[sante]

Just noticed today that Orijen (Champion Pet Foods) have made a new grain free dry cat food called

ORIJEN Regional Red Cat

which contains

wild boar, Alberta lamb, Black Angus beef, heritage pork and bison

Sounds delicious, but I am trying to find out how many carbohydrates are loaded in it.

This is the entire ingredients list:

Boneless wild boar (6%), boneless lamb (6%), boneless beef (6%), beef liver (6%), boneless pork (6%), whole herring (6%), pork liver (5%), dehydrated beef (5%), dehydrated lamb (5%), dehydrated herring (5%), dehydrated salmon (4%), dehydrated Pollock (4%), lamb fat (4%), green lentils, chickpeas, red lentils, bison (3%), whole egg (3%), yellow peas, beef tripe (2%), herring oil (2%), lamb liver (1%), beef kidney (1%), alfalfa, kelp, pumpkin, squash, spinach, carrots, apples, pears, cranberries, chicory root, dandelion root, chamomile, peppermint leaf, ginger root, caraway seeds, turmeric, rose hips, freeze-dried lamb liver, freeze-dried beef liver, freeze-dried wild boar liver, freeze-dried tripe.

I won't be feeding this Rosie but I do like to keep up to date with what is around

 

[Jannor]

I couldn't feed it even if I wanted to - Ben throws lamb straight back up

 

[tochica]

Sounds delicious, but I am trying to find out how many carbohydrates are loaded in it.

G/A states 20% max - Regional Red | Orijen

I have it written in my notebook that the 'old formula' was 18.5. I guess those are not set in stone values and vary from batch to batch, anyway?

 

[EskimoJo]

I'm new to all this, but isn't that a LOT of different animal sources for one food? Is this common?

 

[sante]

I'm new to all this, but isn't that a LOT of different animal sources for one food? Is this common?

Hi there and welcome to the forum. Yes it is quite common that cat foods have lots of animal sources, the reason behind this is because in doing this the food provides lots of protein sources and flavours. You will find some wet foods have beef, pork and chicken in them, here is an example of mixed meats: http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/canned_cat_food_pouches/grau/grau_gourmet_grainfree/221810 (rabbit, beef and duck or turkey, salmon and mackerel).

 

[EskimoJo]

Hi there and welcome to the forum. Yes it is quite common that cat foods have lots of animal sources, the reason behind this is because in doing this the food provides lots of protein sources and flavours. You will find some wet foods have beef, pork and chicken in them, here is an example of mixed meats: Grau Gourmet Grain-Free 6 x 100g at zooplus (rabbit, beef and duck or turkey, salmon and mackerel).

Ohhhhh! The ingredients list above is for different flavour varieties? I thought all those animals were in one packet! 5 types of mammals, 2 types of fish and egg (chicken?), all at equal-ish percentages. Add all the meats! Lol!

Sorry, I got confused.

Thanks for the welcome!

 

[lorilu]

Ohhhhh! The ingredients list above is for different flavour varieties? I thought all those animals were in one packet! 5 types of mammals, 2 types of fish and egg (chicken?), all at equal-ish percentages. Add all the meats! Lol!

Sorry, I got confused.

Thanks for the welcome!

No you had it right, those are all in the same food. However the food is still extremely high in carbohydrates, still full of fillers like fruits and vegetables, and worst of all, it is dry.

 

[EskimoJo]

Oh! *going in circles*

Wouldn't it be difficult to determine a pet's tastes and intolerances if sooo many meat sources are mixed up? (plus, yes the carbs and dryness...) Or I suppose you're less likely to miss out on essential nutrients if there are lots of sources of meat...? :-/

 

[lorilu]

I'm with you EskimoJo, I don't like to mix proteins like that.

I feed canned and raw, single protein meals.

I'm not a fan of Orjen in any case.

Or I suppose you're less likely to miss out on essential nutrients if there are lots of sources of meat..

I suppose that might be one of their theories. Since people who feed dry often feed only one food all the time. But since its the same food all the time, I wouldn't think it would make that much difference. Those meats are pretty much processed to death anyway, since they are in a commercial food, not to mention dry. They still have to add back in all the vitamins and minerals.