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Best canned cat food, but expensive
Pros: high-quality ingredients, high meat content, low carbohydrates
Cons: expensive, may not appeal to some cats, some ingredients not completely defined, some lots recalled in March 2011 vitamin deficiency
not avail.
Canned
Chicken, chicken liver, turkey, chicken broth, carrots
Sweet potatoes, carrots, squash, cranberries, blueberries and zucchini
No
Yes
No
Guar gum, sodium selenate, carrageenan
3 ozs., 5.5 ozs., 12.5 ozs. (cans)
076344089322
8948
Wellness
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Best-value canned cat food
Pros: low cost, good percentage of meat, no chemical preservatives, cats like taste, testing program for safety
Cons: contains oat flour and brown rice, high carbohydrate content, no probiotics
Canned
Chicken, chicken broth, chicken liver, salmon, oat bran
Oat flour, brown rice flour, parsley
No
No
No
Sodium Selenate, carageenan
3 ozs., 6 ozs. (cans)
723633003513
358
Natural Balance
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Supermarket canned cat food
Pros: great value, good lineup of ingredients, no by-products
Cons: only available in Trader Joe's stores, contains grains
not avail.
Canned
Chicken broth, chicken, turkey, ocean fish, animal liver
Brewers rice, oat bran
No
No
No
Carrageenan
5.5 oz (cans)
N/A
N/A
Trader Joe's
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Best dry cat food, but expensive
Pros: high meat content, low carbohydrates, ingredients well tested for safety, no grains, soy or glutens
Cons: expensive, few fruits and vegetables
Dry
Deboned turkey, deboned chicken, chicken meal, whitefish meal, potatoes
Potatoes, tomato pomace, cranberries
No
Yes
No
No
2 lbs., 5.9 lbs., 12 lbs. (bags)
076344088356
N/A
Wellness
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Best value dry cat food
Pros: relatively inexpensive, high-quality ingredients, no by-products or glutens, product testing program
Cons: some grains are included, a few questionable ingredients
not avail.
Dry
Chicken meal, chicken, brown rice, salmon meal, barley
Brown rice, barley, oatmeal, potatoes, carrots, spinach, parsley flakes, cranberries
No
No
No
Natural flavor, brewers yeast, canola oil
3 lbs. 6 lbs., 15 lbs. (bags)
723633003605
306
Natural Balance
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Organic cat food
Pros: organic, human-grade ingredients, good percentage of chicken, probiotics, minerals easy to absorb
Cons: contains soy, high carbohydrate content, some ingredients controversial
Canned
Organic chicken, sufficient water for processing, chicken liver, ocean whitefish, organic brown rice
Brown rice, flaxseed, oat bran, dried kelp
Yes
No
No
Extra water, sodium selenite, carrageenan
3 ozs., 5.5 ozs. (cans)
757645662000
757645622004
Newman's
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Frozen raw cat food
Pros: raw, made of meat and bone, no chemical preservatives or antibiotics
Cons: expensive, requires storage space in freezer
not avail.
Raw, frozen
USDA-approved whole chicken with ground bone, ground liver, ground gizzards, distilled water sufficient for processing, egg yolks
N/A
No
Yes
No
No
2.5 lbs., 5 lbs., 10 lbs., 15 lbs., 20 lbs. (boxes)
N/A
N/A
Feline's Pride