Halo · Holistic Healthy Grains · Cage-Free Chicken Recipe

Name: Halo Holistic Healthy Grains Cage-Free Chicken Recipe
Brand: Halo

Dry food · Adult Maintenance

Furry PI's verdict

Our investigation turned up real problems with Halo Holistic Healthy Grains. Grains crowd the top of the ingredient list. To be fair, includes genuinely beneficial ingredients such as deboned chicken and pork. On balance, most cats are better served by stronger options — the app can suggest better-graded foods of the same type.

What's concerning

Deboned chicken leads, but grains — brown rice and oats — dominate the rest of the list.
Contains brewers dried yeast, a lower-quality ingredient.
A high carbohydrate load for an obligate carnivore — a cat's natural prey is almost carb-free.

What works

Includes genuinely beneficial ingredients such as deboned chicken and pork.

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Nutrition from the label (as fed)

Protein	33%
Fat	17%
Fiber	5%
Moisture	9%
Ash*	8%
Carbs (estimated)*	28%

Label: guaranteed analysis (min/max). * not printed on the label — carbs are calculated, ash/moisture estimated from typical values. How these numbers translate into calories from protein vs carbs — and how this food scores on each pillar — is shown in the app.

Quick answers

Is Halo Holistic Healthy Grains grain-free?: No — the label lists brown rice, oats and barley.
What are the first ingredients in Halo Holistic Healthy Grains?: The label opens with deboned chicken, brown rice and pork. Ingredients are listed by weight, so the first few carry the most.
Does it contain artificial colours or preservatives?: None appear on the ingredient list.

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