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Nutrience Cat Food
Hi, new member here.
I've searched some of the forums here and can't seem to find much about Nutrience cat food. This is what we're feeding our two 11-month-old cats right now, and they seem to be doing quite well on it. It also seems to be by far the best bang for the buck at our local pet store out of all the advertised "premium" brands. I was just curious as to how you guys think it stacks up (first of all how it stacks up to the stuff in the grocery stores, but also how it stacks up to what you guys consider premium). I'll link to the "original" adult formula, but they also have a "premium" and "alternative" formula on the site. http://www.nutrience.com/english/cat...ginal_3kg.html INGREDIENTS: Chicken meal, ground corn, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), brewers rice, dried beet pulp, dried egg product, chicken flavor, yeast culture, salt, potassium chloride, DL-methionine, L-lysine, calcium propionate (preservative), rosemary extract, yucca schidigera extract, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), iron proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc methionine complex, zinc oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin E supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, inositol, niacin, taurine, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, vitamin A acetate, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid. EDIT: Btw, for comparison purposes, the other brands of cat food available at my local pet store or vet are: Nutro, Science Diet, Purina Pro-Plan, Techni-Cal, Iams, Eukanuba, Feline Plus, and Medi-Cal. Last edited by wmarcello; March 20th, 2007 at 11:34 PM. Reason: add context |
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gawd, u want to talk about petfood at the mo???? .
I dont think Nutrience is on the recalled pet food list. I tried it on my cat and dog, and neither seemed to like it. I thought it would be good for them as it has all the plants and herbs in it.
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have you seen the threat about recalled food? Just incase you decide to change brands.
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! |
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Haha yes I'm well aware of the recall. I've been reading newsgroup posts about it as much as possible this past week. My two cats may have shared a small can of a tainted Iams product last week, but thankfully most of it was almost immediately regurgitated. I thought the reason may have been that the boy had eaten it too fast, but after hearing about the recall and seeing that particular can on the list, I can only assume it was part of the batches affected. Thankfully they have since been to the vet and have been acting as frisky as ever.
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thats good to hear.
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! |
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I do not like any of Nutrience's formulas and I don't know how they can call one of them holistic.
They all use ground corn and in wake of the recent recall I would definitely not use any food with wheat or wheat gluten or corn or corn gluten. They can all be susceptible to various toxic moulds. Quote:
Do you not have a local pet store (not a chain store) that carries the premium brands like Felidae, Innova, Natural Balance, etc? |
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Ok, do you still want opinions? It's called "premium" but it's not premium at all.
compare those ingredients with these, of Felidae: http://www.canidae.com/cats/cat_and_kitten/dry.html Quote:
In the Nutrience, the brewers rice, dried beet pulp, dried egg product are all by-products of human food processes. The brewer's rice is a by-product of the alcohol industry. The beet pulp is a stool hardener, mostly sugars, and is the leftovers after the juice is removed. The dried egg product is anything eggy that is unfit for human consumption. Menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity) in the Nutrience is vitamin K3, which is a synthetic version of vitamin K that was banned for human consumption. It causes free radicals which can lead to tumors and cancers among other problems. Most of the real premium food companies have removed it already. I hope that helps a little... Felidae is one of the best cat foods out there (right now). |
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Here's a good and informative website to check out: www.dogfoodproject.com ....click on the links on the left hand side of the page...especially "Ingredients to Avoid".
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Guess not. Thanks prin... I guess that now with the recall, things in the pet food industry will NEED to change!
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! |
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Don't count on it. It's us, the consumers who have to learn and be choosy. :sad:
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I agree. It's us, as the consumers, that have to email the companies to let them know how we feel. But, even that may be a lost cause. :sad: So, we just have to make our own informed decisions and try to convince as many people as we can.
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Just look at menadione- it has been removed from so many dog foods as a result of public pressure, but not from as many cat foods... Speaking up really does help, but people need to learn before they can really speak up.
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[QUOTE=Prin;395192]Just look at menadione-/QUOTE]
Whats that? I've never heard of it.... opps im thread-jacking now! Just looked at Lexies cat biscuits, its got Menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity)... is it bad???
