Petcurean GO! vs. Nature's Variety Instinct Duck Flavors

I'm still working out a rotation for my cats as far as food. Right now, it looks like their main meals will be Soulistic Good Karma Chicken, TikiCat Koolina Luau and Sheba turkey and chicken pate flavors. I've also been feeding some Nature's Variety duck flavors to them.

They loved the can of Instinct duck I got them, but it's so expensive! I noticed on Amazon I can get 24 5.5oz cans of Petcurean GO! Sensitivity and Shine Duck for $43, compared to $30 for 12 cans of Instinct, but while the Petcurean is grain-free, it seems to have more fruit/vegetable ingredients. (It also has potato, but that actually might help my IBD kitty a bit.)

Has anyone compared the two? And is there anywhere I can buy a couple individual cans of Petcurean to let my cats sample it (and see if it's going to cause poop problems)?

(Also, I notice both formulas have dried kelp. The Nature's Variety LID does not, but none of them really care for that. Is dried kelp just another word for carrageenan?)

One of Raintyger's links has individual cans. It's this one:

http://www.itsapetslife.com/category.cfm/pets/Cat-Food/brand/PETCUREAN

Awesome, thank you! I thought I had checked there but I must have skipped it by accident.

EDIT: Never mind, I did check there. They don't have the flavor I am looking into, unfortunately.

Natures Instinct, might look at the dog food large cans a bit cheaper, it seems to be the same formula for rabbit dog and cat food, might be so for the duck flavors.

I'm sorry, I didn't check the flavors! I wonder if dried kelp is carrageenan too?

That is a very good point about the dog food.  It is so strange that I had forgotten about it.  You can get the 13.2 oz. cans for dogs.

Not sure about that, possible Iodine Supplement.

Petcurean removed Carrageenan as an ingredient a number of months ago, and you can request a coupon on the front page for a can.

DianaMc said:

 
I'm sorry, I didn't check the flavors! I wonder if dried kelp is carrageenan too?

That is a very good point about the dog food.  It is so strange that I had forgotten about it.  You can get the 13.2 oz. cans for dogs.

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Oh, that's alright! Thanks (and @jblackman) for the tip about the dog food, I will look into that. It seems like it would definitely be cheaper per ounce.

jace said:

Petcurean removed Carrageenan as an ingredient a number of months ago, and you can request a coupon on the front page for a can.

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If I can find somewhere around here that sells it, I will definitely use the coupon. Thank you!