Sorry for the dumb questions, but I'm still pretty much a novice re: cat nutrition, and some of the info on the interwebs can be confusing for a newbie like me. ;-)
When you select a canned cat food for your cats, are there any ingredients that you try to avoid?
I understand, of course, that what may be a real deal-breaker for one person might not be for another. But it would be a huge help if I could at least have an idea re: which ingredients could be a potential problem, and why. So far I've read about carrageenan, pyrophosphates, and menadione -- as well as foods such as onions, garlic, avocados and tomatoes*. Any others I need to be aware of?
And I'm not quite sure how to put this delicately, but are there any brands that you tend to shy away from for whatever reason? Yesterday I was reading some articles about a couple of companies in particular (including some of the brands processed at their facilities), and while I'm assuming that some issues have probably been resolved, I'm guessing that some of them haven't.
Thanks much!
Edited because I hadn't had my caffeine fix yet, and accidentally included methionine in that list of ingredients. :-)
When you select a canned cat food for your cats, are there any ingredients that you try to avoid?
I understand, of course, that what may be a real deal-breaker for one person might not be for another. But it would be a huge help if I could at least have an idea re: which ingredients could be a potential problem, and why. So far I've read about carrageenan, pyrophosphates, and menadione -- as well as foods such as onions, garlic, avocados and tomatoes*. Any others I need to be aware of?
And I'm not quite sure how to put this delicately, but are there any brands that you tend to shy away from for whatever reason? Yesterday I was reading some articles about a couple of companies in particular (including some of the brands processed at their facilities), and while I'm assuming that some issues have probably been resolved, I'm guessing that some of them haven't.
Thanks much!
Edited because I hadn't had my caffeine fix yet, and accidentally included methionine in that list of ingredients. :-)
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