Any reviews on "I luv my cat"?

Siold said:

Honestly, that is more protein than I would want to give my cats.

Nowhere near enough fat.

Not enough fiber either.

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Which do you mean has too much protein, not enough fat or fiber? Requirements depend on the age of the cat, of course.

I Love My Cat ?

Crude Protein (min) 10.0%

Crude Fat (min) 1.5%

Crude Fiber (max) 0.5%

Moisture (max) 84.0%

Ash 1.5%

or

Merrick?

Crude Protein (Min.)    10.00%

Crude Fat (Min.)    3.00%

Crude Fiber (Max.)    1.00%

Moisture (Max.)    78.00%

Ash (Max.)    2.10%

Taurine (Min.)    0.08%

I recently fed my cat this food and he got sick most likely due to the food. He got a virus and fever.

I just bought this food.. My cats love it..They hate Merrick, and a few other brands as well.  I have 8 cats, all 7 years or older.  I am constantly trying to get more water in them,because my vet told me that cats re notorious for not drinking enough, which is tough on the kidneys.  I am going to continue using I Luv My Cat for now.  I need to continue researching this brand, but so far I like it..

I just bought these recently after the recommendation to feet wet food to our kitty with urinary tract issues. I follow what what my grandmother used to do and mix a little dry food into the wet food to make it last, help with their teeth and ensure they get all nutrients needed.

Pet food industry consultant  Dr. Greg Aldrich  disagrees that Menadione is risk.!!!!!  “While small amounts of vitamin K are required in the diet and might be provided by whole ingredients or healthy gut fermentation, the uncertainty of these sources leads many petfood companies to supplement with commercial vitamin K3 (menadione).  Judicious use of nutritional vitamin K3 is clearly not toxic, so this notion that vitamin K3 as an ingredient in petfoods should not be used is unfounded and should be reversed.  Further, it is hoped that through education and communication, consumers can be made aware that not all that is printed on enthusiasts’ websites is correct.”

I disagree Dr. Aldrich.  Information is available to the toxic effects on humans (per material safety data sheet and research quoted by Linus Pauling Institute);  more than likely this information was initially researched on animals.  Regardless to your statement the ingredient has been used in pet foods for 50 years, there’s a reason menadione is considered toxic for humans…I have to assume this toxicity was discovered through test animals.  There’s more to the story of menadione you are not telling us.  (Darn those pet food enthusiasts websites.)

Personally, my pets will not be consuming any synthetic vitamin K.  Go natural vitamin K!

Pet food industry consultant Dr. Greg Aldrich disagrees that Menadione is risk.!!!! “While small amounts of vitamin K are required in the diet and might be provided by whole ingredients or healthy gut fermentation, the uncertainty of these sources leads many petfood companies to supplement with commercial vitamin K3 (menadione). Judicious use of nutritional vitamin K3 is clearly not toxic, so this notion that vitamin K3 as an ingredient in petfoods should not be used is unfounded and should be reversed. Further, it is hoped that through education and communication, consumers can be made aware that not all that is printed on enthusiasts’ websites is correct.”

I disagree Dr. Aldrich. Information is available to the toxic effects on humans (per material safety data sheet and research quoted by Linus Pauling Institute); more than likely this information was initially researched on animals. Regardless to your statement the ingredient has been used in pet foods for 50 years, there’s a reason menadione is considered toxic for humans…I have to assume this toxicity was discovered through test animals. There’s more to the story of menadione you are not telling us. (Darn those pet food enthusiasts websites.)

Personally, my pets will not be consuming any synthetic vitamin K. Go natural vitamin K!

All fat-soluble vitamins are toxic at high doses (look up what happens if you get too much vitamin D ). Well, everything in the world is toxic at a high enough dose, including water and oxygen! They do use menadione as a human supplement in less wealthy countries, it seems the FDA only disapproved for use in the US because of Americans' penchant for megadosing on vitamins :/. There's no evidence it's toxic in trace amounts such as those used in pet food.

Also, in order to have the required amount of naturally occurring vitamin K in a pet food, they'd have to use something like spinach or liver. Spinach isn't good for cats! The oxalates can interfere with calcium usage. And not all pet foods have liver in them, especially seafood flavors.