Freshpet
Vital Chicken Recipe with Peas, Carrots & Brown Rice
7.3/ 10
Leads on Brand Trust, Sensitivity Risk
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Freshpet Vital vs Purina Pro Plan Shredded Blend
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Refrigerated fresh food vs a flagship dry kibble, head to headPartial-source beta data
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Freshpet and Purina Pro Plan are effectively tied.
Purina Pro Plan
Complete Essentials Shredded Blend Adult Chicken & Rice
7.4/ 10
Leads on PetScored rating, Nutrition Fit, Value
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Effectively a tie, and that is the story: in our view the fresh format does not buy a better rubric outcome here. Freshpet's clearest win is sensitivity risk, Pro Plan takes nutrition fit and value, and neither label scores well on ingredient clarity.
This verdict is our opinion under the PetScored rubric, not veterinary advice. The exact sub-scores are in the table below; each food’s source confidence and limitations stay on its own scorecard.
Score areaFreshpet
Vital Chicken Recipe with Peas, Carrots & Brown RicePurina Pro Plan
Complete Essentials Shredded Blend Adult Chicken & Rice
Vital Chicken Recipe with Peas, Carrots & Brown RicePurina Pro Plan
Complete Essentials Shredded Blend Adult Chicken & Rice
PetScored ratingFreshpet7.3Purina Pro Plan7.4
Nutrition FitFreshpet8.0Purina Pro Plan9.0
Brand TrustFreshpet7.5Purina Pro Plan7.0
Ingredient ClarityFreshpet4.0Purina Pro Plan4.0
Sensitivity RiskFreshpet9.0Purina Pro Plan7.5
ValueFreshpet7.0Purina Pro Plan8.0
Freshpet
Vital Chicken Recipe with Peas, Carrots & Brown Rice
Fresh refrigerated chicken leads a short, recognizable panel and the recipe is all-life-stages adequate. The tradeoff, in our view, is high moisture, so calories per dollar run higher than kibble, plus peas and egg early in the deck for sensitive dogs.
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Purina Pro Plan
Complete Essentials Shredded Blend Adult Chicken & Rice
A widely fed kibble that earns the stronger AAFCO substantiation method, a feeding trial rather than formulation alone. Chicken leads, but wheat, poultry by-product meal, soybean meal, and corn keep Ingredient Clarity mid-pack and the trigger count high.
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Comparison scores use the same reconstructed score-event math as the product pages. Source confidence, unresolved gaps, recall context, and warning-letter limitations remain attached to each individual scorecard.