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Special Kitty — Special Kitty Gourmet Seafood Flavor Blend
8.0★
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Special Kitty Gourmet Seafood Flavor Blend
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Brand (overall)
Special Kitty
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Company (overall)
Walmart Inc. (Private Label / Store Brand)
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Umbrella (overall)
Walmart Inc.
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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
BrandSpecial Kitty
Parent CompanyWalmart Inc. (Private Label / Store Brand)
Umbrella CompanyWalmart Inc.
TypeCat Food - Dry/Kibble
Life Stageadult
Size3.15 lb (1.43 kg)
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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.Ground Yellow Corn
Corn is a cheap carbohydrate filler. Common allergen in cats, GMO risk, and aflatoxin contamination risk. This is the #1 ingredient — meaning this 'seafood' cat food is primarily corn.
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2.Corn Gluten Meal
Plant protein concentrate used to artificially inflate the crude protein percentage. Cats are obligate carnivores — they need animal protein, not corn protein. This is ingredient #2.
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3.Poultry By-Product Meal
Named as 'poultry' but no specific bird identified. Contains heads, feet, intestines, undeveloped eggs of unknown poultry. First actual animal ingredient is #3, and it's a by-product meal.
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4.Soybean Meal
Another plant protein used to inflate protein numbers. Common allergen for cats. Estrogenic compounds. GMO risk. This is the fourth ingredient — still no real whole meat.
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5.Animal Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)
UNSPECIFIED animal fat. 'Animal fat' can legally come from any rendered animal source including 4D animals (dead, dying, diseased, disabled) and potentially euthanized shelter animals. The FDA has confirmed pentobarbital contamination in rendered animal fat. The mixed tocopherols preservation is the only good thing here.
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6.Natural Flavors (Source of Crab, Lobster, Salmon, Tuna, Shrimp, Ocean Whitefish, Poultry and Liver Flavors)
Natural flavors is a catch-all term. The 'source of crab, lobster, salmon' wording means these flavors may come from digest or minimal amounts of these species. This is how the bag can claim '7 great flavors' without actually containing meaningful amounts of seafood.
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7.Calcium Carbonate
Standard calcium supplement.
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8.Salt
Sodium source. Acceptable in small amounts but placed relatively high in the ingredient list.
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9.Brewers Dried Yeast
B-vitamin source and palatability enhancer. Generally safe.
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10.Choline Chloride
Essential B-vitamin supplement for liver function.
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11.Taurine
Absolutely critical for cats. Deficiency causes blindness and fatal heart disease. The fact that it must be supplemented heavily tells you the base ingredients don't provide enough — because the base is mostly corn, not meat.
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12.Potassium Chloride
Potassium supplement. Standard.
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13.Crab Meal
Named meal — rendered but traceable. Tiny amount this far down the ingredient list.
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14.Salmon Meal
Named meal — rendered but traceable. Trace amount at this position.
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15.Tuna Meal
Named meal — rendered but traceable. Mercury accumulation concern with tuna. Negligible quantity this far down the list.
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16.Shrimp Meal
Named meal — rendered but traceable. Token amount.
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17.Seaweed Meal
Iodine and trace mineral source. Fine in small amounts.
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18.Red 40
ARTIFICIAL DYE. Linked to cancer, hyperactivity, and behavioral issues. Banned or restricted in multiple countries. Cats cannot see color the way humans do — this dye serves absolutely zero purpose for the animal. It exists only to make the kibble look appealing to the person buying it.
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19.Yellow 5
ARTIFICIAL DYE. Linked to cancer, allergic reactions, and genotoxicity. Banned in some countries. Completely unnecessary in cat food.
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20.Blue 2
ARTIFICIAL DYE. Linked to brain tumors in animal studies. Zero nutritional value. A cat does not care what color its food is.
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21.Vitamin E Supplement
Essential antioxidant vitamin.
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22.Ferrous Sulfate
Iron supplement.
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23.Zinc Sulfate
Zinc supplement.
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24.Yellow 6
ANOTHER artificial dye. That's FOUR artificial colors in one cat food. Linked to adrenal tumors, allergic reactions. This is disgraceful.
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25.Zinc Oxide
Zinc source.
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26.Copper Sulfate
Copper supplement.
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27.Niacin
Vitamin B3.
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28.Vitamin A Supplement
Critical for cats — they cannot convert beta-carotene.
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29.D-Calcium Pantothenate
Vitamin B5.
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30.Manganous Oxide
Manganese supplement.
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31.Thiamine Mononitrate
Vitamin B1. Essential for cats.
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32.Riboflavin Supplement
Vitamin B2.
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33.Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
Vitamin B6.
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34.Biotin
B-vitamin for skin and coat.
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35.Vitamin B12 Supplement
Essential B-vitamin.
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36.Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K Activity)
Synthetic Vitamin K3. Banned in human supplements in many countries due to toxicity concerns. Linked to liver damage, allergic reactions, and cytotoxicity. There are safer Vitamin K sources available — this is the cheapest one.
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37.Sodium Selenite
Inorganic selenium. Narrow safety margin — toxic in excess. Organic selenium (selenium yeast) is the safer alternative. Cheap manufacturers use sodium selenite.
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38.Folic Acid
B-vitamin.
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39.Calcium Iodate
Iodine supplement.
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40.Vitamin D3 Supplement
Essential for calcium metabolism.
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41.Cobalt Carbonate
Trace mineral supplement.
📋 All scans (1)
8.0★ Grade F
4/12/2026
Label states '100% Complete and Balanced Nutrition for Adult Cats' and claims to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles. Formulation method — no evidence of feeding trials.
☠ This food contains 'Animal Fat' — an unspecified rendered fat ingredient. According to FDA findings, unspecified animal fat can legally originate from any rendered animal source, including 4D animals (dead, dying, diseased, disabled), euthanized shelter animals, roadkill, and restaurant grease. The FDA confirmed pentobarbital (euthanasia drug) in multiple pet foods containing unspecified rendered ingredients. There is no way to verify the source of 'Animal Fat' from the label. Additionally, 'Poultry By-Product Meal' does not specify the bird species, reducing traceability.

This is one of the worst cat foods on the market. A corn-based diet loaded with four cancer-linked artificial dyes, unspecified animal fat from rendering, and plant proteins masquerading as nutrition for an obligate carnivore. The word 'Gourmet' on this bag is an insult.

Special Kitty Gourmet Seafood Flavor Blend is a masterclass in deceptive marketing. The word 'Gourmet' appears on a bag of ground corn. The word 'Seafood' appears on a product where the first seafood ingredient (Crab Meal) is the 13th ingredient — likely less than 1% of the total formula. The first four ingredients are corn, corn protein, poultry scraps, and soy. This is a corn casserole with a seafood label slapped on it. Then Walmart packed it with FOUR artificial dyes — Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 2, and Yellow 6 — all linked to cancer. Cats are colorblind to most of these colors. The dyes exist to trick humans into thinking the kibble pieces represent different flavors. The unspecified 'Animal Fat' is a rendering tank ingredient that the FDA has confirmed can contain pentobarbital from euthanized animals. The synthetic Vitamin K3 (menadione) is banned in human supplements in many countries. This food scores an 8 out of 100 — a catastrophic F grade. It is cheap to buy because it is cheap to make. Cats deserve real meat. This is not it.

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