Beneful Dog Food Compared: 20 Recipes by Label

Beneful's product pages in our library publish recipe name, brand, food type, life stage, protein percentage, fat percentage, a calorie density figure, a link back to the manufacturer product page for each recipe. An AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement is published for every one of the 20 recipes in this set. 20 of 20 recipes carry a manufacturer origin address, and 2 different addresses appear across the set, the first on file being: Nestle Purina PetCare Company, St. Louis, MO 63164 USA. A per-recipe ingredient-sourcing claim from the manufacturer is on file for 1 of the 20 recipes; the remaining 19 carry no such claim on the page we recorded. A source link to the original manufacturer page is on file for 20 of the 20 recipes, which is where each figure below was read. The pages behind these 20 recipes were recorded between Jul 9, 2026 to Sep 18, 2026.

Across all 20 recipes, published protein runs 9% to 28% across 20 recipes with a figure published. Published fat runs 2% to 14% across 20 recipes with a figure published. Where a calorie density figure is published, it runs 913 kcal/kg to 3,688 kcal/kg across 18 recipes with a figure published. Within Dry Kibble (7 recipes), published protein runs 23% to 28% across 7 recipes with a figure published and published fat runs 8% to 14% across 7 recipes with a figure published. Within Wet/Canned (13 recipes), published protein runs 9% to 11% across 13 recipes with a figure published and published fat runs 2% to 6% across 13 recipes with a figure published. These are the ranges of the numbers printed on each product page, not an average, a rating, or a recommendation, and they are pulled straight from the label data we recorded for Beneful. By life stage, the 20 recipes break down as: 19 Adult, 1 Puppy.

The published ingredient lists we recorded for Beneful run 11 to 44 ingredients long across 20 recipes. 1 of those lists were cut short on the manufacturer page and recorded as truncated, so the true count on those recipes may run longer than what is shown. The recipe count, food type, and life stage for each entry below come from the same product page as the protein, fat, and calorie figures above, so the numbers in the list match what is printed on each label as of the date we recorded it.

To compare two Beneful recipes side by side, open the recipe pages above in separate tabs and match up the protein, fat, and calorie figures each publishes, or use our comparison tool, which pulls the same published figures into one table so the numbers line up automatically. You can open all 20 Beneful recipes in the comparison tool. The full brand index is at Dog Food Library by Brand, and the page explaining how we source and record these figures is at How We Compare Dog Foods.

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