While both brands offer commendable quality and have their strengths, Royal Canin tends to focus more on specific breed needs and has slightly fewer major recalls. Purina Pro Plan often emphasizes a meat-first approach which many owners appreciate for protein content.

Nestlé Purina Petcare Company Expands Voluntary Recall of Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets El Elemental Dry Dog Food in the U.S. Due to Potentially Elevated Vitamin D. When a company announces a recall, market withdrawal, or safety alert, the FDA posts the company's announcement as a public service.

Our Rating of Purina Pro Plan The Dog Food Advisor finds Purina Pro Plan to be an above-average kibble. Each grain-inclusive recipe uses a moderate amount of named meat and by-product meals as its primary source of animal protein, thus earning the brand 4 stars. Pro Plan Bright Mind gets 4.5 stars. Highly recommended.

Purina Pro Plan and Purina ONE are both science-based pet food brands offering super premium nutrition. Purina Pro Plan offers a broader range of formulas - more than 160 formulas, compared to 50-plus formulas for Purina ONE.

Royal Canin is a French manufacturer and global supplier of cat and dog food. The company is a subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated. It undertakes research into the specific nutritional needs of dogs and cats.

• Royal Canin Small Breed Adult Dry Dog Food.
• The Farmer's Dog Subscription Dog Food.
• Hill's Science Diet Puppy Small Bites Dry Dog Food.
• Purina Pro Plan Adult Large Dry Dog Food.
• Just Food For Dogs Fish & Sweet Potato.
• Purina Pro Plan Adult Sensitive Skin & Stomach Dry Dog Food.

All Purina dog food is made in the U.S.A. at one of their dry/wet facilities.

Nestlé Purina PetCare (/pjʊˈriːnə/), or simply Purina, is an American subsidiary of the Swiss corporation Nestlé, based in St. Louis, Missouri. It produces and markets pet food, treats, cat and dog litter. Some of its pet food brands include Purina Pro Plan, Purina Dog Chow, Friskies, Beneful and Purina One.

For over eighty years, Purina has worked to raise the standards for pet nutrition. Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets are formulated to help veterinarians nutritionally manage dogs and cats with certain health conditions.

There's a reason Pro Plan is the trusted food of champions. From a breakthrough formula that helps promote mental sharpness, to gentle formulas for sensitive skin and stomachs, Pro Plan offers the most advanced nutrition for your dog's best life.

Purina One, styled as Purina ONE ("optimal nutrition enhancement"), is a brand of premium dog and cat food made by Nestlé Purina PetCare.

There are two main reasons: Most vets learn very little about nutrition, and their classes are taught be people from the big pet food companies. Purina, Hill's, Royal Canin, and other big pet food companies give vets some of the profits that come from the sale of their foods.

Veterinarians recommend Purina pet food because Purina has spent nearly a century researching pet nutrition and using our vast expertise in pet health to develop dog and cat foods and other pet care products to help them live longer, healthier lives.

All of the brands also offer high-calorie options for puppies and easily digestible kibble sizes for various sized dogs.

• Best overall dry dog food: Royal Canin.
• Best subscription dog food: The Farmer's Dog.
• Best dog food for puppies: Hill's Science Diet.
• Best dog food for large breeds: Purina.

Where is Purina dog and cat food manufactured? 99% of Purina pet food products sold in the U.S. are manufactured in our own facilities in the U.S.

Purina one is a premium brand. It's highly respected in the veterinary community and backed by the collective knowledge of the veterinarians and scientists at Purina. Based on the vets I've worked for it's tied as one of the top five to ten brands to buy for your dog.