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I did not know that about agar, thanksNeither because they both contain agar agar which can be an irritant to the gut. If I had to choose one over the other, the second one because New Zealand green mussels in the first one don't agree with every cat either. Litter box blowouts with my Krista when she got a food with green mussels. I would prefer to keep those extra non-essential ingredients like green mussels and salmon oil separate from food. You can find each separately easy enough and you can determine how much and how often your cat gets either or both depending on whether your cat(s) need or even tolerate them in the first place.
Also, "natural flavor" in the first one can be literally anything as long as it started its journey from a natural source.
I agree with Flybynight . If it were me, I'd feed both of those options to your cat. You could do a lot worse when it comes to thickeners. At least the ones you have chosen only have one.Hmm.. that's a shame. These are the best options I've been able to find. I'm trying to pick a new food that's within my price range.
I think the assumption was that you were only interested in the beef and/or duck, so always good to have more than one food your cat likes in case one ever is discontinued or changes ingredients that causes issues. If you have others that are similar that you want to try as well, add them to your list! Not all cats need variety, but it would seem a lot of them do. It is kind of good idea, just so they don't tire of a single food and leave you scurrying to find a replacement.Can I ask, why the suggestion to feed both? Would that be on the assumption that these two cans are my only options for the entire brand?
I so agree with daftcat75 here since both our cats also have "issues" (vomiting!) with agar-agar. So I'd also skip both. One of our cats also vomits from mussels. We also skip foods with carrageenan. Other than that, like many others, I'd go for duck instead of beef.Neither because they both contain agar agar which can be an irritant to the gut. If I had to choose one over the other, the second one because New Zealand green mussels in the first one don't agree with every cat either. Litter box blowouts with my Krista when she got a food with green mussels. I would prefer to keep those extra non-essential ingredients like green mussels and salmon oil separate from food. You can find each separately easy enough and you can determine how much and how often your cat gets either or both depending on whether your cat(s) need or even tolerate them in the first place.
Also, "natural flavor" in the first one can be literally anything as long as it started its journey from a natural source.
I agree!Neither because they both contain agar agar which can be an irritant to the gut.
This is a question for the ages, Caspers Human ! I don't understand this either. And yes, the agar-agar is used as a thickener. It's gotten much more common after (at least some) people rebelled against the use of carrageenan in cat food. (Substituting one seaweed derivative for another is a clever move!)If they are putting agar into cat food, they are probably using it as a thickener. Why don't they just use regular, ordinary gelatin?
Gelatin does have a lot of calories but it is made up, mostly, of collagen and water molecules. That's more along the lines of something that cats are "supposed" to eat even if it does have a lot of empty calories in it.
Maybe you're seeing their other selections? They have really basic looking packaging can wet food pate that's single protein. Make sure you're looking at the 96% ones. Last I checked they had single protein beef, chicken, rabbit, duck and turkey. I only buy the single protein plate that says 96%, as I also don't like the other foods' ingredient lists. My boy doesn't have sensitivity to the non-animal products in it thankfully so I rely on it a lot. I think it is as close as you can get to an all carnivore diet in terms of non-raw.Rawz looks pretty good! The only issue I have is it's mostly chicken (one of my cats is allergic) and a lot of fish. Also, not all of them contain more than one protein or any organs such as liver.
Dandelion greens also seems like a weird thing to throw in there?
You'd think that gelatin would also increase the "Yum-yum factor" for cats eating that food, too. Wouldn't it?This is a question for the ages, Caspers Human ! I don't understand this either. And yes, the agar-agar is used as a thickener. It's gotten much more common after (at least some) people rebelled against the use of carrageenan in cat food. (Substituting one seaweed derivative for another is a clever move!)
I hope you're able to stay away from agar-agar.