Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast

*Est. 50 cents for a 3-oz. can
Reviewed
March 2011
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Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast

Pros
  • Easy to find
  • Good ingredients for a mainstream brand
  • No grains, glutens or by-products
Cons
  • Average cat needs 2.3 cans per day
  • Other Fancy Feast varieties receive lower ratings
 
 
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If circumstances limit your cat food choices to mainstream or supermarket brands, Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast is among the better options available. While most supermarket varieties include by-products and loads of undesirable grains, this particular Fancy Feast variety leads off with fish, fish broth and shrimp as its first three ingredients. Note that many other varieties of Fancy Feast contain by-products and make poor food choices, illustrating the importance of reading labels. Feeding guidelines recommend 2.3 cans per day for an average cat, making this cheap brand actually more expensive than Natural Balance Indoor Cat Formula (*Est. $1.10 per 6-oz. can), which earns much better reviews.

We found the most detailed evaluation of Fancy Feast varieties, including this one, by Susan Thixton at PetsumerReport.com, available only by paid subscription. Susan Peters also reviews Fancy Feast varieties, though her ratings are inconsistent. Few other professional reviewers have evaluated Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp. While most retailer sites have only a few user reviews, there are more than 160 reports at ZooToo.com, an independent pet lovers' community. ExpoTV.com has a few video reviews that are fun to watch, though perhaps not the most informative.

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Fancy Feast Flaked Fish and Shrimp Feast (24/3-oz cans)

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1 New from $20.59

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Our Sources

1. PetsumerReport.com

Susan Thixton, who also writes the Truth About Pet Food blog, gives this Fancy Feast variety a score of 3 out of 4. Some ingredients are criticized, but the Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast variety scores better than many other Fancy Feast flavors and other supermarket cat foods.

Review: Cat Food, Susan Thixton

2. Ask Susan Peters

Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast tests reasonably well in this report, with a rating of 6 on a 10-point scale. Some other Fancy Feast varieties score higher here, though many others rank at the bottom.

Review: Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast Cat Food Making Your Cat Sick[D6], Susan Peters

3. CatInfo.org

This veterinarian mentions that some Fancy Feast varieties are much better than others, namely the ones that list meat as a first ingredient, before listing any by-products. She adds that she would prefer to feed a cat a canned cat food with by-products rather than feed it any dry cat food.

Review: Commercial Foods, Lisa A. Pierson

4. ZooToo.com

More than 160 owners give this Fancy Feast variety mostly positive reviews. However, some cats are turned off by the shrimp, while some owners are turned off by the smell.

Review: Friskies Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast Gourmet Cat Food, Contributors to ZooToo.com

5. Amazon.com

The handful of owners reviewing this cat food here give it strong ratings, praising the relatively high protein (at least 15 percent) and saying their cats enjoy it. One complains of an incident with a fish bone. Another complains about a change in recipe.

Review: Fancy Feast Gourmet Cat Food, Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast, Contributors to Amazon.com

6. ExpoTV.com

There aren't a lot of reviews here, and what's here is not comparative, but these user-generated video reviews can be fun to watch. If nothing else, it removes the cloak of anonymity compared with the user reviews found at most other sites.

Review: Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast (24/3-Ounce Cans) Reviews, Contributors to ExpoTV.com

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