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I am so angry. I thought I found a good food for my cats that they liked, but greed, nothing but pure food industry greed and lack of any meaniful regulation caused them to repackage, rebrand and reformulate the food into what in my opinion is $2 a can of junk. So damn disappointed. Look what they did.
Wellness CORE Divine Duos Chicken Pate & Diced Duck in Gravy Grain-Free Wet Cat Food, 2.8-oz, case of 12
Disgusted. You find a decent pet food and the company thinks - gee - these idiots are willing to pay $1.50 for a can of food that costs us .30 cents to make, I bet we can rebrand it and charge $2. And while we’re at it - lets change the formula and add dangerous crap fillers. If they’re stupid enough not to figure out by repackaging food from 24 in a case, to 12 in a case - increasing our net profit by $5 -6 a case - they won’t realize the formula change. Let’s see what we have now.
ALSO IF YOU ARE FEEDING THIS FOOD BECAUSE IT APPEARS ON TANYA’S CRF CHART - BETTER LOOK AGAIN. HER CHART WAS COMPOSED BEFORE THIS NEW RE-FORMULATION - THE HIGH AMOUNT OF POTATOE STARCH AND ALL THE SALTS ADDED MIGHT WELL CHANGE THE POSITION IN THE CHART - NOT TO MENTION AFFECT THE ABSORBTION OF THE OTHER MEDICATIONS AND FLUIDS YOUR CAT IS TAKING.
Broccoli. Lets add some broccoli. The cats won’t eat the carrots so now let’s put more veggies that cats don’t need and won’t eat so we can claim it’s a fully nutritional food but then cut down on the actual meat and potatoes we source and process from oversees. Let’s increase the amount of potatoe starch too - more carbs cats also don’t process well. Then let’s really screw them up by adding all sorts of things that the vets will thank us for when the cats start increasing their water intake, vomiting and having bowel problems. If you feed a cat 3 or 4 cans of food every day for any length of time, these fillers are adding up and clearly overpowering any nutritional value in this food.
Broccoli - highly gassy & difficult to digest though not toxic - most cats just pick out the veggie bits from the food anyway so whatever nutritional value they are alleged to provide as part of the food’s “complete” nutrition - they aren’t getting.
Potatoe Starch
This is what manufactures use to hold KIBBLE together. Cats have zero nutritional need for potatoes or starch and in fact, if the potatoes are not organic or properly cooked - can cause myriad of digestion problems. Potatoes have been linked to causing diabetes - increased thirst and urination - in cats.
Potato should, ideally, never be part of their daily diet - Can cats eat potatoes
Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains (leucoplasts). To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. The starch is then washed out and dried to powder.
Potato starch contains approximately 800 ppm phosphate bound to the starch; this increases the viscosity and gives the solution a slightly anionic character, a low gelatinisation temperature of approximately 60 °C (140 °F),[1] and high swelling power. (In other words - it makes the cat think its full).
Potato starch - Wikipedia
Potatoes can be toxic unless cooked - and nothing here says the ones used are cooked or organic.
Raw Potato Danger
Potatoes contain glycoalkaloid solanine, which is poisonous to your feline pal. Green potatoes, uncooked potatoes and raw peels contain this alkaloid and are toxic. If Max chows down on raw potatoes, he's likely to get an upset stomach. The more he eats, the more dangerous the situation becomes. Potatoes belong to a family of plants called Solanaceae, the same family as tomatoes and nightshade. All of these are poisonous to cats.
Is a Raw Potato Harmful to a Cat?
Potassium Chloride
Why Potassium Chloride Is Not Always a Safe Salt Substitute! Salt substitutes with potassium chloride are a good way to get extra potassium and cut back on sodium. But too much potassium can be deadly! People have been warned that salt (sodium chloride) is dangerous, especially for people with high blood pressure
https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/.../why-potassium-chloride-is-not-always-a-safe
Like salt (aka sodium chloride), potassium chloride provides a salty flavor and can also often play other functional roles (e.g. microbial management, protein modification, flavor enhancement) that impacts the taste, texture, and shelf life of food products.
Potassium Chloride 201 Uses in Food | Cargill
Potassium Chloride and Potassium Gluconate are supplements that are used to increase the amount of potassium in your pet's blood. Dogs and cats that have a deficiency of potassium usually have an underlying condition such as a chronic kidney condition or kidney failure
Potassium Supplements - Pet, Dog and Cat Medication and Prescription List | petMD
tricalcium phosphate
What is tricalcium phosphate side effects?
