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    Reviewed March 28, 2026

    STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS BRAND! I just started on this brand last week w/ my dog and all of a sudden my dog has fallen ill! Bloody diarrhea and vomiting and which he did not have prior! I just connected these issues W/ this brand and is sitting at the VET as I type to get my furbaby examined!

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    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2026

    I know there was a class action lawsuit that Purina disregarded as not factual 2015. However, our 11-year-old border collie started having seizures after feeding her the healthy weight chicken when I had to substitute it for the Beneful original. She had never been sick ever, and this took us by surprise. We recorded them with our vet. 3 of them scary. We stopped that food immediately after reading up on it. Now searching for some other brand.

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      Reviewed Feb. 4, 2026

      Purina Beneful Originals: we've been feeding this to our 2 Boxer Mix Male (9) & Female (8) dogs for about 2 1/2 years and they seemed to like and eat it well. We are retired and around the dogs every day. We feed them in the morning and evening about 1 1/2 cups per feeding. Then, the last 3 months our Male Dog has seemed to be constantly hungry, Some days before & after eating he has occasional bouts of throwing up. He started losing weight and was visibly thinner, so we took him to the Vet.

      The Vet recommended a Chicken & Rice Diet. We tried that and he was eating it but not gaining weight. So back to the Vet and Medications, antibiotics, stomach meds, nausea meds, and still not doing well very lethargic, not eating except peanut butter covered meds. He stops taking the peanut butter so back to the vet and more testing and a barium swallow test with X-rays the Vet cannot find anything else and wants to do exploratory surgery that may kill him because he's so weak and suggests we take him home and keep him comfortable until it's time to.... He has his good and bad days where we hand feed him cooked chicken, hamburger, dog treats or anything we can get him to eat. We feel it's this Purina Beneful Originals Dog Food (Nestles Owned) after doing research on the FDA website that has caused his ultimate demise....

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      Reviewed Sept. 30, 2025

      I adopted a chihuahua mix last year from a shelter. She was a finicky eater so I tried different brands until I came across one she liked. She really liked the incredibites, so I decided to buy more but accidentally bought the infusions. She didn't like it as much but ate it and suddenly developed gastrointestinal issues, gas, diarrhea, and vomiting after a few days of eating the Beneful Infusions.

      I had to take her to the vet and was told Beneful Infusions is a terrible choice because it is infused with seed oil, which is toxic to both people and animals and certainly could cause inflammation and gastrointestinal issues, including pancreatitis. So I looked online and found numerous alarming health complaints about Beneful products. Please do not feed your dog this food. I am throwing it out. I came here to post a complaint and to warn other dog owners because I would not want them to experience the hell I watched my poor dog endure the past few days from this product. My vet bill was $275 today for cerenia and fluids, and I was told if she vomits again in 24 hours, take her to emergency.

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      Reviewed Sept. 19, 2025

      50701162 L2BD40055 - manufacturing code.

      Chloe
      Dog 1
      DOB 11/22/2014 (She was a rescue, so exact birthdate isn't known.)
      Wirehaired terrier mix.
      12 lbs

      Started 8/29 - Into 8/30 with vomiting, then she seemed ok. We feed them wet food at dinner. So again fed her on 8/30 then 8/30-8/31 she was vomiting a lot, everywhere. While all this was going on my husband said our other dog Blu didn't seem like herself. I thought she was just anxious because of the commotion, he also said he thought it was the food because of the way her vomit looked. We called the emergency vet and brought her in on 8/31. Then ran bloodwork, did xrays and gave her medications and fluids. The vet put her on a bland diet, I was making them homemade food. (Brown rice, dog pumpkin and boiled chicken.). Everything with both dogs was good, until 9/11/25-9/12/25.

      Blu - Dog 2
      DOB 5/29/2018 (She was a rescue, so exact birthdate isn't known.)
      Dachshund
      16 lbs.

      On 9/11 we started Blu back on the Beneful wet food. 9/11 -9/12 She had vomited a few tiny piles of mostly water with a bit of food. 9/12 Fed her at dinner the Beneful Turkey again, 9/12-9/13 We woke up to vomit (looked the same as my dog's Chloe's} and diarrhea with blood everywhere, it was terrifying. She was throwing up blood tinged liquid, and pooping straight blood. The vet had to keep her overnight to monitor her, she needed an IV, & different meds. The scariest thing was when they asked us if she coded did we want them to do CPR. She was released 0n 9/14 on a prescription diet (Hills Canine i/d chicken wet food). Both dogs were fine before this case of dog food. As I told you before we have been using this wet food for a few years and the dry for many years (the weight control). The fact that Blu got violently sick after feeding her food just like Chloe it is too much of a coincidence. Please test this lot before a dog dies.

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      Reviewed July 21, 2025

      I have been feeding my 3 dogs Beneful Dog food and I didn't realize that it up making my dogs sick. I thought that it was from the garden flowers. But I lost two Shih Tzu and I now have my York Terrier who has the same symptoms that of my other two dogs who died. We have a huge safe yard and we don't walk the dogs outside of the yard. Vomiting and fevers, seizures and disfiguring of the legs for all of my dogs. I switched dog foods. Now my 1 dog eats Blue Mountain Senior small dog. She is doing well after the switch and cleansing of her gut.

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      Reviewed July 15, 2025

      My dog has been vomiting and has had a upset stomach for two days now. I feed her daily portions like 1/3 cup since she’s an inside dog. However she spit up her food. I thought I gave her too much. It was white and slimy with brown discolored food my dog vomited up. I gave her a smaller amount feeling the first amount was too much and she did the same. We’ve been up all night for the last two days for several hours. I can hear her stomach churning and making unusual sounds. She tried to eat grass often throughout the early morning to ease her stomach (from 1:00 am to 4:00 am. My dog constantly kept going outside to try potty/poopy) only to urinate. Eventually she pooped later in the morning. This morning she has vomited three times. The vomit is dark brown and has a foul odor. 7/15/25.

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      Reviewed July 5, 2025

      Terrible. Gave 5 month puppy diarrhea. Didn’t realize first time but gave it again when we were out of Rachael Ray and she was up at 4 am with terrible runs. Do not use this product. Checked reviews and saw it caused same in many many dogs.

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      Reviewed Feb. 17, 2025

      I gave my dog Beneful since November 2024, the last batch of Beneful I bought it in Publix in Miami Beach, Collins and 69th street last week on February 10th, 2025. Since I bought Beneful a week ago and gave to my dog, she is having nonstop diarrhea. I waited a week and still diarrhea didn't stop. If I get a confirmation of Beneful is damaging my dog I will file a lawsuit agsinst Purina and also Publix for selling a toxic product to dogs instead of taking it out of the counters.

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      Reviewed Jan. 27, 2025

      My dog recently started eating their wet food and has developed the most horrendous cysts! No other change to diet or exercise. This dog has been healthy with no issues or sick vet visits until we started Beneful IncrediBites. My dog is miserable even on meds and so are we!

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