Complete
Purina Cat Chow Complete is a dry adult cat food with grains. Its first ingredients are chicken by-product meal, ground yellow corn and corn protein meal. It has an Ingredients score of 31/100, a Nutrition score of 6.2/10 and 4 items on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $1.22/lb (15 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 24, 2026 · Price checked Oct 25, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Chicken by-product meal
- 2 / 5
- By-product meal
- Ground yellow corn
- 1 / 5
- Corn
- Corn protein meal
- 1 / 5
- Plant protein concentrate
- Whole grain wheat
- 1 / 5
- Wheat
- Rice
- 1 / 5
- Starch or refined grain
- Other ingredients
- 2.4 / 5
- Average of the other 17 ingredients
Avoid List
4The label lists menadione (synthetic vitamin K3), 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 32%
- 4.4 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 12%
- 4.1 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 34%
- 3.2 / 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
- × 0.75
- animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols, fish meal do not name the animal. Score before: 8.2/10.
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) | 32% | 36.4% |
| Fat (min) | 12% | 13.6% |
| Fiber (max) | 3% | 3.4% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 34% | 38.6% |
| Moisture (max) | 12% | - |
| Calories | 3,688 kcal/kg · 411 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.
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken by-product meal, ground yellow corn, corn protein meal, whole grain wheat, rice, soy flour, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols, chicken, fish meal, liver flavor, calcium carbonate, phosphoric acid, salt, potassium chloride, choline chloride, taurine, MINERALS [zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K)], DL-Methionine, Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2
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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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 24, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction