75Excellent

Do Beneful pet food bags have PFAS?

The verdict
Beneful pet food bags average 75 out of 100 on PFAS Authority's PFAS and toxin screen across the 4 Beneful pet food bags graded as of November 2026, above the 70 out of 100 median for the 7 other pet food bags brands graded alongside it.
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Beneful pet food bags average Excellent on our four-band scale. 4 of the 4 we graded are worth buying. That is above 71% of the pet food bags brands we grade.

PFAS Authority is a scoring system, not a laboratory. We do not test products ourselves. Grades are model-based, built from published ingredients, materials, certifications, brand disclosures and third-party lab results where they exist. See the rubric.

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Purina Beneful Wet Dog Food Variety Pack

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75ExcellentPFAS grade
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Best average grade first. Beneful averages 75.

See every Beneful product we grade on the Beneful brand page, or the full pet food bags ranking.