Addiction brand cat food?

Has anyone used this brand? I am trying to find a good quality (dry) food that my cat with food allergies can eat. The list of foods he can eat it VERY short, and he's already turned down 1 of the brands... I need a dry food as he refuses to eat canned.

Has anyone tried this brand?

The formula is called "Addiction Viva La Venison"

INGREDIENTS: Venison Meal, Dried Potatoes, Chicken Fat (Free from Chicken Protein and naturally preserved with Mixed Tocopherols - a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Dried Egg, Dried Kelp, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dried Carrots, Dried Cranberries, Dried Apples, Dried Spinach, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Brewers Dried Yeast, Lecithin, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus niger Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E, Iron Proteinate, Dried Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Insulin (from chicory root), Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Taurine, DL-Methionine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine (Vitamin B1), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6), Vitamin B12, Beta Carotene, Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Sodium Selenite, Rosemary Extract

Originally Posted by Nekochan

Has anyone used this brand? I am trying to find a good quality (dry) food that my cat with food allergies can eat. The list of foods he can eat it VERY short, and he's already turned down 1 of the brands... I need a dry food as he refuses to eat canned.

Has anyone tried this brand?

The formula is called "Addiction Viva La Venison"

INGREDIENTS: Venison Meal, Dried PotatoesHigh starch = High carbs , Chicken Fat (Free from Chicken Protein and naturally preserved with Mixed Tocopherols - a source of Vitamin E)Would like to know how they can guarantee free of protein without some heavy processing yielding the fat rancid , Natural Flavors, Dried Egg, Dried Kelp, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Dried Carrots, Dried Cranberries, Dried Apples, Dried Spinach, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Brewers Dried Yeast, Lecithin, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus niger Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Extract, Choline Chloride, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E, Iron Proteinate, Dried Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Insulin (from chicory root), Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Taurine, DL-Methionine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine (Vitamin B1), Biotin (Vitamin B7), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6), Vitamin B12, Beta Carotene, Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Sodium Selenite, Rosemary Extract

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Solid but nothing IMHO to write home about

Originally Posted by sharky

Solid but nothing IMHO to write home about

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Well at this point it's either that or the prescription Royal Canin which is what I'm feeding now...
I was hoping the Addiction food would be better quality than the Royal Canin because I can't find any other foods out there that he will actually eat and don't include the ingredients my vet said to avoid.

This is the Royal Canin stuff he's eating right now:

Ground pea, rabbit meal, pea protein, coprah oil, rabbit, soya oil, natural flavors, calcium sulfate, anchovy oil (source of EPA/DHA), sodium bisulfate, monocalcium phosphate, DL-methionine, salt, taurine, Vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), inositol, niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], choline chloride, Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], rosemary extract, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols (source of vitamin E) and citric acid.

Originally Posted by Nekochan

Well at this point it's either that or the prescription Royal Canin which is what I'm feeding now...
I was hoping the Addiction food would be better quality than the Royal Canin because I can't find any other foods out there that he will actually eat and don't include the ingredients my vet said to avoid.

This is the Royal Canin stuff he's eating right now:

Ground peaHigh in starch and quickly rising in the allergy ring, rabbit meal, pea protein, coprah oil, rabbit, soya oil, natural flavors, calcium sulfate, anchovy oil (source of EPA/DHA), sodium bisulfate, monocalcium phosphate, DL-methionine, salt this high up = food does not taste good

, taurine, Vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), inositol, niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], choline chloride, Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium iodate, sodium selenite], rosemary extract, preserved with natural mixed tocopherols (source of vitamin E) and citric acid.

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Truly what he is on is about the same... I prefer the rabbit to venison... basically in digestion and oriental medicine the rabbit is likely to decrease inflammation and the venison is likely to increase it ... So for a allergic animal I would choose the rabbit

Originally Posted by sharky

Truly what he is on is about the same... I prefer the rabbit to venison... basically in digestion and oriental medicine the rabbit is likely to decrease inflammation and the venison is likely to increase it ... So for a allergic animal I would choose the rabbit

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That's a good point, actually that is why my vet had me put my dog on rabbit based food (Instinct rabbit) so I guess we'll just stick with this until I can get his allergy symptoms under control, and maybe then we can try a different protein.

As your having diffidculty finding a suitable brand do you have to feed dry at all? I will probobly be shot down here for asking this rather than just answering the question , but i wanted to know.

Originally Posted by Alias

As your having diffidculty finding a suitable brand do you have to feed dry at all? I will probobly be shot down here for asking this rather than just answering the question

, but i wanted to know.

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I realize you like raw but realize this is Not the raw forum... People ask General questions on foods and nutrition...... This one is on Finding or Comparing a dry food... If you have nothing to say on topic why bother posting on the thread?

Rabbit often works for allergies ... and at least you know it has the deficiency s added back ..

Originally Posted by Alias

As your having diffidculty finding a suitable brand do you have to feed dry at all?

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At this point I do. I have a cat with severe allergies who refuses to eat canned/cooked/raw food and is underweight/losing weight, so I basically have to go with what he will eat right now and doesn't contain the ingredients we're avoiding. Once we get his weight up and his symptoms under control and pinpoint the causes of his allergies better, I'll probably try to get him to eat something other than dry food.

It's been really frustrating to try to find an acceptable food! Most of the dry foods, even if they are called a 'turkey formula' or 'venison formula' or whatever protein, they still have chicken and/or fish in the ingredients list.

Originally Posted by sharky

I realize you like raw but realize this is Not the raw forum...

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But i didn't mention raw???????

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think Addiction also makes a canned food with unagi and another one with bushtail. I think the former is a seafood kind of thing and bushtail...not sure. But they would definitely fall under the unique protein category. You could try those if you can find them