Purina chicken and rice wet

[Cat.mama]

Since I'd found something similar in human food, I looked up the tough chew bits in the food. According to Google it's gristle otherwise known as tendons and connective tissue. It is tougher and harder to chew. It would require more grinding teeth which cats don't have. The animals that do have those teeth, other than humans, don't tend to eat meat intentionally. Interesting. However, if it is gristle/tendons I doubt the company will consider it a danger or something that they should remove from the food.

I'd be leery of chopping the bits up because they won't dissolve and could get stuck in the kitty's throat. Just look for them while you're checking for fish bones and throw them out.

That makes a lot of sense, thank you for sharing

 

[Cat.mama]

mrsgreenjeens so, so weird! I was able to get a like 3 cans of the vital chicken a couple days ago. It was big chicken chunks. Just like the chicken and rice. I found two more cans yesterday at another PetSmart. Today the meat is tiny minced meat pieces! They still ate but just weird ..

 

[Kflowers]

Nestle owns Purina. That is something to keep in mind.

 

[mrsgreenjeens]

mrsgreenjeens so, so weird! I was able to get a like 3 cans of the vital chicken a couple days ago. It was big chicken chunks. Just like the chicken and rice. I found two more cans yesterday at another PetSmart. Today the meat is tiny minced meat pieces! They still ate but just weird ..

I buy it by the case from Chewy. Always the same consistency - smallish pieces of chicken with quite a bit of gravy. Wish I could find a better quality food in that same format. Oh well.

 

[Cat.mama]

I just placed my first order from Chewy’s yesterday. I’ve been getting from PetSmart but they are always out of stock. I do same day delivery and usually end up having to pull from several stores to get by.

one thing I’m noticing about this food , they seem extremely hungry . Like it’s not filling them up.

 

[Kflowers]

Can you get a calorie count per serving or can? Your cats may just not be getting as much food as they need.

I don't think the companies have to immediately put a new label on a food if they change the formula. I've read six months to never. So who knows?

“As soon as practical” – Truth about Pet Food

 

[Babypaws]

Can you get a calorie count per serving or can? Your cats may just not be getting as much food as they need.

I don't think the companies have to immediately put a new label on a food if they change the formula. I've read six months to never. So who knows?

“As soon as practical” – Truth about Pet Food

This is scary what we could be feeding our little babies! Thank you for posting.

 

[Cat.mama]

Can you get a calorie count per serving or can? Your cats may just not be getting as much food as they need.

I don't think the companies have to immediately put a new label on a food if they change the formula. I've read six months to never. So who knows?

“As soon as practical” – Truth about Pet Food

Wow . How can this not be considered false advertising. Wow I have no words.

 

[Cat.mama]

For anyone following that might find this useful. I reached out about two lot numbers i had . The info looks pretty spot on to what is on the label. This did not have k/cal readily avail. However I’m not too sure if they actually looked it up by lot number as I use 3oz cans and they provided info on both 3 and 5 oz which have different ingredients

Purina® Pro Plan® brand Cat Food – Complete Essentials - Chicken & Rice Entrée – In Gravy

Ingredients List:
3-ounce can:

Water, chicken, wheat gluten, liver, meat by-products, rice, corn starch-modified, glycine, salt, soy protein concentrate, natural flavor, tricalcium phosphate, MINERALS [potassium chloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide], taurine, VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), niacin (Vitamin B-3), calcium pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), pyridoxine hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), riboflavin supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 supplement, biotin (Vitamin B-7), folic acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 supplement], choline chloride

5.5 ounce can:

Water, chicken, wheat gluten, liver, meat by-products, rice, soy flour, corn starch-modified, glycine, salt, natural flavor, tricalcium phosphate, MINERALS [potassium chloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide], taurine, VITAMINS [Vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, niacin, calcium pantothenate, Vitamin A supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (Vitamin K), pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, biotin, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement], choline chloride

Fat As Fed: 3%
Protein As Fed: 12.8%
Fiber As Fed: 0.1%
Taurine As Fed: 0.10%