what is your opinion on these cat food brands?

mewlittle · Jan 9, 2013

I just wanted to see what your guys opinions are on these cat food brands i see allot of people saying its good and or bad lol

I asked because i buy the no grains 85% of the time 15%the ones with grains if i cant mak it to petco or order online I just wanted to see whats your opinions on them all

No grain cat foods

solid gold indigo moon dry

solid gold wet

nutro wet

soulistic wet

BG dry

wellness core wet

nature variety wet and dry chicken

food with grains in it

nutro dry

Rival dry <biglots

Petpride wet <Kroger

Friskies wet

smitten4kittens · Jan 9, 2013

Hi Mewlittle. Solid Gold is a good quality food but it's not good to feed much tuna because of the mercury. I wouldn't feed this very often. Do they make non-fish flavors? I haven't looked lately.

Soulistic has real meat which is good but it's high in carbs (: Maybe once in a while.

I like the BG line. Just don't feed the BG CANNED right now. There is a mold re-call on that.

I like Wellness Core and Nature's Variety a lot.

I haven't tried Nutro but it looks fine.

I have heard Friskies wet is a good way to keep costs down while still keeping protein pretty high.

mewlittle · Jan 9, 2013

smitten4kittens said:
Hi Mewlittle. Solid Gold is a good quality food but it's not good to feed much tuna because of the mercury. I wouldn't feed this very often. Do they make non-fish flavors? I haven't looked lately.

Soulistic has real meat which is good but it's high in carbs (: Maybe once in a while.

I like the BG line. Just don't feed the BG CANNED right now. There is a mold re-call on that.

I like Wellness Core and Nature's Variety a lot.

I haven't tried Nutro but it looks fine.

I have heard Friskies wet is a good way to keep costs down while still keeping protein pretty high.

I was going to buy 4 cans of BG wet but something in my head told me to put it back on the selvs i'm happy i listened to the little voice that said no and i think solid gold has non fish flavors and i really like the wellness core and nature variety and my cats LOVE soulistic but i'm going to use that as a speciel treat or rotate it

smitten4kittens · Jan 9, 2013

Mine LOVE Soulistic too. It's Petco's version of Weruva. Same exact ingredients for a better price.

I was surprised when I heard it was high carb. But they still get it once in a while because they deserve a yummy treat sometimes and I like the real meat.

mewlittle · Jan 9, 2013

smitten4kittens said:
Mine LOVE Soulistic too. It's Petco's version of Weruva. Same exact ingredients for a better price.

I was surprised when I heard it was high carb. But they still get it once in a while because they deserve a yummy treat sometimes and I like the real meat.

its a petco food? hmm then why would petfooddirect sell it? or did they buy it from pet to sell it hmm interesting

smitten4kittens · Jan 9, 2013

That is interesting. The only place I've seen it is at the actual Petco store and was told it was their store brand. Hmm...

mewlittle · Jan 9, 2013

smitten4kittens said:
That is interesting. The only place I've seen it is at the actual Petco store and was told it was their store brand. Hmm...

hmm now i cant find it on petfooddirect it coul have been temporarly hmm i'll look again later

Willowy · Jan 10, 2013

My take on them:

solid gold indigo moon dry: pretty good. Expensive! Comparable to Taste of the Wild but TOTW is cheaper.

solid gold wet: don't they only make tuna flavor? Don't feed too much fish.

nutro wet: pretty good, not too expensive. I buy it sometimes.

soulistic wet: good quality, buy high in carbs. A nice treat

BG dry: I like it, as far as dry foods go. Not terribly expensive, compared to other grain-free dry foods.

wellness core wet: I haven't tried it. The ingredients look good.

nature variety wet and dry chicken: NV is a very good food all around. But yikes on the price!

nutro dry: OK for the price. Not the best but better than a lot of the alternatives.

Rival dry @ biglots: pure garbage. No nutrition at all.

Petpride wet @ Kroger: I don't have a Kroger and I can't find the ingredients online. But Hy-vee brand wet food is fairly decent so maybe theirs is too. Check the ingredient list.

Friskies wet: pretty good, as long as it's the paté flavors. The shreds and chunks and stuff all have wheat gluten.

mewlittle · Jan 10, 2013

Willowy said:
My take on them:

solid gold indigo moon dry: pretty good. Expensive! Comparable to Taste of the Wild but TOTW is cheaper.

solid gold wet: don't they only make tuna flavor? Don't feed too much fish.

nutro wet: pretty good, not too expensive. I buy it sometimes.

soulistic wet: good quality, buy high in carbs. A nice treat

BG dry: I like it, as far as dry foods go. Not terribly expensive, compared to other grain-free dry foods.

wellness core wet: I haven't tried it. The ingredients look good.

nature variety wet and dry chicken: NV is a very good food all around. But yikes on the price!

nutro dry: OK for the price. Not the best but better than a lot of the alternatives.

Rival dry @ biglots: pure garbage. No nutrition at all.

Petpride wet @ Kroger: I don't have a Kroger and I can't find the ingredients online. But Hy-vee brand wet food is fairly decent so maybe theirs is too. Check the ingredient list.

Friskies wet: pretty good, as long as it's the paté flavors. The shreds and chunks and stuff all have wheat gluten.

I know friskies none patÉ has wheat glutein so i stick with patÉ only and i use solid gold wet once in a while and all my cats love nature variety but it get expesive and solid gold was on sale so i bought it my at6s like it and nutro WET not dry is pretty good I got wellness core it looked like something you'll use to start your cat on a raw diet and i'll post the indgredients of petpride later

mrsgreenjeens · Jan 11, 2013

Someone please help me understand how Soulistic is high in carbs.

Thanks!

smitten4kittens · Jan 11, 2013

Not counting water, tapioca starch is the 2nd ingredient. It's one of the highest carb foods on Lisa Pierson's 2012 cat food chart. I was very surprised too!

mewlittle · Jan 11, 2013

I don't see how its startchy when is real meat hmm i just opened some cans today again you know how you cook chicken with its broth in it and put it in the fridge and the broth turns into a jelly thats how the cat food looks refridgerated chicken

ldg · Jan 11, 2013

Soulistic is made by Weruva. The guaranteed analysis provides very different numbers, and both Soulistic and Weruva look great from a carb perspective based on the guaranteed analysis numbers. But Dr. Pierson took the time to contact the companies to get the average nutritional analysis, which is FAR more accurate, rather than something just based on "minimums" and "maximums." Soulistic and Weruva were both surprising to me - and are those that appear to deviate the furthest on an average nutritional basis from their "guaranteed analysis" basis. Bottom line? That potato starch or tapioca add a LOT of carbs. :sigh:

mrsgreenjeens · Jan 11, 2013

smitten4kittens said:
Not counting water, tapioca starch is the 2nd ingredient. It's one of the highest carb foods on Lisa Pierson's 2012 cat food chart. I was very surprised too!

This is so weird, I KNOW I responded to this, because I actually called Soulistic this afternoon after reading your reply, and now I don't see my response. Anyway, they told me that their President is in discussions with Dr. Pierson because of her food chart, since they believe Soulistic is very LOW carb. I'm still a proponent of it and will recommend it as a less expensive alternative for people seeking grain free. Also, not ALL of Soulistic formulas contain Tapioca Starch...only those "with gravy".

mewlittle · Jan 11, 2013

mrsgreenjeens said:
This is so weird, I KNOW I responded to this, because I actually called Soulistic this afternoon after reading your reply, and now I don't see my response. Anyway, they told me that their President is in discussions with Dr. Pierson because of her food chart, since they believe Soulistic is very LOW carb. I'm still a proponent of it and will recommend it as a less expensive alternative for people seeking grain free. Also, not ALL of Soulistic formulas contain Tapioca Starch...only those "with gravy".

I bought the brownish can does it contain starch? i forget if it does or not i want to try other flavors on my kittys when i go to petco again

just mike · Jan 11, 2013

Mewlittle said:
I just wanted to see what your guys opinions are on these cat food brands i see allot of people saying its good and or bad lol
I asked because i buy the no grains 85% of the time 15%the ones with grains if i cant mak it to petco or order online I just wanted to see whats your opinions on them all

No grain cat foods
solid gold indigo moon dry
solid gold wet
nutro wet
soulistic wet
BG dry
wellness core wet
nature variety wet and dry chicken

food with grains in it
nutro dry
Rival dry

mewlittle · Jan 11, 2013

NutroMike said:
I have not fed any of the Petco brands. I usually don't shop there. Have nothing at all against Petco either, just too far away. Naturally I love the Nutro brands

Soulistic seems to be a decent wet food and is Petsmart's brand. I've fed it to the cats and they like it. Wellness Core is good, my cats like it, but I have reservations for other reasons. Have never heard of, or used Rival dry or Petpride. Doubt my post helps but you're asking for opinions

Rival is biglots and petpride is kroger

what is petsmarts brand? i don't have a pet smart but im curious like a cat hahaha

my3grrlz · Jan 12, 2013

Simply Nourish is PetSmart

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11496995&lmdn=Food&f=PAD/psNotAvailInUS/No

i just recently got my cats started on simply nourish. i do have a thread about it..from earlier in the hour.

smitten4kittens · Jan 12, 2013

Petsmart also has their own store brand called Authority.

mewlittle · Jan 12, 2013

I thought i saw authority on a different pet food site -_-

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