Tender Centers Salmon & White Meat Chicken Flavors
Meow Mix Tender Centers Salmon & White Meat Chicken Flavors is a dry adult cat food with grains. Its first ingredients are ground corn, soybean meal and chicken by-product meal. It has an Ingredients score of 40/100, a Nutrition score of 8.2/10 and 6 items on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $1.18/lb (14.2 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 26, 2026 · Price checked Oct 27, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Ground Corn
- 1 / 5
- Corn
- Soybean Meal
- 1 / 5
- Soy
- Chicken By-Product Meal
- 2 / 5
- By-product meal
- Corn Protein Meal
- 1 / 5
- Plant protein concentrate
- Beef Tallow (Mixed Tocopherols Used As A Preservative)
- 4 / 5
- Named animal fat
- Other ingredients
- 2.5 / 5
- Average of the other 30 ingredients
Avoid List
6The label lists sugar, titanium dioxide (artificial color), Yellow 6 (artificial color), Yellow 5 (artificial color), Red 40 (artificial color), BHA (synthetic preservative).
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 29%
- 4.2 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Total carbohydrates on the label minus dietary fiber.
- Fiber 11%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
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) | 11% | 12.5% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (max) | 40% | 45.5% |
| Moisture (max) | 12% | - |
| Calories | 339 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.
- Ground Corn
- Soybean Meal
- Chicken By-Product Meal
- Corn Protein Meal
- Beef Tallow (Mixed Tocopherols Used As A Preservative)
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Ground Corn, Soybean Meal, Chicken By-Product Meal, Corn Protein Meal, Beef Tallow (Mixed Tocopherols Used As A Preservative), Whole Wheat, Natural Flavor, Calcium Carbonate, Salmon Meal, Glycerin, Corn Syrup, Phosphoric Acid, Choline Chloride, Salt, Potassium Sorbate (Used As A Preservative), Titanium Dioxide (Color), Calcium Sulfate, Taurine, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, 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), Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate), Potassium Chloride, Dicalcium Phosphate, Carrageenan, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Dl-Methionine, Monoglycerides, Glycine, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Lactic Acid, Red 40, Natural White Meat Chicken Flavor, 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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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.
Last checked: Oct 26, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction