Hello,
I've been doing a ton of reading about how to choose the best and healthiest wet cat food but I feel I'm more confused than when I started! To make a long story short, here's what I've understood so far:
1) it should contain real meat instead of by-products
2) no fish (at least not on a regular basis) because of contamination concern
3) no gluten/wheat/corn/soy
4) no rice and other grains
6) high protein ( > 50%), low carb ( < 10%)
7) no guar gum
8) no carrageenan
Am I in the right direction? Well even if so I'm afraid there's no brand that meets all these requirements! Please share your thoughts.
I've been doing a ton of reading about how to choose the best and healthiest wet cat food but I feel I'm more confused than when I started! To make a long story short, here's what I've understood so far:
1) it should contain real meat instead of by-products
2) no fish (at least not on a regular basis) because of contamination concern
3) no gluten/wheat/corn/soy
4) no rice and other grains
6) high protein ( > 50%), low carb ( < 10%)
7) no guar gum
8) no carrageenan
Am I in the right direction? Well even if so I'm afraid there's no brand that meets all these requirements! Please share your thoughts.
Comments
So I was right, but I don't get it. The criteria of the healthy food is known but no one produces it! How come?
I'll take a look at those brands, thanks a million. Honestly I've not considered a raw food diet because I imagined it was time consuming to maintain and sometimes my time is very limited. So a healthy wet food looked a better idea to me, the more so my cats are on a wet diet now so switching wouldn't be a prob.
Quite complex, I know, but cats are very sensitive and picky about what they eat. In fact I'd be VERY wary about meat that my cat refuses to eat.
as far as I've read until now orijen is 100% FOOD no fillers, no shady stuff, 75% actual meat (which they describe what kind it is, not just general meat), fish and chicken and 25% veggies and fruits the amazing thing is they actually grow the stuff themselves like the chickens and don't use different drugs in them which is amazing, (and its actually why I'm kinda scared of raw diet because of all the stuff they put in meat and chicken these days.. I still guess it would be better then leftovers of the same meat though which is basically what the comment above stated, what i think is they only eat it because its filled with so much * insert inappropriate word here* and stuff to make it taste and smell good and thats the only thing that makes them even want to go near it) , the only bad thing is they don't make wet food yet but their dry food is an excellent example of what to look for.
if it has a bit of rice (actual rice and not brewers Rice) its not that bad because although it doesn't have any value nutrition wise it won't do harm like other fillers would, so yeah I would suggest going to the store seeing what they carry look at the back (as opposed to looking at the brand name or price) and seeing what it contains and if something looks good go ahead and search for online reviews. If you still can't find anything maybe look into ordering online.