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Health Extension Kitten and Adult Cat Dry Cat Food-available at concord pet online-15 lb. Amazon does not carry this in this size. Legume free!! I finally found one.
Wysong Epigen 90 Starch-Free Formula Grain-Free Dry Dog & Cat Food, 5-lb bag
These have potato protein but none of the others you mentioned:
Wysong Epigen Starch-Free Chicken Formula Grain-Free Dry Dog & Cat Food, 5-lb bag
Wysong Epigen Venison Starch-Free Formula Grain-Free Dry Dog & Cat Food, 5-lb bag
And I believe all of the ZiwiPeak Air dried are free of them:
ZiwiPeak Air-Dried Venison Cat Food, 14-oz bag
As are the Real Meat air dried foods:
Real Meat Pet Food
Air Dried/freeze dried will give you the most dry options without those binders. Obviously wet is even easier to find
Where do you buy this?I Feed Dr. Elsey's dry, chicken. It is very low carb, less than 5% and has none of the things you list. My cats do very well on it.
I buy it from Chewy. Or Dr. Elseys website. You might find it at some independent pet food stores, but we dont have those in my townWhere do you buy this?
I'd like to share my experience with cranberries. I switched my cat from Blue Wilderness because the vet hated it, but my cat did great on it. He suggested CORE from Wellness and around the time I switched, he began over-grooming his lower belly. I had also just moved, so we assumed it had to be something due to that and not this healthy food. Tried allergy food and everything and nothing worked. Now that I see your info about a chemical similar to aspirin, I am wondering if his tummy is hurtingEdit: I should add ignorance as a fourth reason. The long term research into cat nutrition and the effects of some of those ingredients just doesn't exist. We can theorize and guess and draw conclusions. Like with cranberries we know that it has a chemical similar to aspirin. We know that one of the acids doesn't break down well in cats. But there isn't a solid long term study to show what a diet with cranberries actually does. The general accepted theory is that long term over exposure can reduce lifespan or can create a fatal level of the acid or side effects. But there are also those who say low levels help urinary health because it does in humans. No one really knows. But the aspirin like component is what makes me avoid it. If aspirin is bad for cats then an aspirin like chemical should also be avoided. I'd rather just eliminate it and not take the risk instead of hoping it doesn't build up to a fatal level or my cats are ones more sensitive to it.