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Temptations — Temptations MixUps Surfers' Delight Tuna, Shrimp & Salmon Flavor
19.0★
Average across 1 scan
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Worst Ingredient
Wheat Flour
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This Flavor
Temptations MixUps Surfers' Delight Tuna, Shrimp & Salmon Flavor
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Brand (overall)
Temptations
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Company (overall)
Mars Petcare
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Umbrella (overall)
Mars, Incorporated
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"Overall" blends every species and category this company touches — a good dog food line can't hide a bad one elsewhere in the portfolio.
📦 Product info
BrandTemptations
Parent CompanyMars Petcare
Umbrella CompanyMars, Incorporated
TypeCat Treats/Snacks
Life Stageadult
Size16 oz (454 g)
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Cost-per-calorie needs the label's Calorie Content statement — not captured on this scan yet.
🧪 Every Ingredient, Graded
In label order, top to bottom — same as the bag or can.
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1.Chicken By-Product Meal
Named by-product meal — at least the species is identified (chicken), but this is rendered low-value parts: heads, feet, intestines, undeveloped eggs. It is the #1 ingredient, meaning this treat is built on slaughterhouse scraps.
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2.Ground Corn
Whole corn — common allergen for cats, GMO risk, aflatoxin contamination risk. Cats are obligate carnivores; corn is a cheap filler that has no business being the #2 ingredient in a cat product.
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3.Animal Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)
UNSPECIFIED animal fat. This can legally come from any rendered animal — including 4D animals (dead, dying, diseased, disabled), euthanized shelter animals, roadkill, or restaurant grease traps. The fact that Mars — a multi-billion dollar company — won't name the species tells you everything.
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4.Wheat Flour
Wheat flour is a refined, nutritionally empty filler used primarily to reduce manufacturing costs. It is a common canine allergen and provides no nutritional benefit while contributing to allergic reactions and digestive issues in many dogs.
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5.Brewers Rice
Broken rice fragments left over from milling — the cheapest form of rice available. Zero nutritional value. Pure filler.
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6.Dried Meat By-Products
UNSPECIFIED meat by-products — no species named. This is the red flag ingredient. 'Meat by-products' can legally contain any mammalian tissue from any source, including 4D animals and potentially euthanized animals. FDA has confirmed pentobarbital in rendered ingredients like this.
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7.Natural Flavors
Completely undisclosed source. 'Natural flavors' in pet food is often animal digest by another name — chemically hydrolyzed animal tissue sprayed on for palatability. The source is never revealed.
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8.Brewers Dried Yeast
Acceptable source of B vitamins and can support skin health. One of the few decent ingredients in this product.
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9.Potassium Chloride
Standard mineral supplement for potassium.
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10.Choline Chloride
Essential B vitamin supplement — supports liver function.
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11.Salt
Added salt in a treat — contributes to excessive sodium intake. Cats are prone to kidney issues and added salt is unnecessary.
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12.DL-Methionine
Essential amino acid supplement — helps acidify urine and support urinary tract health in cats.
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13.Taurine
Essential amino acid for cats — mandatory. The fact that it must be supplemented tells you the base ingredients don't provide enough naturally, which is damning for a product claiming seafood flavors.
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14.Calcium Carbonate
Standard calcium supplement.
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15.Vitamin E Supplement
Standard vitamin supplement.
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16.Zinc Sulfate
Standard mineral supplement.
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17.Natural Tuna Shrimp & Salmon Flavor
More undisclosed 'natural flavor.' The product is called 'Tuna, Shrimp & Salmon Flavor' but there is ZERO actual tuna, shrimp, or salmon in the ingredient list. This is a chemical flavoring applied to corn and chicken scraps. Under FDA 'flavor' rules, only a detectable amount is required — this could be trace levels of digest.
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18.Red #40
Artificial dye — a petroleum-derived colorant linked to cancer, hyperactivity, and allergic reactions. Banned or restricted in several countries. There is absolutely ZERO reason to dye a cat treat red — cats are functionally colorblind to red. This is done purely for the human buyer's eyes, at the cat's expense.
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19.Ferrous Sulfate
Standard iron supplement.
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20.Dried Cheese
Dairy ingredient — many cats are lactose intolerant. Used as a palatability enhancer. May contain added salt and additives.
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21.Mixed Tocopherols (preservative)
Natural preservative — Vitamin E. The one good choice Mars made here.
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22.Copper Sulfate
Standard mineral supplement.
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23.Vitamin A Supplement
Essential for cats — they cannot convert beta-carotene.
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24.Citric Acid (preservative)
Natural preservative — safe.
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25.Niacin Supplement
B3 vitamin — standard.
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26.Vitamin B12 Supplement
Standard vitamin supplement.
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27.Riboflavin Supplement
B2 vitamin — standard.
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28.Manganese Sulfate
Standard mineral supplement.
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29.Thiamine Mononitrate
B1 vitamin — critical for cats. Deficiency causes fatal neurological damage.
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30.D-Calcium Pantothenate
B5 vitamin — standard.
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31.Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)
Standard vitamin supplement.
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32.Vitamin D3 Supplement
Essential vitamin — standard.
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33.Biotin
B vitamin for skin and coat — standard.
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34.Potassium Iodide
Standard iodine supplement.
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35.Folic Acid
B vitamin — standard.
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36.Rosemary Extract
Natural preservative — safe.
📋 All scans (1)
19.0★ Grade F
4/11/2026
This is a cat treat, not a complete and balanced food. It is not intended to be fed as a sole diet and does not carry an AAFCO complete and balanced nutritional adequacy statement. Treats should constitute no more than 10% of a cat's daily caloric intake.
☠ This product contains TWO unspecified rendered ingredients: 'Animal Fat' and 'Dried Meat By-Products.' Neither names a species. Under current FDA and AAFCO regulations, these can legally originate from any mammalian source including 4D animals (dead, dying, diseased, disabled), euthanized shelter animals, roadkill, zoo animals, and restaurant grease. The FDA confirmed pentobarbital (euthanasia drug) in commercial pet foods in both 2002 and 2018. Mars, a company worth over $45 billion, chooses not to name the species in these ingredients. That is not an oversight — it is a deliberate cost-cutting decision.

This is a treat built on corn, wheat, rendered scraps, unnamed animal fat, and artificial dye — marketed with the names of fish that don't actually appear in the ingredient list. Mars Petcare, a subsidiary of a $45+ billion conglomerate, chose to use unspecified 'Animal Fat' and 'Dried Meat By-Products' instead of naming the species. They chose to add Red #40 — a carcinogenic dye — to a product consumed by animals that can't even see the color red. The entire product name is a flavor illusion. There is no tuna. There is no shrimp. There is no salmon. Just chemical flavoring sprayed onto corn and chicken slaughterhouse waste.

Temptations MixUps Surfers' Delight is a masterclass in deceptive pet food marketing. The front of the package screams 'Tuna, Shrimp & Salmon' with a cartoon cat riding a surfboard. The back reveals the truth: the first real ingredients are chicken slaughterhouse scraps, corn, unnamed animal fat, wheat flour, rice dust, and unspecified meat by-products. The seafood? It exists only as a chemical flavoring listed near the bottom — below the artificial red dye. Mars Petcare makes billions annually and still puts Red #40 in cat treats and refuses to name the species in their fat and by-product sources. This product scores a 19 out of 100 — a hard F. As an occasional treat, the caloric impact is small, but the ingredient quality is rock bottom. There are far better treat options available from companies that actually put named meat in their products and skip the carcinogens.

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