Cat food comparison

[Skryker]

So it seems that Dancer is just not into Felidae dry anymore-she just turns her nose up at it.

I got some samples from the pet food store (a couple of which I threw out as soon as I read the ingredients ) and she seemed to really like one of them: Summit (she pulled the sealed plastic bag out of the shopping bag and was determined to get at the food inside, lol!). I however, am less thrilled by it.
this is the Indoor cat hairball control one, that I had the sample of:

Chicken Meal, Ground Rice, Fresh De-Boned Chicken Meat, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols (vit. E),Pea Fibre, Beet Pulp (with sugar removed), Salmon Meal, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols (vit. E), Natural Chicken Flavor, Whole Ground Flax, Rice Bran, MOS (Mannanoligosaccharides), FOS (Inulin), Whole Dried Egg, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Methionine, Yeast Culture, Choline Chloride, Lysine, Yucca Schidigera, Cranberries, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), Vitamin E (dl alpha-tocopherol acetate), Ferrous Sulfate, Taurine, Zinc Oxide, *Zinc Proteinate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, *Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, *Manganese Proteinate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin K, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid.

I wasn't wild about the beet pulp, the mystery Vitamin K or the ground rice and rice bran listed seperately. And it's better than their normal cat formula:

Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Oatmeal, Barley, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols (vit. E), Chicken Digest, Salmon Meal, Flax, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Vitamin A Acetate, Cholicalciferol (vit. D3), DL Alpha-Tocopherol Acetate (vit. E), Ascorbic Acid (vit. C), Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12, Vitamin K, Folic Acid, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate.



This is Go! Natural- Petcurean's Holistic. It's more expensive than Felidae and I'm not convinced that it's worth it.

Chicken Meal, Chicken, Whole Brown Rice, Whole White Rice, Whole Barley, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols (vit. E), Natural Chicken Flavour, Salmon Meal, Sunflower Oil, Rice Bran, Dried Whole Potatoes, Dried Whole Apples, Dried Whole Carrots, Dried Whole Cranberries, Suncured Alfalfa Meal, Flax, Dried Whole Egg, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Chloride, Yeast Culture, Choline Chloride, Lysine, Potassium Sorbate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamin A Acetate, Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol), Vitamin E (dl alpha-tocopherol acetate), Ferrous Sulfate, Taurine, Zinc Proteinate, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin K, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid

Here's Felidae for comparison:
Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Lamb Meal, Chicken Fat, (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Herring Meal, Eggs, Flax Seed Meal, Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal, Sunflower Oil, Chicken, Lecithin, Linoleic Acid, Amaranth, DL Methionine, Taurine, Kelp, Cranberries, Apples, Monocalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Rosemary Extract, Sage Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Inulin (from Chicory Root), Dried Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Mixed Tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin A supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (source of B2), Beta Carotene, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, D-Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Papaya, Vitamin B12 Supplement.


Any opinions on Go! Natural? I really wish she'd just eat the Felidae.

[Prin]

I think Go! removed the menadione, but I'm not sure... I think they did though.

What about Innova? Or Solid Gold? Or Orijen?

[Skryker]

I can't get Innova here, and I'm not sure about Orijen. I know I can get KatzundFlocken (or however you spell it) but I'm not sure of cost.

She's been eating the Go! Natural canned, but...I just don't really like their dry one so much. Don't quite know why.

[Prin]

Could be all that rice + the barley... The katznflocken is a little less grainy, but not by much.

[Shamrock]

Skryker, Summit Brand is Petcurean's "middle ground" food, nutrition and price wise. I tried it once, but didnt really care for it... nor did the cats.
It's what I'd consider a mediocre food - not bad, but not that good.

The GO! is the top of the line for this company, but if you dont care for this brand.. one of the others would be excellent choices as well.

I've been feeding the Felidae dry for several years now.. and occassionally mix in the GO! or another type.. when they seem to be getting really bored with it.

[Stacer]

GO! did remove the menadione, I emailed them back in november I think. they just haven't used up all of their packaging yet, so the bags say menadione but the food inside does not have it in it. That's what I'm feeding now, but last week I noticed that they also have phosphoric acid in it, so I'm looking to switch. Thinking maybe EVO, I'm going to do some scouting maybe tomorrow night.

[rainbow]

I know they removed the menadione from the dog food but not sure about the cat food. I can't get Felidae here. I feed mine Innova and DVP's Natural Balance and they like both.