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Complete Essentials Chicken and Rice Formula vs Adult Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula

Both are dry foods, so their labels are already broadly comparable - differences here are about formulation, not water content. Declared moisture differs by only 0.0 percentage points, so the conversion changes little.

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Complete Essentials Chicken and Rice Formula

Purina Pro Plan

dryadult12% moisture

Adult Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula

Purina Pro Plan

dryadult12% moisture

Nutrition, both ways

Left pair of columns is what each package prints. Right pair removes the water from both. The last column is the difference that survives the conversion.

NutrientA: as fedB: as fedA: dry matterB: dry matterGap
Crude protein36%43%40.9%48.9%8 pp
Crude fat16%9%18.2%10.2%8 pp
Crude fiber3%5%3.4%5.7%2.3 pp
Moisture12%12%----0.0 pp

Multipliers: Complete Essentials Chicken and Rice Formula x1.1, Adult Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula x1.1.

What the numbers actually show

Declared moisture is close between these two (12% against 12%), so converting to dry matter shifts both by a similar amount.

Whichever food is ahead on the label stays ahead after conversion - Adult Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula carries 8 percentage points more protein on a dry-matter basis.

Ingredients

Only in Complete Essentials Chicken and Rice Formula

  1. Corn gluten meal
  2. Beef fat
  3. Soy meal

Only in Adult Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula

  1. Corn protein meal
  2. Soy protein concentrate
  3. Wheat flour
  4. Soy protein isolate
  5. Beef fat preserved with mixed tocopherols
  6. Soybean meal
  7. Soybean hulls
  8. Liver flavor
  9. Dried chicory root
  10. Dried yeast
  11. Gelatin
  12. Phosphoric acid
  13. L-Lysine monohydrochloride
  14. Salt
  15. Choline chloride
  16. Potassium chloride
  17. Sodium bisulfate
  18. Calcium carbonate
  19. Vitamin E supplement
  20. Niacin (Vitamin B-3)
  21. Thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1)
  22. Calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5)
  23. Riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2)
  24. Vitamin A supplement
  25. Pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6)
  26. Vitamin B-12 supplement
  27. Folic acid (Vitamin B-9)
  28. Biotin (Vitamin B-7)
  29. Vitamin D-3 supplement
  30. Menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K)
  31. Zinc sulfate
  32. Ferrous sulfate
  33. Manganese sulfate
  34. Copper sulfate
  35. Calcium iodate
  36. Sodium selenite

Declared by both

  1. Chicken
  2. Rice
  3. Poultry by-product meal
  4. Fish meal
  5. Taurine

Sources

ProductSourceLast checked
Complete Essentials Chicken and Rice Formulahttps://www.proplan.com2026-10-31
Adult Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formulahttps://www.purina.com/cats/shop/pro-plan-weight-management-chicken-rice-dry-cat-food2026-11-01
This page reports and converts label data. It does not rank these foods, does not recommend which to buy, and makes no claim about either one suiting your cat. Discuss dietary choices with your veterinarian.