CORE Grain Free Original Deboned Turkey, Turkey Meal & Chicken Meal
Wellness CORE Grain Free Original Deboned Turkey, Turkey Meal & Chicken Meal is a grain-free dry adult cat food. Its first ingredients are deboned turkey, deboned chicken and turkey meal. It has an Ingredients score of 83/100, a Nutrition score of 10/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $3.89/lb (11 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%.
- Deboned Turkey
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Deboned Chicken
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Turkey Meal
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate)
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Peas
- 2 / 5
- Legume
- Other ingredients
- 3.6 / 5
- Average of the other 44 ingredients
Avoid List
0The label lists none of the additives we count.
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 45%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 18%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 16%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 4%
- 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) | 45% | 50% |
| Fat (min) | 18% | 20% |
| Fiber (max) | 4% | 4.4% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 16% | 17.8% |
| Moisture (max) | 10% | - |
| Calories | ≈ 3,630 kcal/kg (our estimate) | |
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.
- Deboned Turkey
- Deboned Chicken
- Turkey Meal
- Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate)
- Peas
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Deboned Turkey, Deboned Chicken, Turkey Meal, Chicken Meal (source of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate), Peas, Chicken Fat, Herring Meal, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Flaxseed, Natural Flavor, Salmon Oil, Calcium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Cranberries, Dried Chicory Root, Hydrolyzed Yeast, Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, Dried Kelp, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Vitamin C (L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate), Niacin, Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Sulfate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Manganese Sulfate, Riboflavin, Manganese Proteinate, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract, Spearmint 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
Prices were checked by hand on the date shown and may have changed. Store links may earn us a commission at no cost to you. How this works
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 maker does not publish calorie content. Calories (about 3,630 kcal/kg) are our estimate from the guaranteed analysis with a standard formula, assuming 8% ash. The feeding chart uses 4 to 7, 7 to 10 and 10 to 15 lb rows; we use the middle of the closest row.
Last checked: Oct 26, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction