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Purrfect Bistro Grain Free Wild Ocean Whitefish & Spinach Recipe

$3.75 / lb12 lb bag · ChewySee bags and stores ↓

Merrick Purrfect Bistro Grain Free Wild Ocean Whitefish & Spinach Recipe is a grain-free dry adult cat food. Its first ingredients are ocean whitefish, chicken meal and potato protein. It has an Ingredients score of 54/100, a Nutrition score of 9.9/10 and 1 item on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $3.75/lb (12 lb bag at Chewy).

Label checked Oct 29, 2026 · Price checked Oct 29, 2026

How It Scores

Ingredient score54 /100

The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.

Ocean whitefish
4 / 5
Fish, species not named
Chicken meal
5 / 5
Named animal protein
Potato protein
2 / 5
Plant protein
Cassava root flour
1 / 5
Starch or refined grain
Pea starch
1 / 5
Starch or refined grain
Other ingredients
2.9 / 5
Average of the other 18 ingredients

Avoid List

1

The label lists menadione (synthetic vitamin K3).

The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score

Nutrition score9.9 /10

Adult targets. Values as listed on the label.

Protein 36%
5 / 5
Full points between 35% and 45%
Fat 16%
5 / 5
Full points between 15% and 22%
Carbohydrates 26%
4.8 / 5
Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
Fiber 3%
not scored
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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 labelDry matter
Protein (min)36%40.9%
Fat (min)16%18.2%
Fiber (max)3%3.4%
Ashnot listed-
Carbohydrates (estimate)26%29.5%
Moisture (max)12%-
Calories3,785 kcal/kg · 469 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.

  1. Ocean whitefish
  2. chicken meal
  3. potato protein
  4. cassava root flour
  5. pea starch

All Ingredients (Label Order)

Ocean whitefish, chicken meal, potato protein, cassava root flour, pea starch, dried yeast, dried egg product, beef fat preserved with mixed tocopherols, canola meal, dried spinach, pea protein, natural flavor, dried chicory root, phosphoric acid, potassium chloride, flaxseed, sodium bisulfate, calcium carbonate, salt, taurine, choline chloride, Vitamins [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin A supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Vitamin B-12 supplement, folic acid, biotin (Vitamin B-7), Vitamin D-3 supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K)], Minerals [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite]

Estimated Monthly Cost

By your cat's weight, using an estimated daily amount and the cheapest bag. Your cat may eat more or less.

5-9 lb cat$133/8 cup (53 g) a day
10-14 lb cat$205/8 cup (79 g) a day

We could not find the maker's feeding chart. These amounts come from a general formula: the calories on the label (3,785 kcal/kg) and the daily energy a cat of that weight needs according to the Merck Veterinary Manual, using the figure for a neutered adult. The chart on the bag may say something different.

Bags and Stores

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BagPriceper lb
12 lbCheapest per lbChewy · price checked Oct 29, 2026$44.99$3.75Buy
4 lbChewy · price checked Oct 29, 2026$17.99$4.50Buy

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 29, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction