Fish isn’t good as a primary protein, should only be fed once in a while, if at all. Tuna is especially bad as it’s not great nutritionally on top of being addictive and from a large predator.

Chicken looks okay, though I wonder why they found the need to add sunflower oil over just using salmon oils. Animal-sourced omegas are much better for cats. Personally, I wouldn’t want to feed a food with pre-added slippery elm, though. If it’s necessary in the diet, I’d prefer to add it myself.

I’d also contact the company to ask what thickeners they use, but that’s general protocol, imo. Carrageenan and agar agar are no-nos.

 

Fish isn't good as a primary protein, should only be fed once in a while, if at all. Tuna is especially bad as it's not great nutritionally on top of being addictive and from a large predator.

Chicken looks okay, though I wonder why they found the need to add sunflower oil over just using salmon oils. Animal-sourced omegas are much better for cats. Personally, I wouldn't want to feed a food with pre-added slippery elm, though. If it's necessary in the diet, I'd prefer to add it myself.

I'd also contact the company to ask what thickeners they use, but that's general protocol, imo. Carrageenan and agar agar are no-nos.

My reaction exactly.

 

Saw this in Morrisons this morning - but can't remember their price.

 

We've been feeding Scrumbles for a few years, so it's good to see it available on Zooplus. Probably not the popular choice, but it's actually the dry food that we use.. https://www.scrumbles.co.uk/product/chicken-cat-food/ It's generally well liked and the tonks love chasing the treat balls around when they are full of Scrumbles!

We do sometimes feed the wet food, but only the chicken flavour.

They seem like a good company (I first spoke to them at The Supreme Cat Show and came home with some treats that the tonks loved). I think if you ask them what thickeners they use - and anything else in terms of why they've chosen certain ingredients they will reply to you.

Appreciate fish, esp Tuna, isn't great protein source... but the chicken is definitely better than a lot of what's on offer in UK supermarkets and Scrumbles is available in (some) Sainsbury's now - which is a great IMO.

 

We use Scrumbles dry food as treats and it goes down well! Bugsy will pull the bags out the cupboard if I leave the door open by accident.
Also used to have the tinkers on the wet food (not for every meal), and again it went down well. Only reason I switched was because Bee has trouble eating pate type foods. But the company seems great, the customer service is fab. Can't comment too much on ingredients as I am still learning but they mostly had chicken as I know fish isn't the best to feed all the time.

 

As a generalisation, when ZP carry food available on supermarket shelves, it's invariably more expensive. Convenient though if you can't get hold of it locally.

 

I wouldn't like to feed it regularly - every flavour is 20% liver :Wideyed

 

Happened to come across this new food on Zooplus: ' Scrumbles Grain Free wet cat food'.

- 85g
- complete food
- £6.99 8x85g OR £12.99 16x85g.

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Edit: having been informed by Maurey below that this isn't the best overall, I will definitely avoid. Thank you.

My local big Sainsbury's stocked it too; they quite liked it I seem to recall. Not sure if it's still available there. And, feeding five, it was a bit costly.

 

We sell it in the Sainsbury's I work in.
I bought it a while ago and my cat ate it. That was before she got into her super fussy period.
There's a lot of grain free options available now and cheaper than this.