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! Last edited by Quins-mum; March 21st, 2007 at 01:19 AM. |
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Yeah, I can remember when I first brought up the menadione issue and had emailed soooo many companies and got only a few replies.
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lol I explained it above.
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I remember that. They wouldn't admit it was bad.
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Lexies fav biscuits have that in it. Im ringing the manufacturer tomorrow! Thanks for the info. They dont say what vitamin K it is tho.
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! |
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Usually, if it says "vitamin K supplement" it's K3, unless the manufacturer says specifically somewhere it's K1... Menadione is K3...
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right... thats that bag of biscuits in the bin! and tomorrow Im on the phone to the manufacturers!
I am going to become pain in the ass to these companies in NZ who are adding this! that is my new mission! Any more info or any more bad stuff that I should be aware off ... please let me know... my misson starts tomorrow!
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! |
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lol there's so much more, but you can start with menadione.
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Just sent them an email... no doubt I wont hear back unless I hound them
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! |
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YAY Quins-mum....you'll end up on some black lists like Prin and me.
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It was only Michele from Petcurean and Peter from Champion Foods that said they would look into it. At least I got two of them converted.
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Shux... thanks... I've already sent the company (Purina)... (oh, I can already hear you all gasp in horror).. and email, and have emailed two of our national sports heros, who promote the product (sarah Ulmer - olympic gold medalist cyclist and hamish Carter, gold medalist tri-athelete) an email to their fan clubs address. Not holding my breath, but these guys are real animal lovers, so hopefully they can help
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Lexie - 15yr old gorgeous Diabetic cat, Quin - 3yr old black lab, gorgeous but mental as anything! R.I.P. Cassie, one of my greatest LOVES. My Rotti.(The Gentle Giant). We all seek the same in life, friendship, love, companionship and faithfulness, all this we can get unconditionally from an animal. Makes you wonder why we humans think we're so bloody special! |
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Thanks guys for all your opinions! I do have some more questions/concerns though.
@Prin That Felidae cat food does look incredibly good. Unfortunately I haven't seen that around here, nor a couple of the other brands that are often mentioned here. We have a Pets Unlimited here, and a smaller local pet store about 15 minutes away. I know for a fact that the former doesn't carry it, and I don't think I've seen it at the latter either. That said, I do want to mention that I may not be looking for the complete top-of-the-line for my cats. I know it sounds bad when said flat out, but in reality, I don't even feed myself top-of-the-line foods all the time. I eat white rice and white pasta instead of whole grain most of the time. I drink coffee in the morning. I eat frozen dinners at work quite often. I'm in good shape and I try to take care of myself, but I'm not constantly running on premium stuff. The same would go if I had kids. I would probably feel ok feeding them apple juice or something from concentrate. Sure it's not completely fresh, but it's a hell of a lot better than kool-aid or pop. Going back to my cats, we used to feed them Whiskas but after doing some research we've tried to move them to something a bit healthier. I believe it's a good step. I've come here to see how much farther we can go while still remaining reasonable and economic. I would love to feed them that Felidae food you mentioned, but I probably wouldn't if it was costing me 2-3 times what I pay now. Anyways, your points about by-products and vitamin K in Nutrience have been noted. It's definitely something I'd like to further research. One point I'm having trouble understanding 100% is the corn issue. I've heard two different arguments. First of all, rainbow mentioned toxic molds. I can totally see the concern there, but isn't any ingredient dangerous if stored improperly? Also, I did a search for "pet food myth corn digestible". One site I came across was this one: http://www.beowulfs.com/magazine/corn.htm "According to "Small Animal Clinical Nutrition", 4th Edition," corn is 91% digestible. This immediately dispels the myth that corn is not digestible. The story goes... look at how corn comes out when we eat corn on the cob (or some variation on the same crude story), so it can't be very digestible. The reason an ingredient list for pet food says "ground corn" instead of just "corn" is because whole corn is finely ground before it is added to the food. The outer layer of the corn kernel is impervious to stomach acid and grinding the corn is necessary to expose the very digestible inner part of the kernel to the digestive process. Unfortunately, there are people that would rather sell their "corn free" product than to give out correct information. Interestingly, many of these companies do not have access to the corn growing states. The most basic research can attest to the high digestibility of ground corn." It's hard to know who to believe. I do understand that cats should get most of their protein from meat sources. That's why I picked Nutrience in the first place, because at least they have chicken meal as the first ingredient, which is better than I can say for some of the other brands I listed, and especially the brands in the grocery store that use grain products as their main source of protein. I do find it hard to believe though that every brand I listed is complete garbage. There must be at least some positives to be found, even if they're not as good as some of the top-of-the-line brands out there. Anyways, I very much appreciate your opinions. I'm not trying to argue for the sake of arguing, I'm just trying to become as educated as I can on the subject. Thanks! |
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I realise i am coming in at the end of this but i researched the Vitamin K3 adn its interesting to read. nasty stuff really!
Menadione From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Vitamin K3) Menadione Chemical name 2-methylnaphthalene-1,4-dione Other names menadione vitamin K3 Chemical formula C11H8O2 Molecular mass 172.18 g/mol CAS number [58-27-5] Density ? g/cm3 Melting point 102 °C Boiling point ? °C SMILES O=C(C(C)=C1)C2=C(C=CC=C2)C1=O Disclaimer and references Menadione is a polycyclic aromatic ketone, based on 1,4-naphthoquinone, with a 2-methyl substituent. It was formerly sometimes called vitamin K3, although derivatives of naphthoquinone without the sidechain in the 3-position cannot exert all the functions of the K vitamins. Menadione is a vitamin precursor of K2 which utilizes alkylation in the liver to yield menaquinones (MK-n, n=1-13; K2 vitamers), and hence, is better classified as a provitamin. Despite the fact that it can serve as a precursor to various types of vitamin K, menadione is generally not used as a nutritional supplement. Large doses of menadione have been reported to cause adverse outcomes including hemolytic anemia due to G6PD deficiency, neonatal brain or liver damage, or neonatal death in some cases. Moreover, menadione supplements have been banned by the FDA because of their high toxicity. Menadione has been used experimentally as a chemotherapic agent for cancer, ca 1945, but has lost ground to much safer, human form, vitamin K2 vitamers. Low level menadione is still used as an inexpensive micronutrient for livestock in many countries. Lately, Menadione has been mentioned again as a treatment for cancer in conjunction with Vitamin C (See "The end of cancer" by April Kirkendoll) but modern researchers and trials are investigating nontoxic K2 vitamers such as menaquinone-4[1] in conjunction with more comprehensive regimens. |
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wmarcello, i use Solid Gold. its up there with the good ones (i would say top ten as far as ingriedients are concerned) and its super affordable.
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cats are carnivors. Have you ever seen a cat hunting corn stocks? Its a filler. Used to simply raise the protein levels of the food.
I understand the "i dont erat healthy, so why should my pet?"...well, kinda, but you also eat an assorment and huge variety of foods. Your cat doesnt. It gets the same processed food, day in, day out. Thats like saying my kids eat Macdonalds at every meal. Nothing else for their entire lives. Sure, they'll live, but they wont thrive. Thats why its better to provide a better quality if you can. Check out the websites of some of the better brands. Most have store locators so you can find a local store.
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My mom and dad are still feeding Nutrience despite my trying to disuade them it's all their kitties have ever had. They have 9 yr old and 2 yr old female cats who are perfectly healthy and happy. There is much debate about food here on this forum and I have learned a lot from others here. Of course up until a few months ago I thought the Nutro I was feeding was good, until Fagan got a possible food allergy and I now have to stay away from the 'fillers' like wheat and corn gluten. But the extra money I've had to spend buying my food at the vets turned out to be a blessing (with all the recalls). I now use Medi-cal, The hypo-gastro formula. I've also tried brands like Wellness, which Windy had trouble digesting, and Blue Buffalo, that they all liked entirely too much and gained weight.
And thanks to Prin, I printed out some of that post for my folks. Good luck choosing!
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http://www.canidae.com/company/storelocator.html |
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