by-product meal, corn protein meal and ground corn. It has an Ingredients score of 30/100, a Nutrition score of 6.3/10 and 6 items on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $1.56/lb (6.3 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 27, 2026 · Price checked Oct 27, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Chicken By-Product Meal
- 2 / 5
- By-product meal
- Corn Protein Meal
- 1 / 5
- Plant protein concentrate
- Ground Corn
- 1 / 5
- Corn
- Brewers Rice
- 1 / 5
- Starch or refined grain
- Ground Soybean Hulls
- 1 / 5
- Fiber filler
- Other ingredients
- 2.2 / 5
- Average of the other 23 ingredients
Avoid List
6The label lists BHA (synthetic preservative), BHT (synthetic preservative), ethoxyquin (synthetic preservative), Red 40 (artificial color), Yellow 5 (artificial color), Blue 2 (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 31%
- 4.2 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 11%
- 3.9 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 25.5%
- 4.9 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Total carbohydrates on the label minus dietary fiber.
- Fiber 15.5%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
- Unnamed animal source
- × 0.75
- Ocean Fish Meal does not name the animal. Score before: 8.4/10.
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) | 31% | 35.2% |
| Fat (min) | 11% | 12.5% |
| Dietary fiber (max) | 15.5% | 17.6% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (max) | 41% | 46.6% |
| Moisture (max) | 12% | - |
| Calories | 303 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
This bag uses the new US label format, which lists carbohydrates and dietary fiber directly.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Protein Meal, Ground Corn, Brewers Rice, Ground Soybean Hulls, Beef Tallow (Mixed Tocopherols Used As A Preservative), Powdered Cellulose, Soybean Oil (BHA/BHT Used As A Preservative), Natural Flavor, Calcium Carbonate, Turkey By-Product Meal, Salmon Meal, Ocean Fish Meal (Ethoxyquin Used As A Preservative), Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Choline Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Grain Distillers Dried Yeast, Taurine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate), Red 40, Lactic Acid, Yellow 5, Blue 2, BHA (Used As A Preservative), 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.
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Last checked: Oct 27, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction