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Cat Food
- Best canned cat food, but expensive Wellness Chicken Formula *Est. $1
- Best-value canned cat food Natural Balance Indoor Cat Formula *Est. $1
- Supermarket canned cat food Trader Joe's Chicken, Turkey & Rice Dinner *Est. $0
- Best dry cat food, but expensive Wellness Core Fish & Fowl Recipe for Adult Cats & Kittens *Est. $24
- Best value dry cat food Natural Balance Ultra Premium Dry *Est. $13
- Organic cat food Newman's Own Organics Chicken and Brown Rice *Est. $1
- Frozen raw cat food Feline's Pride Gourmet Chicken Dinner *Est. $95
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Natural Balance Indoor Cat Formula
Best-value canned cat food
- Low cost
- Good percentage of meat
- No chemical preservatives
- Cats like taste
- Testing program for safety
- Contains oat flour and brown rice
- High carbohydrate content
- No probiotics
Reviews recommend Natural Balance Indoor Cat Formula as a good value among canned cat foods. It offers more real meat (as opposed to by-products) than supermarket brands. Though this brand was among those recalled in 2007, the manufacturer has established a safety-testing program that impresses experts. One expert (a staunch advocate of a raw-meat diet for cats) says that Natural Balance's carbohydrate content (as a percentage of total calories) is too high. If you live near a Trader Joe's location, Trader Joe's Chicken, Turkey & Rice Dinner (*Est. 60 cents for a 5.5-oz. can) has a relatively impressive lineup of ingredients as well, and costs even less.
None of the reviews we found use formal testing; most evaluate the contents of cat food or focus on which food their cats seem to like. About.com's Franny Syufy tests a wide variety of quality cat foods on her cats. CatInfo.org and PetsumerReport.com, while hypercritical of most commercial brands, scrutinize details and show how to evaluate cat food labels. Owner reviews at OnlyNaturalPet.com and Petco.com almost always award high scores for Natural Balance, but they also rate most other cat foods favorably.
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Our Sources
1. About.com
Franny Syufy, About.com's guide to cats, rates Natural Balance as the top canned cat food based on testing with her cats. She names Natural Balance's Indoor Cat Formula as her cats' favorite and praises the company's program for testing its products for safety. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)
Review: Top Canned Cat Food, Franny Syufy
2. CatInfo.org
Veterinarian Lisa Pierson advocates a raw-meat diet for cats, and her recommendations reflect that she considers other foods inferior. She mentions Natural Balance in her evaluation of canned foods, but says that she no longer recommends it as its carbohydrate content is too high.
Review: Commercial Foods, Lisa A. Pierson
3. PetsumerReport.comDetails/Subscribe
Natural Balance Indoor Cat Formula earns the highest possible rating here, though reviewer Susan Thixton notes that the minerals aren't the most easily absorbed. With the exception of carrageenan, the ingredients are complimented, but not all varieties of Natural Balance do as well.
Review: Cat Food, Susan Thixton
More than 50 owner reviews of Natural Balance canned foods, including the Indoor Cat Formula, are mostly positive, though this isn't one of the top-rated cat foods here. Cats being what they are, one owner notes their cat will eat the food fresh out of the can but will not touch any leftovers stored in the fridge. However, most owners say that their cats really like the food.
Review: Natural Balance Ultra Premium Canned Cat Food, Contributors to OnlyNaturalPet.com
5. Petco.com
The nearly 70 owners reviewing Natural Balance Ultra Premium varieties -- including Indoor Cat Formula -- give this cat food a nearly perfect average rating. As with most owner reviews, the feedback focuses mostly on whether the cat likes the food rather than how good it is nutritionally. But some praise the inclusion of cranberry to prevent urinary tract infections and the fact that the food has no animal by-products.
Review: Natural Balance Ultra Premium Canned Cat Food, Contributors to Petco.com
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