Hairball Formula Food

Are there any dry cat foods that are hairball control and don't have wheat, corn, or soy? It's spring here (aka above 60 and raining ) and the farm cats are having hairball problems because they are shedding so much. I can't find any hairball control foods that are at petsmart that fit the ingrediants that I need to use. So, is there such a food and does it work?

oat fiber and corn / wheat actually aid in hairball removal ...

I think blue spa has a no corn one but I think it has barley which IMHO is wheat

I found a few foods:

Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul Senior Hairball:
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 30% Minimum
Crude Fat 13.0% Minimum
Crude Fiber 8.0% Maximum
Moisture 10.0% Maximum
Zinc 150 mg/kg Minimum
Selenium 0.4 mg/kg Minimum
Vitamin E 300 IU/kg Minimum
Taurine 0.15% Minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids * 2.2% Minimum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids * 0.4% Minimum
L-Carnitine * 40 mg/kg Minimum

* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profile.

Calorie Content: 3,413 kcal/kg (319 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy.


Ingredients
Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, ocean fish meal, white rice, powdered cellulose, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), potatoes, oatmeal, millet, natural chicken flavor, salmon, turkey, duck, flaxseed, egg product, potassium chloride, methionine, choline chloride, dried chicory root, taurine, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, yucca schidigera extract, L-carnitine, dried fermentation products of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

Proffesional Light Hairball (its the only kind they make, but i wish it wasn't light):

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 32.0% Minimum
Crude Fat 9.0% Minimum
Crude Fiber 8.0% Maximum
Moisture 10.0% Maximum
Zinc 225 mg/kg Minimum
Selenium 0.4 mg/kg Minimum
Vitamin E 150 IU/kg Minimum
Taurine 0.1% Minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids * 1.7% Minimum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids * 0.3% Minimum
L-Carnitine * 30 mg/kg Minimum

* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profile.

Calorie Content: 3,250 kcal/kg (304 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy.


Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, millet, potato protein, powdered cellulose, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), natural chicken flavor, flaxseed, sodium bisulfate, ocean fish meal, methionine, choline chloride, taurine, L-Carnitine, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, yucca schidigera extract, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.


of the two which would be better?

Originally Posted by furryfriends50

I found a few foods:

Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul Senior Hairball:
Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 30% Minimum
Crude Fat 13.0% Minimum
Crude Fiber 8.0% Maximum likely what is making it "hairball " but this can cause constipation in some as the norm for fiber is 3-5%
Moisture 10.0% Maximum
Zinc 150 mg/kg Minimum
Selenium 0.4 mg/kg Minimum
Vitamin E 300 IU/kg Minimum
Taurine 0.15% Minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids * 2.2% Minimum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids * 0.4% Minimum low normal
L-Carnitine * 40 mg/kg Minimum

* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profile.

Calorie Content: 3,413 kcal/kg (319 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy.


Ingredients
Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, ocean fish meal, white rice, powdered cellulose, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), potatoes, oatmeal, millet, natural chicken flavor, salmon, turkey, duck, flaxseed, egg product, potassium chloride, methionine, choline chloride, dried chicory root, taurine, kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, yucca schidigera extract, L-carnitine, dried fermentation products of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

Proffesional Light Hairball (its the only kind they make, but i wish it wasn't light):

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 32.0% Minimum
Crude Fat 9.0% Minimum
Crude Fiber 8.0% Maximum
Moisture 10.0% Maximum
Zinc 225 mg/kg Minimum
Selenium 0.4 mg/kg Minimum
Vitamin E 150 IU/kg Minimum
Taurine 0.1% Minimum
Omega-6 Fatty Acids * 1.7% Minimum
Omega-3 Fatty Acids * 0.3% Minimum very low
L-Carnitine * 30 mg/kg Minimum

* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profile.

Calorie Content: 3,250 kcal/kg (304 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy.


Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, millet, potato protein, powdered cellulose, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), natural chicken flavor, flaxseed, sodium bisulfate, ocean fish meal, methionine, choline chloride, taurine, L-Carnitine, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, yucca schidigera extract, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.


of the two which would be better?

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i would say the first one based on fatty acids which also aid in hairball control

Wellness Indoor? Not sure about ingredients, but I feed it and am happy with it. I have 3 long-haired cats. I've been expecting hairballs now that the weather is sort of warmer but haven't seen any yet.

i got the chicken soup hairball kind ($25 for 18 pounds(?).

i also got wellness, not sure what kind, so going to slowly switch to mixing those two into the kirkland for a while. hopefully it will help.

i finally was able to go to the store with all the good brands - and it was cheaper than i thought it would be. i had tried to figure out the price by going on petfooddirect and figured it would be $230 but only was $200 for 6 large bags of food i got 2 bags of instinct, a bag of: chicken soup, wellness, katz-n-flocken (or something like that!), and natural balance. thats enough dry food to last 2 months for me, so i am happy. i mix it with kirkland, which the farm still is going to pay for.