~ The information in this thread is now outdated for quite a few of the foods but I don't have the time or indeed inclination to bring it back up to date. To avoid misinformation I am sorry to say that I have removed the detailed information about each one, only leaving the list of available foods within the UK in alphabetical order.



The old version of this list can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/wetcatfoodlist/. This leads you to a temporary holding site and the list is in a pdf at bottom of that page.



For information about the foods that you would like to feed, look at the ingredients (now called composition) and analysis bit (found on labels, usually more detailed info is found on the manufacturer's website or the likes of zooplus) and don't hesitate to contact the manufacturer for more information. Whether they will give the info you need/want, well, that is a different matter.


For some info as to what good foods are and why that doesn't (so far) include supermarket foods see here. My opinions on what is a "good" food are based on the following (personal) yardsticks:

At the most basic:
~ the food contains an overall high "meat" (meat here means meat + offal) content (high > 70%)
~ the food contains more meat (ie. muscle meat inc heart) than offal (kidney, lung, liver etc). Ideally, the ratio imo should be around 70/30
~ the food has a balanced calcium/phosphorus ratio (around 1.2:1).
~ the food contains no added sugars
~ the food contains either no grains/potato or just a small amount of it (< 5%). Don't forget that ingredients are listed/weighed in uncooked form and grains will expand during the cooking process

At the more advance level:
~ the food contains a good % of calories from protein, followed by fat and a low % of calories from carbs


Some wet foods available to people in the UK are:

Almo Nature (complementary)
Animonda Carny - zooplus.co.uk
Applaws (complementary)
Bozita (tetrapaks in jelly/gravy; pate tetrapaks and tins) - zooplus.co.uk, mutley and mog, seapets
Butchers Classic
Catz Finefood - German online shops, such as floydspfotenshop, fuetternmitspass
Cosma (certain flavours are complementary)
Defu (organic) - zooplus.co.uk
Denes
Encore (complementary - rebranded Applaws)
Feline Fayre (partly complementary, if not completely complementary)
Felix
Forthglade (complementary)
Gourmet
Granatapet Cat - German online shops, such as floydspfotenshop, fuetternmitspass
Grau Gourmet - Grain and Grain-free - zooplus.co.uk
Grau Miezelinos - zooplus.co.uk
Herrmanns (organic) - zooplus.co.uk
HiLife
Hills Science Plan
IAMS
Kitekat
Leonardo's
Lily's Kitchen (organic)
Macs - German online shops, such as floydspfotenshop, fuetternmitspass
Nature's Harvest - ask manufacturer for mineral analysis,
Natures Menu
Nature's Variety Instinct - German online shop
Petnatur (partly organic) - German online shops, such as floydspfotenshop, fuetternmitspass
Pet-Fit - directly from manufacturer
Pets at home
Pfotenliebe - German online shops, such as floydspfotenshop, fuetternmitspass
Porta 21 (complementary)
Power of Nature - German online shops, such as floydspfotenshop
Purely (Pets at Home)
Royal Canin
Schesir (mostly complementary)
Schmusy
Sheba
ShinyCat (complementary)
Smilla - zooplus.co.uk
Terra Felis - zooplus.co.uk
Tesco
TigerCat - German online shops, such as floydspfotenshop, fuetternmitspass
TigerSelect (ASDA)
Toplife Chicken Dinner
Whiskas
Yarrah (organic) - zooplus.co.uk and other online shops
Ziwi Peak



The magic 4%

The 4% declaration is a legal labelling requirement which represents the MINIMUM percentage content of the characterising ingredient guaranteed to be present by the manufacturer. For more info check out - Pet Food Manufacturers Association. Pet food industry news, pet nutrition, pet ownership.

There seems to be some confusion within the esteemed circle of the PF as to what this means. Please note that this does NOT mean that the food only contains 4% meat overall - it purely means that pet manufacturers are only required to state the minimum proportion of the flavour meat. The overall meat content will be higher but will be made up from meat and byproducts from other animals.


Pet food ingredients

For more info on pet food ingredients see: - What's in pet food?




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Applaws

Info deleted


Manufacturer: http://www.applaws.co.uk/

Bozita: Tetrapaks in jelly/gravy, pate and tins

Info deleted

Shops: zooplus.co.uk; Mutley and Mog, Seapets as well as independent pet shops


Manufacturer: Home - Bozita.com

Compiled with some of the info from the thread before it went byebye.
Don't forget that what Hobbs said still stands - much of it is out of date. But this might be useful to some.

Hi all, I'm new and have a female Rosetta Bengal.
I have read that the dry food is like giving ones cats grains.
So I'm looking at wet food and when i look at this chart above,the meat contents in the can are over 80%,the Tesco one I'm giving my cat now says only 4%.
So my question is it says on the chart "monthly supply" how much to keep ones cat on these 80% meat cans approx pm £
Which are most recommended on that list and how do I identify the 80%+ cans,do you have some names for me.
I pulled the glasses out today in Tesco and trying to read the small print,but everything I think I viewed had only 4% so does one have to buy from the online shops?
I am thinking full sized cans not pouches?
Thanx

i started feeding my cat applaws dry food which he like but i still like to give him some wet food everyday as well i vary the wet depending on supermarket offers and what i know he likes he usually has the whiskas simply pouches and at the moment gourmet tins is this ok he seems to be happy on it ?

also he does have a weekly helping of meat eg liver chicken wing mince etc

Based on what Hobbs used to say, and my own research, I don't use any of the stuff from Tesco. Bozita and Animonda Carny from zooplus are my cat's faves.

Applaws or Porta 21 for occasional dry treats - he loves em

What is everyones view on bozita wet food? im waiting for a trial pack to arrive, so im hoping both the boys like it, but has anyone else tried it so far?

I tried the Bozita tins on my two - they sniffed and walked away

But, all cats are different - so yours may love it! I know a lot of kitties do

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I've been feeding Bozita for 4 years now - it's great.

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