Less serious side effects of calcium phosphate, tribasic may include:
This is also ACIDIC
Is sodium carbonate harmful?
Sodium carbonate
Sodium carbonate is ONLY slightly toxic, but large doses may be corrosive to the gastro-intestinal tract where symptoms may include severe abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, collapse and death. Skin Contact: Excessive contact may cause irritation with blistering and redness
Calcium phosphate, tribasic Side Effects in Detail - Drugs.com
THIS IS ALSO ALKALINE -so what’s the point? To counterbalance the from the tricalcium phosphate? After all - its only slightly toxic. But so is Sodium Selenite - MORE SALT, MORE TOXICITY.
Sodium Selenite
Sodium selenite can be controversial substance when it's used in a dog food recipe. That's because although the mineral is essential for normal cell function in all animals, selenium can be toxic in high doses.
www.dogfoodadvisor.com/red-flag-ingredients/selenium-dog-food/
Taking doses above 400 mcg can increase the risk of developing selenium toxicity. Taking lower doses long-term can increase the risk of developing diabetes. High doses of selenium can cause significant side effects including nausea, vomiting, nail changes, loss of energy, and irritability.
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins.../ingredientmono-1003-selenium.aspx?...1003...
Magnesium sulfate
Magnesium sulfate, commonly known as Epsom salt, is a mineral. It works by replacing magnesium in the body and increasing water in the intestines. Magnesium sulfate can be used orally as a laxative to relieve occasional constipation, and to treat low levels of magnesium.
Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt) - Side Effects, Dosage, Interactions - Drugs
Magnesium sulfate taken orally can make it harder for your body to absorb other medications you take by mouth, especially antibiotics. Avoid taking other medicines within 2 hours before or after you take magnesium sulfate as a laxative.
www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/d00468a1
So is Epsom salt added to counteract the constipation effect of adding tricalcium phosphate?
Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum - any more gums they could possibly add as fillers?
Is this a food you want to pay almost $2 a can for? Add a healthy dose of Mendione and I’d say you have the perfect toxic cocktail.
if your cat is presenting with symptoms that mimic kidney, diabetes, ibs or other diseases - it might just be the food s/he is eating is causing the symptoms. Change foods or at least, rotate them out so these ingredients do not hurt their health.
Salt = as if there aren’t enough salts added in disguise = SALT is specifically added.
Wellness CORE Divine Duos Chicken Pate & Diced Duck in Gravy Grain-Free Wet Cat Food, 2.8-oz, case of 12
Disgusted. You find a decent pet food and the company thinks - gee - these idiots are willing to pay $1.50 for a can of food that costs us .30 cents to make, I bet we can rebrand it and charge $2. And while we’re at it - lets change the formula and add dangerous crap fillers. If they’re stupid enough not to figure out by repackaging food from 24 in a case, to 12 in a case - increasing our net profit by $5 -6 a case - they won’t realize the formula change. Let’s see what we have now.
ALSO IF YOU ARE FEEDING THIS FOOD BECAUSE IT APPEARS ON TANYA’S CRF CHART - BETTER LOOK AGAIN. HER CHART WAS COMPOSED BEFORE THIS NEW RE-FORMULATION - THE HIGH AMOUNT OF POTATOE STARCH AND ALL THE SALTS ADDED MIGHT WELL CHANGE THE POSITION IN THE CHART - NOT TO MENTION AFFECT THE ABSORBTION OF THE OTHER MEDICATIONS AND FLUIDS YOUR CAT IS TAKING.
Broccoli. Lets add some broccoli. The cats won’t eat the carrots so now let’s put more veggies that cats don’t need and won’t eat so we can claim it’s a fully nutritional food but then cut down on the actual meat and potatoes we source and process from oversees. Let’s increase the amount of potatoe starch too - more carbs cats also don’t process well. Then let’s really screw them up by adding all sorts of things that the vets will thank us for when the cats start increasing their water intake, vomiting and having bowel problems. If you feed a cat 3 or 4 cans of food every day for any length of time, these fillers are adding up and clearly overpowering any nutritional value in this food.
Broccoli - highly gassy & difficult to digest though not toxic - most cats just pick out the veggie bits from the food anyway so whatever nutritional value they are alleged to provide as part of the food’s “complete” nutrition - they aren’t getting.
Potatoe Starch
This is what manufactures use to hold KIBBLE together. Cats have zero nutritional need for potatoes or starch and in fact, if the potatoes are not organic or properly cooked - can cause myriad of digestion problems. Potatoes have been linked to causing diabetes - increased thirst and urination - in cats.
