Its so scary when you read articles about what really goes into the food we feed our cats. I have read alot of hideous information on cat food and have been horrified at what they really put into some of the most popular brands of cat food.

Makesure you read the ingredients!

What you should look at is
NO corn NO gluten NO soya NO beet NO garlic NO onion NO wheat NO dairy.
YOU MUST HAVE TAURINE in there whether it is added or natural!!!! If there is a high natural chicken content including offal you will probably have enough occurance naturally.

Very interesting read

Cat Food Uncovered

Toxic Food very scary

Toxic Foods

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I feed royal canin to my lot,i would feed orijen but i think that would bankrupt us!!

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Betz was on Royal Canin, a friend who has done alot of research on cat food pointed out she was on bad food (she has a very delicate tum and was having loose stools)

Royal Canin

Ingredients: Chicken meal, chicken fat (naturally preserved with mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract and citric acid), rice, corn gluten meal, corn, chicken, natural chicken flavor(why if there is enough real chicken in there??), wheat gluten, beet pulp (sugar removed), dried brewers yeast, salmon oil, dried egg powder, soya oil, pea fiber, fructo-oligosaccharides, potassium chloride, calcium sulfate, sodium silico aluminate, DL-methionine, choline chloride, L-lysine, sodium chloride, sodium tripolyphosphate, taurine, Vitamins [dl-alpha tocopherol (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C*), niacin, biotin, riboflavin (vitamin B2), d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid], Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate].
correct me if I am wrong anyone!!
After speaking to a few manufacturers, I have discovered that if a product has a highenough meat content, then Taurine should not need to be added as it will occur naturally as it would in the wild.Taurine is essential to a cats well being. Depending on where you are there should be a variety of good wholesome foods. A cat living naturally in the wild would have a mainly carnivorous diet and would not eat corn and grain products. Most of which are really bad for the cats intestinal tract.
Anything with corn in is not what I would call a quality food. Corn and wheat are used as cheap fillers so they have to put less of the more expensive ingredients in and can still charge a premium product price.

Its hard to find decent food but organic human grade quality kibble. There are stores that buy it in now and it prices up cheaper than all the regularly bought foods science hills, iams royal canin etc, DO NOT touch anything by whiskas or purina as they are made from animal derivatives.

My friend pointed me in the direction of these:
Wet food I use:
Natures menu. Find your nearest Natures Menu Natural Pet Food Stockists
this link requests your postcode to show your nearest stockist. this is a good food
Tescos finest is good too.

for dry food
OrganiPets Organic Pet Food

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An old man walking on the beach at dawn noticed a boy picking up a starfish and throwing it into the sea. When asked why, the boy explained that the stranded starfish would die if left to lie in the morning sun. ‘But there are millions of starfish on this beach' said the old man. ‘How can your efforts make a difference?’The boy picked up another starfish and placed it in the waves. ‘It makes a difference to this one.' he said

Just about to switch to Orijen, as soon as it's delivered thanks to advice on here, mainly from AJ

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Glad you posted that, I've not been able to find an ingredients list for Royal Canin (too lazy to go down the pet shop). But I was led to believe it was a good food. Clearly from the ingredients it's not!

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Yes it is supposed to be a good food, to be honest was surprised when i looked at the ingredients Im off to buy some orijens!!

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An old man walking on the beach at dawn noticed a boy picking up a starfish and throwing it into the sea. When asked why, the boy explained that the stranded starfish would die if left to lie in the morning sun. ‘But there are millions of starfish on this beach' said the old man. ‘How can your efforts make a difference?’The boy picked up another starfish and placed it in the waves. ‘It makes a difference to this one.' he said

OMG I thought Royal Canin were good!

How much can I expect to pay for Orijen?

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Orijen is just under £30 for 7kg! It's only available from zooplus.co.uk

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I've just bought some kitten food from there, Almo Nature.. but prefer to give him mostly dry food so might try out that Orijen.. I'm spending more money on Alfie than myself!

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Can't beat Orijen, do you know anywhere other than zooplus.co.uk that sell it?

I've just enquired about them selling the Fresh Fish variety that was introduced in January as they only have the standard variety at the moment.

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