9Lives Paté With Real Chicken & Tuna
Cat Food · scored by FurMetric
This wet cat food has decent protein and fat on a dry-matter basis plus added taurine, but leads with unnamed by-products. Several questionable additives like menadione, carrageenan, titanium dioxide, and sodium nitrite drag the score down.
How our scores compare · 100–75 Excellent, 74–50 Fair, below 50 Poor
How we got this score
Read from: a photo of this product’s label. See the label photo
Checked: by a person against the label photo, October 2026.
Scored October 2026: Everyone sees this same score. It changes only if the recipe or our reading of the label is corrected.
The label says: complete & balanced for adult maintenance · formulated to AAFCO profiles
“9Lives™ Paté With Real Chicken & Tuna cat food is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance.”
How the score works: our method. It describes the label, not your pet — ask your vet about your pet's diet.
What hurt the score
The biggest factors, largest first.
- Meat By-Products first — Unnamed by-product leads list
- Menadione — Controversial synthetic additive
- Carrageenan + Titanium Dioxide — Unneeded additives and color
- Sodium Nitrite — Color preservative, cat concern
What helped the score
The biggest factors, largest first.
- Added taurine — Essential for feline heart/eyes
- Named proteins chicken/tuna — Identifiable animal sources present
- Dry-matter protein/fat — ~41% protein, 25% fat DM
- Vitamin E supplement — Natural-type antioxidant included
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Barcode 071190481238 · Recalls: see recent pet food recalls