RecallSep 8, 2026FI Supplements: Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella
757 products scored186 ingredients explainedNo paid placement
KONGBrand transparency A

Cat Active Tennis Balls with Bells

3 ballsToysScored October 2026

Panel Score 88 out of 100, grade B: Good, check the flags
Flags
22 caution
Ingredients
3all in our library
Brand grade
Atransparency, costs nothing
Recalls
0linked to this product
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Why 8896 to start

It adds up, line by line.

Every product starts at 96. Flags, the brand's transparency grade and any recall linked to this product take points away. Nothing else moves the number, and no brand can pay to move it.

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KONG
Cat Active Tennis Balls with Bells

Starting point96
Brand transparency · A0
Documented recall · none0
Panel Score88 B

Good, check the flags

Scored October 2026 · checkthepanel.com

Flags-8 points in all

2 flagged ingredients.

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

Undisclosed material

The maker doesn't say what this part is made of, so there is nothing to look up; the flag is about the missing name, not a known hazard.

Caution-4

Synthetic toy materials

Synthetic polymers shed microplastic particles as they are chewed; avoidable with natural materials.

IngredientsAs published by the brand · 3 lines

Every ingredient, top to bottom.

Listed as printed on the package. Tap any line to see what it is and why it's there.

3 ingredients. 2 of them carry this product's 2 flags and are marked below. The other 1 raised no flag.

Checked against the brand's own page on Oct 15, 2026. A package on the shelf can be older or newer than that page; trust the one in your hand.

RecallsFrom FDA notices

Recall record.

This product

None linked

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KONG, the brand

No FDA recalls on file

None of the FDA recall notices we have imported names KONG.

Brand6 KONG products scored

The brand behind it.

ATransparency

KONG

The benchmark rubber chew-and-stuff toy; durable natural rubber, made in the USA.

Names its natural-rubber material and country of manufacture. The A grade takes nothing off this product's score.

KONG brand page

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.

What we look for
Cleaner picksChosen by score alone

Cleaner picks in toys.

Cleaner picks are the highest-scoring products in the same category that suit the same animal. No affiliate links, no paid placement.

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