1st Choice
Kitten Healthy Start Chicken
Summary
1st Choice Kitten Healthy Start Chicken is a dry food designed to support kittens during the critical early months of development.
It provides foundational nutrients for bone growth, brain function, and immune health.
The formula begins with chicken and chicken meal as primary ingredients, offering highly digestible animal protein to support muscular and organ development.
Grains such as rice, brown rice, barley, and oat groats are the primary carbohydrate sources, while salmon oil supplies DHA (1,200 mg/kg) for brain and visual development.
Yeast extract, chicory root, and beet pulp offer prebiotic fibers (MOS and FOS) to support gut flora balance, immune resilience, and digestive comfort.
Vitamins and minerals are robustly fortified, including high levels of vitamin A (34,000 IU/kg), vitamin D3 (2,000 IU/kg), and calcium (1.1%) for bone and immune development.
The guaranteed analysis includes 30% crude protein, 20% fat, 3.5% fiber, and 9% ash, reflecting an energy-rich profile suitable for rapid growth.
Nutrition
Ingredients
- Chicken
- Chicken meal
- Rice
- Chicken fat (naturally preserved with mixed tocopherols)
- Pea protein
- Dried egg product
- Fish meal
- Brown rice
- Pearled barley
- Oat groats
- and also:
Vitamins and Additives
- Vitamin A 34000 IU
- Vitamin D3 2000 IU
- Vitamin E 150 IU
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How the score is calculated?
The actual calculation of the score is based on sophisticated and advanced algorithm that takes into account multiple parameters.
To simplify the explanation, the calculation is based on three main criteria:
(1) Amount of protein (more is better)
(2) Amount of carbohydrates (less is better)
(3) Quality and source of ingredients.
Based on that 3 main criteria, 9 score calculation rules are used to compare the different foods.
One major assumption is that the closer an ingredient is to the top of the ingredient list, the greater its relative weight and contribution to the food.
In general, cat food is composed of protein, fats, carbohydrates, fibers, vitamins, and minerals.
Protein is the most important component in a cat's diet, and cats primarily get their protein from animal meat.
Fat is a primary source of energy and essential fatty acids.
Carbohydrates are controversial in a cat's diet, as cats are obligate carnivores and typically consume very few carbohydrates.
Fibers play an important role in digestion and food absorption, and vitamins and minerals are essential for different organism functions.
Dry matter values are used to compare the amount of nutrients in different cat foods. This means that moisture is excluded from the equation to provide a more accurate comparison.
Putting all of these and more into a formula results in a product score.
The maximum score a cat food can receive is 100. Points are added or removed based on the score calculation rules.
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