Solid Gold: good food?

Originally Posted by yiplong

I currently feed Natural Balance, my vet recommends that I feed Solid Gold or Castor & Pollux Natural Ultramix (whether he gets kickback from them I don't know). Here are the ingredients for the three brands, which do you think is superior?

Natural Balance
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Brown Riceharder to digest than white , Duck, Lamb Mealcan cause tummy issues or jt issues in SOME, Potatoescan be an allergen, Chicken Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols, Vitamin E) Canola Oil, Oatmealeasy to digest but with two other carbs??, Fish MealWHO, Brewers Yeast, Rosemary ExtractKnown to cause tummy issues, Dried Skimmed MilkWHY and can have lactose which most adult cats are itolerent, Natural Flavor, Dried Eggs, Carrots, Whole Ground Flaxseedfairly un usable in this form , Kelp, DL Methionine, Dried Cranberries, Lecithin, Parsley Flakes, Tomato Pomace, Taurine, Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin C Supplement, Yucca Schidigera, Folic Acid, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Vitamin K Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Ethylene Dihydriodide, Sodium Selenite.

Castor & Pollux Natural Ultramix
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Fish MealWHO , Ground Whole Grain Barley, Oats Groats, Brewers Rice, Potatoes,Four starches ie carbs in a row two are very low grade OAT groats and Brewers rice , Barley is wheats sister yet is not as easy to digest Chicken Fat preserved with Mixed Tocopherols (form of vitamin E), Salmon Meal, Dried Egg Product, Brewers Dried Yeast, Fruit and Vegetable Mix (Dried Carrots, Dried Bananas, Dried Papaya, Dried Apples, Dried Blueberries), WHY so many ?? , and these are dehydrated and not in the kibble, Natural Chicken Flavor, Ground Flaxseed, Sodium Bisulfite, SaltTO high for my taste at this level it is for TASTE , Potassium Chloride. Choline Chloride, Taurine, Ascorbyl-2 Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C). Zinc Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Maganese Proteinate. Vitamin E Supplement. Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate. Niacin, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganous Oxide, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1). Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (source of Vitamin B6). Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin K1 Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin D3 Supplement. Cobalt Carbonate,Yeast Culture (Saccharomyes Cerevisiae), Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacilus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergilus Niger Fermentaion Extract, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract and Fermentation Solubles.

Solid Gold
Lamb mostly water and see the NB note on lamb, Chicken Meal, Brown Rice, Millet,two grains in a row Menhaden Fish Mealthe only fish NOT for human consumption, Cracked Pearled Barleyanother grain, Rice Bran, Canola Oil, Flaxseed Oil, flax oil is the best for that ... not a canola fan,GarlicCAN cause anemia best used not in food but as a medicine by a VET , Amaranthanother grain, Blueberries, Dried Chicory Root, Taurine, Carotene, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, (a chelated source of iron), Zinc Proteinate (a chelated source of zinc), Copper Proteinate (a chelated source of copper), Manganese Proteinate (a chelated source of manganese), Potassium Iodide, Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Selenite, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (vitamin B6), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin, Vitamin D Supplement, Folic Acid.

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Originally Posted by sharky

All three are good//// If your cats does well with the NB the next I would try would be the castor

all are holistic... and in dry cat food IMHO = lots of grain...

SD has only 12% fat VERY low yet is labelled all stage

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