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Want some to make his coat shines and that good protein/nutrition.
I see many - most in fact - high end brands contain carrageenan ...I personally am not concerned ...it's like SLS in our shampoo, or canola oil ...there are many different grades. The grade to be concerned about is not the food grade & is not used in cat foods either - as far as I have researched ...but each has to decide for themselves. I'm sure some will disagree with me but ...like I said - each decide for ourselves. Just my 2 cents!
If I had to choose between just those 2, Merrick canned but I'm not a fan of either. All the Merrick flavors I have looked at while buying new foods for my 2 picky eaters to try contained carrageenan. I expect to find stuff like that in the cheap foods but at the prices they charge, Merrick needs to ditch that stuff. I can't understand the hype about Royal Canin. I was even less impressed with their ingredients lists.
Non-degraded carageenan is also a controversial ingredient, though. There's a distinct possibility that it's converted into the cancerous form in a cat's stomach: "Heat, digestive enzymes, acid, and bacteria can convert high-weight carrageenans to dangerous poligeenans in the human (and presumably animal) gut. The feline stomach environment is extremely acidic..." From this recent article: http://truthaboutpetfood.com/manufactured-dog-cat-foods-is-there-poison-in-the-canI see many - most in fact - high end brands contain carrageenan ...I personally am not concerned ...it's like SLS in our shampoo, or canola oil ...there are many different grades. The grade to be concerned about is not the food grade & is not used in cat foods either - as far as I have researched ...but each has to decide for themselves. I'm sure some will disagree with me but ...like I said - each decide for ourselves. Just my 2 cents!
If I had to choose between just those 2, Merrick canned but I'm not a fan of either. All the Merrick flavors I have looked at while buying new foods for my 2 picky eaters to try contained carrageenan. I expect to find stuff like that in the cheap foods but at the prices they charge, Merrick needs to ditch that stuff. I can't understand the hype about Royal Canin. I was even less impressed with their ingredients lists.
Thinking of switching my boy to natural choice? Not too pricey and good protein I've heard. Is that a good dry food?[/. No dry foods are good really