Grain free AND additive free raw food?

[gmmc]

Is there such a product as grain free and additive free raw cat food with ground bone? I am tempted to make my own with a grinder, but will that suffice as a meal on its own? I am also looking for a grain free and additive free dry food. Any help or advice will be appreciated, thank you!

 

[LTS3]

Calling @MServant @Columbine for some UK food help.

Here's some info on raw food:

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/263955/helpful-resources-raw-home-cooked-cat-food-forum

http://www.thecatsite.com/t/264154/raw-feeding-resources

Ground meat and bone isn't a meal. You need to include organs as well or add in supplements. Here's a recipie many people follow: http://catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood#The_Recipe I'm not sure if you can get a pre-mix such as Alnutrin in the UK but the UK members would know. Making your own raw food is a great way to feed a cat a grain-free additive free food.

What sorts of additives are you looking to avoid in dry food? Here's a listing of some grain-free dry foods available in the UK http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/supplements_specialty_cat_food/grain_free and https://fetch.co.uk/cats/cat-food/grain-free?per-page=72 Here's another UK brand: https://www.canagan.co.uk/catchicken.html

 

[gmmc]

LTS3 ----> You are a star! Thank you!

 

[Columbine]

Purrform is one of the purest raw foods I've come across http://www.purrform.co.uk/

Other brands are:

• Nature's Menu http://www.naturesmenu.co.uk . This is the most widely available brand. They also do ready ground plain meat and bone for making your own food, and some meat more suited to prey model raw.
• Natural Instinct http://www.naturalinstinct.com/
• Raw to Go http://rawtogo.co.uk/ - plain minces, chunks and bones.
• Nurturing by Nature http://www.nurturingbynature.co.uk - minces, chunks, bones, prey model raw
• Natraw http://www.naturaw.co.uk/ - minces, chunks, bones, prey model raw, some brands of complete raw.
• Nutriment http://www.nutriment.co/cat-food/ - complete raw food.
• Kiezebrink http://www.kiezebrink.co.uk - huge range: minces, chunks, bones, whole prey, prey model raw, complete raw food. The site seems to be down at the moment though.
• Berriwood http://www.berriewoodwholesale.co.uk/ - some brands of complete raw, good selection of minces and chunks etc.

There are other suppliers out there, but these are the ones that spring to mind. Hope this helps

Wet grain free food:-
Nature's Menu
Lily's Kitchen
Thrive Complete (best price at http://www.zooplus.co.uk
Purely Holistic (Pets at Home)
Wainwrights (Pets at Home)
Forthglade
Meowing Heads
Feringa (Zooplus)
Catz Finefood (Zooplus)
Animonda Carny (Zooplus)
Grau Grain-Free (Zooplus)
Bozita (Zooplus)
Terra Faelis (Zooplus)
Some of the Hi Life Tempt Me range
Tesco Finest Chicken Selection and Fish Selection

Dry food:-
Applaws
Aatu (Pets at Home)
Canagan
Purizon (Zooplus)
Eden http://www.edenpetfoods.com

There are others (as LTS3 said, Zooplus is a great resource for grain free foods), but those are the ones that spring to mind.

 

[mservant]

Looks like some great research and advice from Columbine here.   I'm afraid my experience of available foods has been very limited over the last few years due to my cat being on a prescription diet,

I have given Mouse small quantities of Lily's Kitchen pates and also Thrive complete and he will take both though not more than a taster.   I liked the look of contents in both of those makes and both are pretty widely available.  

 

[gmmc]

Thank you so so much Columbine and MServant, it is a lot to take in, but will help so much! I am going to make the raw food from the recipe that LTS3 suggested, and will choose a dry food from your other suggestions. My owners thank you!

 

[Columbine]

If you're making your own food, this thread may help too:[thread="272287"][/thread]

I know it's all a lot to take in at once. Now you have the information though, you can just refer back as needed

 

[gmmc]

Absolutely! Such useful information, I never knew this site existed but am so thankful that I found it!

 

[lemondrop]

I'm not sure what's available where you are, but you might be interested in Vital Essentials raw food or Nature's Logic kibble.

The VE cat line is freeze-dried foods only, but their frozen foods labelled for dogs look great, too. I'm planning to work them into my rotation next time I buy raw because I love the ingredients so much. I'm 99% sure they're complete for cats but the company didn't give me a straight answer when I asked ("Many of our customers feed our dog products to their cats.") so I'm going to buy taurine powder to add just in case.  http://www.vitalessentialsraw.com/

Nature's Logic kibble has ZERO synthetic ingredients. They use millet as a carb source, which is gluten-free, but I think it's technically a grain. 

 http://natureslogic.com/

 

[Columbine]

lemondrop Neither of those brands are available in the UK

FYI millet is technically an ancient seed, but is often described as a grain.

 

[gmmc]

What's the general take on Orijen, Purizon and Acana dry food? All from Zooplus.

 

[Columbine]

I tend to think that Orijen is a little overpriced, simply because the air miles bump up the cost.

Personally, I'd go for Purizon over Acana - its higer protein, and it looks to me like all that protein is from animal sources (Acana has some protein from legumes in addition to the meat).

All three are great foods though. Go with what your cats (and your wallet ) like best

 

[gmmc]

Thank you so much! Purizon it is! [emoji]128570[/emoji]