Friskies
Surfin’ & Turfin’ Favorites Dry Cat Food With Flavors of Chicken, Whitefish, Salmon & Filet Mignon
Summary
Friskies Surfin’ & Turfin’ Favorites is a dry food formulated for adult cats that offers a variety of land and sea flavors.
The first five ingredients are ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, soybean meal, corn gluten meal, and beef fat, indicating a heavy reliance on plant-based fillers and meat derivatives.
Animal proteins are included in chicken by-product meals, ocean fish meals, meat and bone meals, and salmon meals, though none are fresh or whole cuts.
Flavorings such as liver and filet mignon are used to enhance palatability, but there is no real filet mignon content.
The guaranteed analysis lists 30% crude protein, 11% fat, 3% fiber, and 12% moisture, providing basic maintenance nutrition for adult cats.
Essential micronutrients include 1.0% calcium, 0.8% phosphorus, 125 mg/kg zinc, and 0.12% taurine, with a total energy value of 3573 kcal/kg.
Pros:
Moderate protein level: Contains 30% crude protein, which supports basic muscle maintenance and tissue repair in adult cats.
Added taurine: Meets the minimum heart and vision support requirement with 0.12% taurine content.
Fortified with vitamins and minerals: This supplement includes essential nutrients such as Vitamin A (10,000 IU/kg), Vitamin E (100 IU/kg), and zinc (125 mg/kg) to support immune and skin health.
Omega-6 source: Linoleic acid is listed at a minimum of 1.2%, which helps maintain a healthy coat and skin.
Balanced phosphorus and calcium: With calcium at 1.0% and phosphorus at 0.8%, the mineral ratio supports basic bone health.
Cons:
Grain-heavy composition: Ground yellow corn and corn gluten meal dominate the formula, offering low biological value for obligate carnivores.
No fresh meat: Protein sources come from by-products, meals, and derivatives, and there is no fresh or whole meat content.
Multiple artificial colorants: Includes Red 40, Yellow 5, and Blue 2, which offer no nutritional value and may concern pet owners seeking a more natural formula.
Use of unspecified meals: Ingredients like “meat and bone meal” and “ocean fish meal” lack species specificity, reducing transparency on protein quality.
Filet mignon only in flavoring: The formula contains “natural filet mignon flavor” but no actual filet mignon as an ingredient.
Nutrition
Ingredients
- Ground yellow corn
- Chicken by-product meal
- Soybean meal
- Corn protein meal
- Beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- Meat And Bone Meal
- Liver Flavor
- Ocean Fish Meal
- Phosphoric Acid
- Salt
- and also:
Vitamins and Additives
Guaranteed Analysis
Comments
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Product changes
- Crude ash changed from 7.4% -> %
- 4th Ingredient changed from Corn gluten meal -> Corn protein meal
- 9th Ingredient changed from Calcium Carbonate -> Phosphoric Acid
- 10th Ingredient changed from Phosphoric Acid -> Salt
- 2nd Ingredient changed from Corn gluten meal -> Chicken by-product meal
- 3rd Ingredient changed from Chicken by-product meal -> Soybean meal
- 4th Ingredient changed from Soybean meal -> Corn gluten meal
- 5th Ingredient changed from Beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols -> Beef fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
- 6th Ingredient changed from Ocean fish meal -> Meat And Bone Meal
- 7th Ingredient changed from Animal liver flavor -> Liver Flavor
- 8th Ingredient changed from Meat and bone meal -> Ocean Fish Meal
- Score changed from 28 -> 32
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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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