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Front of the packageClumping litter · 40 lb bag
Dr. Elsey's Ultra Unscented Clumping Clay Litter, front of the package
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Dr. Elsey'sBrand transparency A

Ultra Unscented Clumping Clay Litter

Clumping litter · 40 lb bagLitterScored October 2026

Panel Score 92 out of 100, grade A: Pretty good
Flags
11 caution
Ingredients
1all in our library
Brand grade
Atransparency, costs nothing
Recalls
0linked to this product
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Dr. Elsey's
Ultra Unscented Clumping Clay Litter

Starting point96
Brand transparency · A0
Documented recall · none0
Panel Score92 A

Pretty good

Scored October 2026 · checkthepanel.com

Flags-4 points in all

1 flagged ingredient.

Avoid first. Each flag costs points in the score above; where a flag has an entry behind it, it links to the evidence.

Caution-4

Clay litter dust

Clay litter dust is a chronic airway irritant, and cats sit right in the cloud.

IngredientsAs printed · 4 lines

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1 ingredient. It carries this product's flag and is marked below.

  1. 02No added fragrance, a claim, not an ingredient
  2. 03No added dye, a claim, not an ingredient
  3. 04No chemical deodorizer, a claim, not an ingredient
RecallsFrom FDA notices

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Dr. Elsey's, the brand

No FDA recalls on file

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Brand2 Dr. Elsey's products scored

The brand behind it.

ATransparency

Dr. Elsey's

Vet-founded litter maker; the Ultra clay is unscented and additive-free, though clay carries the usual silica-dust caveat.

States a single named material (100% sodium bentonite) with no added fragrance, dye, or deodorizer. The A grade takes nothing off this product's score.

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Independent testing & contaminants

No independent testing on file.

Third-party lab findings for things that never appear on an ingredient label. This is separate from the score above and does not change it.

We haven't found published third-party lab results (PFAS, heavy metals, phthalates) for this product. That is not a clean bill of health, just an absence of data.

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Panel Score 96 out of 100, grade A: Pretty good
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This page was corrected once.

  • Oct 24, 2026 “Crystalline silica dust” is now “Clay litter dust”. The score did not change. Our library names this caution “Clay litter dust”. The line behind it is “100% sodium bentonite clay”. Until October 24, 2026 our library read that spelling as the clay used as a binder in food; in a litter it now reads as the clumping clay whose dust we flag, as it already read “Natural clay” and “Bentonite”.

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