Potato should, ideally, never be part of their daily diet - Can cats eat potatoes
Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains (leucoplasts). To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells. The starch is then washed out and dried to powder.
Potato starch contains approximately 800 ppm phosphate bound to the starch; this increases the viscosity and gives the solution a slightly anionic character, a low gelatinisation temperature of approximately 60 °C (140 °F),[1] and high swelling power. (In other words - it makes the cat think its full).
Potato starch - Wikipedia
Potatoes can be toxic unless cooked - and nothing here says the ones used are cooked or organic.
Raw Potato Danger
Potatoes contain glycoalkaloid solanine, which is poisonous to your feline pal. Green potatoes, uncooked potatoes and raw peels contain this alkaloid and are toxic. If Max chows down on raw potatoes, he's likely to get an upset stomach. The more he eats, the more dangerous the situation becomes. Potatoes belong to a family of plants called Solanaceae, the same family as tomatoes and nightshade. All of these are poisonous to cats.
Is a Raw Potato Harmful to a Cat?
Potassium Chloride
Why Potassium Chloride Is Not Always a Safe Salt Substitute! Salt substitutes with potassium chloride are a good way to get extra potassium and cut back on sodium. But too much potassium can be deadly! People have been warned that salt (sodium chloride) is dangerous, especially for people with high blood pressure
https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/.../why-potassium-chloride-is-not-always-a-safe
Like salt (aka sodium chloride), potassium chloride provides a salty flavor and can also often play other functional roles (e.g. microbial management, protein modification, flavor enhancement) that impacts the taste, texture, and shelf life of food products.
Potassium Chloride 201 Uses in Food | Cargill
Potassium Chloride and Potassium Gluconate are supplements that are used to increase the amount of potassium in your pet's blood. Dogs and cats that have a deficiency of potassium usually have an underlying condition such as a chronic kidney condition or kidney failure
Potassium Supplements - Pet, Dog and Cat Medication and Prescription List | petMD
tricalcium phosphate
What is tricalcium phosphate side effects?
Less serious side effects of calcium phosphate, tribasic may include:
- nausea or vomiting;
- decreased appetite;
- constipation;
- dry mouth or increased thirst; or.
- increased urination.
This is also ACIDIC
Is sodium carbonate harmful?
Sodium carbonate
Sodium carbonate is ONLY slightly toxic, but large doses may be corrosive to the gastro-intestinal tract where symptoms may include severe abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, collapse and death. Skin Contact: Excessive contact may cause irritation with blistering and redness
Calcium phosphate, tribasic Side Effects in Detail - Drugs.com
THIS IS ALSO ALKALINE -so what’s the point? To counterbalance the from the tricalcium phosphate? After all - its only slightly toxic. But so is Sodium Selenite - MORE SALT, MORE TOXICITY.
Sodium Selenite
Sodium selenite can be controversial substance when it's used in a dog food recipe. That's because although the mineral is essential for normal cell function in all animals, selenium can be toxic in high doses.
www.dogfoodadvisor.com/red-flag-ingredients/selenium-dog-food/
Taking doses above 400 mcg can increase the risk of developing selenium toxicity. Taking lower doses long-term can increase the risk of developing diabetes. High doses of selenium can cause significant side effects including nausea, vomiting, nail changes, loss of energy, and irritability.
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins.../ingredientmono-1003-selenium.aspx?...1003...
Magnesium sulfate
Magnesium sulfate, commonly known as Epsom salt, is a mineral. It works by replacing magnesium in the body and increasing water in the intestines. Magnesium sulfate can be used orally as a laxative to relieve occasional constipation, and to treat low levels of magnesium.
Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salt) - Side Effects, Dosage, Interactions - Drugs
Magnesium sulfate taken orally can make it harder for your body to absorb other medications you take by mouth, especially antibiotics. Avoid taking other medicines within 2 hours before or after you take magnesium sulfate as a laxative.
www.uofmhealth.org/health-library/d00468a1
So is Epsom salt added to counteract the constipation effect of adding tricalcium phosphate?
Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Locust Bean Gum - any more gums they could possibly add as fillers?
Is this a food you want to pay almost $2 a can for? Add a healthy dose of Mendione and I’d say you have the perfect toxic cocktail.
if your cat is presenting with symptoms that mimic kidney, diabetes, ibs or other diseases - it might just be the food s/he is eating is causing the symptoms. Change foods or at least, rotate them out so these ingredients do not hurt their health.
Salt = as if there aren’t enough salts added in disguise = SALT is specifically added.
