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Like many of you I'm sure, I've been scouring the various labels for wet cat food that:
a) Has no by-products
b) Has no wheat gluten
c) The cats actually like (a cat test, not a label test)
OR
d) Has some by-products, but the main ingredient is a whole protein (fish, etc...)
e) Doesn't cost an arm and a leg ($$$$$ - we've got three cats, plus feed a feral colony)
It's been very tough to find food that meets even some of the above criteria...
This was a wake-up call as well:
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
We've been feeding Natural Balance up until recently -- when one of our cats started throwing up in response. She just doesn't like it or can't tolerate it for some reason. Another one of our cats tolerates food better, but is much more finicky on flavor.
Food that doesn't have by-products OR wheat gluten on the label:
a) Has no by-products
b) Has no wheat gluten
c) The cats actually like (a cat test, not a label test)
OR
d) Has some by-products, but the main ingredient is a whole protein (fish, etc...)
e) Doesn't cost an arm and a leg ($$$$$ - we've got three cats, plus feed a feral colony)
It's been very tough to find food that meets even some of the above criteria...
This was a wake-up call as well:
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
We've been feeding Natural Balance up until recently -- when one of our cats started throwing up in response. She just doesn't like it or can't tolerate it for some reason. Another one of our cats tolerates food better, but is much more finicky on flavor.
Food that doesn't have by-products OR wheat gluten on the label:
- Nutro Natural Choice Chicken and Rice
- Natural Balance Salmon
- Natural Balance Turkey & Giblets
- Natural Balance Ultra
- Purina Pro Plan Chicken & Liver
- Friskies Poultry Platter
- Eagle Pack chicken/lamb, turkey/barley, duck/oatmeal, and salmon/shrimp would meet the criteria of having no by products, no gluten, and my kitty liked all of them minus the duck/oatmeal one.
- Innova Evo is grain free with no by products.
- Wellness (grain free varieties?