Adult Dry Dog Food Lamb & Rice 5 lb vs Sensitive Skin Stomach Salmon Rice Dry Dog Food: which is safer?
These two grade almost identically. Pick on price and preference; neither has a PFAS edge.
Purina Pro Plan
Adult Dry Dog Food Lamb & Rice 5 lb
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 62/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
paper/kraft outer bag with likely polyethylene inner lining (food contact)
Confidence
72%
PossibleMineral oil or ink migration from paper
PossibleMold or bacterial growth from moisture ingress
Purina Pro Plan
Sensitive Skin Stomach Salmon Rice Dry Dog Food
PFAS grade
Good 70/100
Overall grade
Good 62/100
Verdict
Buy
Hazard flags
⚑ 2
Material
Paper/kraft bag with possible grease-resistant interior coating (unspecified)
Confidence
62%
PossibleUnidentified interior coating composition
PossibleMoisture-driven bag degradation and mold risk
Where these two actually differ
- We flag Mineral oil or ink migration from paper and Mold or bacterial growth from moisture ingress on the Purina Pro Plan and not on the Purina Pro Plan.
- We flag Unidentified interior coating composition and Moisture-driven bag degradation and mold risk on the Purina Pro Plan and not on the Purina Pro Plan.
- The Purina Pro Plan is paper/kraft outer bag with likely polyethylene inner lining (food contact) where the Purina Pro Plan is Paper/kraft bag with possible grease-resistant interior coating (unspecified), which is most of the difference in these two grades.
- These two are level, close enough that price and fit should decide it rather than our grade.
Both products run through the same public rubric: materials, coatings, brand disclosure, lab findings, and recalls, plus a beyond-PFAS hazard analysis. Grades are model-based estimates, not lab tests. How grades work →
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