I was just at the supermarket picking up some wine, and decided to go down the cat food isle.
I wanted to check the quantity of meat in dry cat foods.
I compared Iams, Whiskers, Felix and Go Cat (as these were all that are available in the supermarker) and was shocked to see that there is as little as 4% meat products in most of them. And that is 4% meat products, not actual real meat.
Iams was the best out of the 4 with over 29% real chicken in their dried food.
It just hit it home to me at just how bad the supermarket brands can be. And how the food itself is pretty much empty of goodness.
I am now home, and have checked everything in my cupboard as I have build up a huge collection of random wet and dry food makes that I have picked up on the odd occasion when we suddenly run out of the good stuff without knowing. And I will be disposing off the bad ones showing poor figures on their contents.
I feel guilty of having fed Nigel the small ammounts of cheap stuff that I have in the past, and even though I have always known that the more expensive vet approved foods are obviously the best to feed, I will be feeding Nigel only the good stuff from now on.
Would you agree with this - or do you think that this is an over-reaction to foods that many people buy and may feet their own cats on successfully for years and years?
I wanted to check the quantity of meat in dry cat foods.
I compared Iams, Whiskers, Felix and Go Cat (as these were all that are available in the supermarker) and was shocked to see that there is as little as 4% meat products in most of them. And that is 4% meat products, not actual real meat.
Iams was the best out of the 4 with over 29% real chicken in their dried food.
It just hit it home to me at just how bad the supermarket brands can be. And how the food itself is pretty much empty of goodness.
I am now home, and have checked everything in my cupboard as I have build up a huge collection of random wet and dry food makes that I have picked up on the odd occasion when we suddenly run out of the good stuff without knowing. And I will be disposing off the bad ones showing poor figures on their contents.
I feel guilty of having fed Nigel the small ammounts of cheap stuff that I have in the past, and even though I have always known that the more expensive vet approved foods are obviously the best to feed, I will be feeding Nigel only the good stuff from now on.
Would you agree with this - or do you think that this is an over-reaction to foods that many people buy and may feet their own cats on successfully for years and years?