Best wet food for under a dollar

Currently, all three of my cats eat Wellness Core dry. Two out of the three are overweight, and I'm going to switch all of them over to wet food entirely. I've been seeing that people have been having great weight loss results with wet food diets.

The problem is that the wellness wet food (and the other grain free brands) are pretty expensive. I want to continue to feed a good quality grain free food, but I don't want to spend an additional 60-70 dollars a month to do it if I don't have to.

Are there any good quality grain free wet foods that are in the $1.00 a can (5.5oz) range or below? The 12oz wellness cans are a good deal, but I'm still doubling my food budget.

Tons ... Do you know how to search on site?

What about Natural Balance Limited Ingredient? Venison, duck, salmon and chicken and green pea... Tho' I am having problems finding the last two canned versions. I think Petco carries them. They are new.

How big are the cats? I could potentially feed 3 cats on just alittle more than 1 large can (13 oz) a day. And if a bought from petfooddirect with 15% or more it would be pretty inexpensive. I currently buy EVO 95% meat cans from petfooddirect for none raw days--which are rare, except for instances like now when I have pneumonia and no energy to do raw.

Leslie

Has anyone tried the Authority brand that Petsmart carries? I think its actually a Petsmart "brand" but they don't say that. Anyway, I've been feeding their canned food to my cats and have been pretty happy with it? The ingredients look pretty good to me and my cats tolerate it better than many of the other brands I've tried (i.e. they don't puke it up). Its $.64 for the 6 oz. cans which is a pretty darn good deal when you're feeding as many kittehs as I am.

Authority by Petsmart is a great wet food. I have fed it a lot in my house. It is what I raised Ginger's kittens on.

Leslie

Foods that a 5-6 oz can is about 1$ or UNDER

Natural balance ( usually at the feed stores about 89 cents )
Nutro ( see above)
BFF ( specialty pet )
Eagle pack
Pro pac
Chicken soup
Meow mix
Fancy feast ( 3 oz usually 40-50 cents )
Brandon farms ( grocery stores)
Petguard ( comes in 3, 6 and 14 oz) ( grocery natural section or health food or pet store)
Authority
Petcos new one
Blue buffalo ( sale is about 1$ )
By nature

Foods under 50 cents ( most have by products )
Western family ( grocery store)( this has 6 and 21 oz cans the large ones are 1.05-1.40 in my area )
Pets pride( grocery stores)

Sophistacat (sold @ petsmart) is the canned I was feeding before switching over to raw. It has by-products but is grainfree. The best one they have is "elegant entree" which has a dark pink label. Try to get better than this but if you can't its $0.39 for a 5.5 ounce can (at least at the petsmart I go too).

Top 10 ingrediants: poultry by-products, turkey, water suffecient for processing, meat by-products, animal liver, fish, guar gum, flaxseed oil, then all the vitamins/minerals.

Is Authority kitten friendly?

authority has kitten formula in a can

Originally Posted by Dave T

Is Authority kitten friendly?

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Authority has two "flavors" of canned kitten food--chicken & liver and chicken & lamb I believe. This is what I have been feeding all my foster kittens along with the dry Authority kitten formula and they seem to be doing well.

Originally Posted by iheartmycats

Has anyone tried the Authority brand that Petsmart carries? I think its actually a Petsmart "brand" but they don't say that. Anyway, I've been feeding their canned food to my cats and have been pretty happy with it? The ingredients look pretty good to me and my cats tolerate it better than many of the other brands I've tried (i.e. they don't puke it up). Its $.64 for the 6 oz. cans which is a pretty darn good deal when you're feeding as many kittehs as I am.

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Yes, I looked at Authority and bought a few favours to try. I think the ingredients look good. Just my Panther does not like it that much.

Originally Posted by iheartmycats

Authority has two "flavors" of canned kitten food--chicken & liver and chicken & lamb I believe. This is what I have been feeding all my foster kittens along with the dry Authority kitten formula and they seem to be doing well.

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Thanks very much for the help! Blake and I will be venturing out tonight to grab a couple of cans for Calvin and Hobbes. I am sure they will be very appreciative as well.

Originally Posted by sharky

Foods that a 5-6 oz can is about 1$ or UNDER

Natural balance ( usually at the feed stores about 89 cents )
Nutro ( see above)
BFF ( specialty pet )
Eagle pack
Pro pac
Chicken soup
Meow mix
Fancy feast ( 3 oz usually 40-50 cents )
Brandon farms ( grocery stores)
Petguard ( comes in 3, 6 and 14 oz) ( grocery natural section or health food or pet store)
Authority
Petcos new one
Blue buffalo ( sale is about 1$ )
By nature

Foods under 50 cents ( most have by products )
Western family ( grocery store)( this has 6 and 21 oz cans the large ones are 1.05-1.40 in my area )
Pets pride( grocery stores)

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WOW! Where do you find NB for .89 cents?! Its $1.09 a can here.

What is the new one from Petco? Is it like Petsmart's Authority line?

I have been giving my diabetic cat Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys Shredded Fare since she went on a hunger strike against the vet's prescribed canned food about a year ago. I found this FF variety after doing some research regarding store-bought (non-prescription) cat food that would be ok for a diabetic cat. There is a formula, protein/fat/carbs (percentages) which I can't remember right now but this particular FF fell within the guidelines for diabetic needs. It basically has no grains and a reasonable amount of fat. I buy this variety in brick-shaped boxes of (I think) 12 cans/box, and it costs around $11.00 at most supermarkets (Walmart used to sell the Shredded Fare in bricks for less $ but now only sells the Tuscany and Florentine styles in the bricks!). The three shredded flavors are chicken, tuna and turkey (shredded in a brothy sauce). The cans are the tiny ones though, not the full size cans like you get tuna fish in.
By the way if anyone knows of any other store brands that are ok for diabetic cats please respond, thanks!
MissMyra

Try Authority Cod flavored; my three act like it is "kitty crack" or something!!
Bobby
and the Gang