Dry food · adult cats · made by Nestlé Purina PetCare Company
A formulated-to-meet dry food from Friskies, lighter per cup than 66% of the dry cat foods we've verified. Cat-food pricing isn't in our corpus yet, so cost-per-day isn't shown — the composition numbers below are fully verified.
THE FACTS, ONE SENTENCE —data as JSON· reference cat 10 lb · updated 2026-07-11
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10 lb
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The evidence
The Verified Label
Every food on this site gets this exact panel — same fields, same order, sourced from the official label — so brands finally become comparable. Dots show where this food sits among all 36 dry cat foods we've verified.
Verified LabelThe standardized pet-food panel
VPFD № FRISKI verified 2026-07-11
Composition — dry-matter basis
why dry matter
Moisture hides the real recipe: dry food is ~5-10% water, wet food ~75-82%. Removing water puts every food on one scale, so these are the only nutrition numbers that can be compared across foods. As-fed label values shown small.
Protein34.1%label: 30% minlower than 74% of dry cat foods
Fat10.2%label: 9% minno corpus anchor for fat yet
Fiber5.7%label: 5% maxhigher than 76% of dry cat foods
Est. carbohydrates ash not disclosed → 8% assumed, so this is an estimate≈40.9%diabetic-check target <10%higher than 89% of dry cat foods
Magnesium as fed: not disclosed why 0.12% DM
A commonly cited veterinary target for helping manage struvite-crystal (urinary) risk in cats is magnesium under roughly 0.12% on a dry-matter basis. This is a general, label-checkable guideline — not a diagnosis, and not a substitute for your vet, especially for cats with a history of urinary issues.
Not disclosedmagnesiumno threshold to check — not disclosed on this label
Ash 8% assumed — not disclosed on label8%as used in carb estimateno corpus anchor for ash yet
Calories & cost — for your 10-lb adult cat
Calorie density365 kcal/cup3382 kcal/kglighter than 66% of dry cat foods (median 395.5)
Daily serving¾ cups
Cost per day—
Bag lasts—
Cost per 1,000 kcal not available yet — cat food isn't price-matched to a retail listing in our corpus yet (dog food is; cat is next). Serving math uses standard veterinary energy formulas — see the formula.
Standards & ingredients
AAFCO statement
what this means
Two kinds of AAFCO claims exist. Most foods are only "formulated to meet" nutrient profiles — a paper calculation. A smaller set carry the stronger claim: fed to real cats in AAFCO-procedure trials ("Animal feeding tests using AAFCO procedures substantiate…").
Formulated to meet · maintenance
First five ingredients (by pre-cooking weight)Whole grain corn · Corn protein meal · Chicken by-product meal · Soybean meal · Animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols
Named animal protein first; named meals onlyNo
Legumes in first 10 (FDA DCM inquiry)2 (soybean meal, soybean hulls)
BHA / BHT preservativesNone on label
Carrageenan (thickener)None
Ethoxyquin
why unknown
When a fish-meal supplier adds ethoxyquin, U.S. rules don't require it on the finished label — so no label can prove its absence for recipes containing fish meal. We report this as a gap rather than guessing.
Can't be determined from label
Safety
FDA recalls — Friskies, since 2023None on record
ManufacturerNestlé Purina PetCare Company, St. Louis, MO 63164 USA
Label transparency 10 of 15 standard fields
Green = verified favorable · amber = gap in the record · red = verified unfavorable · gray = not disclosed / neutral fact.
Source: official label source (official) · anchors: 36 verified dry cat foods · how to read this label
The fit
For your cat, specifically
Checked for a 10-lb adult cat with urinary health + a low-carb goal — the same published criteria our finder uses. Change your cat above and these update.
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Validated for adult catsAAFCO statement covers adult maintenance.
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Urinary fit — can't assessMagnesium is not stated on this label, so we cannot check it against the magnesium threshold vets commonly use for struvite-stone risk management.
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Fiber 5.7% DMNot selected as a concern for your cat — shown here for reference.
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Sensitive stomachNot selected for your cat — but shown here for reference.
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Contains chickenNot selected as a concern for your cat — shown here for reference.
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Too many estimated carbs for a low-carb target≈40.9% carbohydrate (dry-matter, estimated) is over the ~10% DM target some vets use for diabetic cats. Estimate only — not a lab measurement. See lower-carb options →
The source material
The full ingredient list
Every flag on the Verified Label is computed from this list. Ingredients are ordered by pre-cooking weight — the first five carry the most information.
Wet ingredients like fresh whole grain corn shrink once cooked — which is why named meals appearing high on the list matter: they keep meaningful animal protein after moisture is removed.