Royal Canin Beauty & Fit 37

One of my friends wants to switch her girl to this food, and I know nothing about it.

I visited the website, and the marketing sounds REALLY GOOD!

But is it true?

A Beautiful Coat.
* A sleek silhouette is beautiful and also a reflection of your cat's good health.
* Nothing is more attractive than a cat with a glossy coat. The coat color is determined by the presence of melanin in the hair. Special nutrients can help to reveal all its beauty.
* Almost constant shedding in indoor cats puts a permanent strain on the skin's metabolism. The coat and skin use up to 30% of dietary protein to renew and to maintain suppleness and gloss.

NATURAL COLOR FORCE
An exclusive nutrient system that enhances the intensity of the hair's natural pigmentation leaving your cat more beautiful than ever.

HAIRBALL MICRO-NUTRITION
A combination of targeted micro-nutrients (vitamins, essential fatty acids, amino acids, chelated trace elements), in just the right quantities to nourish the coat.

YOUTH COMPLEX 600/300
A complex of synergistic antioxidants (green tea polyphenols and high concentrations of vitamins E & C) that helps keep your can young by combating the attack of free radicals responsible for cellular damage.

OPTIMAL CALORIE CONTROL
Provides an ideal balance between the food's energy supply and your cat's energy expenditure, in relation to its lifestyle and level of activity.

TARTAR CONTROL
Improves oral hygiene by reducing the occurrence of tartar deposits on your cat's teeth.

HAIRBALL SYSTEM
Stimulates the elimination of hairs from the intestines and reduces the risk of hairball formation.

Ingredients
Chicken meal, corn gluten meal, rice, corn, chicken fat (preserved with natural mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract, and citric acid), chicken, natural chicken flavor, pea fiber, rice hulls, beet pulp, dried brewers yeast, soya oil, salmon oil, salt, potassium chloride, choline chloride, DL-methionine, borage oil, dried egg powder, 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, folic acid, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement], Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], L-carnitine, green tea extract.

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein \tNot less than \t37.0%
Crude Fat \tNot less than \t9.0%
Crude Fiber \tNot more than \t9.0%
Moisture \tNot more than \t9.3%
Magnesium \tNot more than \t0.1%
Taurine \tNot less than \t0.2%
Vitamin E \tNot less than \t500 mg/kg
Vitamin C* \tNot less than \t200 mg/kg
Omega 6* \tNot less than \t4.18%
Omega 3* \tNot less than \t0.53%
L-Carnitine* \tNot less than \t100 mg/kg
Green Tea Extract* \tNot less than \t50 mg/kg


I recommended her the food I feed my girls, but I sense she is SMITTEN with all the marketing and pretty words on their website.

Do YOU think it will make her kitty beautiful and fit?

I believe GoldenKitty45 may be feeding this. Check with her. If it is indeed this food, she swears by it.

Ingredients
Chicken mealcorn gluten meal,Corn or corn gluten is fine but why both and in such high amounts??? rice, corn, chicken fat (preserved with natural mixed tocopherols, rosemary extracttummy upset causer in some, and citric acid), chicken, natural chicken flavor, pea fiber, rice hullsone or the other for fiber both???, beet pulp, dried brewers yeast, soya oil,this is SOYBEAN OIL... good but some can be allergic salmon oil, salttoo high up for me , potassium chloride, choline chloride, DL-methioninevery good for UTI health strait from my vet , borage oil, dried egg powder, 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, folic acid, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement], Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], L-carnitine, green tea extract.

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein Not less than 37.0%great cept alot of it is from corn
Crude Fat Not less than 9.0%
Crude Fiber Not more than 9.0%ave is 3-6% so this is HIGH
Moisture Not more than 9.3%
Magnesium Not more than 0.1%a bit high for uti health
Taurine Not less than 0.2%
Vitamin E Not less than 500 mg/kg
Vitamin C* Not less than 200 mg/kg
Omega 6* Not less than 4.18%
Omega 3* Not less than 0.53%
L-Carnitine* Not less than 100 mg/kgnice amount
Green Tea Extract* Not less than 50 mg/kg
one meat to two grain .... not the greatest but satisfactory
Overall a good food but there are better for the $$$

*nods* that is what I thought, marketing people sure do make things sound good.

I wonder which ingredients they refer to for intensifying the pigmentation of kitty's coats.

that I cant tell ya ... cept for food that is fairly digestable would help

thanks sharky,

i guess ill just recommend her to feed felidae or one of the innova lines.
i don't think her girl has any allergy issues.

i think the main thing for her is to get away from the mentality that whats priced the highest is not necessarily the best in the pet store.