Opinion on Duck/Rabbit canned cat food

Could you guys give an opinion on this canned cat food at Petsmart.    For the price, it looks ok.  Granted there's no Ash content listed, but there are other brands of cat food that neglect to mention Ash content as well. 

It has guar gum and carrageenan gum (1st time I've seen carr..'gum'), yet so do many others...

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=13251458&lmdn=Food&f=PAD/psNotAvailInCA/No

edit: has rosemary extract,thyme and ginger...alrighty then, maybe it's not such a good deal. 

The link just took me to PetsMarts main page Marc.   Which brand/variety?

Woops, 

http://www.petsmart.com/product/ind...458&siteID=je6NUbpObpQ-PK3DFVHCAHnHsOzMhzPC4w

Only sold in Canada though, apparently not U.S. version of Petsmart.com website.

Hmm, the link works for me - odd.

It's Nutrience - Duck & Rabbit Cat Food 13 oz. 

Sold @ Petsmart in Canada

Here's the ingredients: 

• Ingredients: duck, rabbit, duck broth, brown rice, brewer's dried yeast, sunflower oil, guar gum, carrageenan gum, dried kelp, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, choline chloride, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), rosemary extract, thyme, ginger, taurine, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, niacin, zinc amino acid chelate, zinc sulphate, yucca schidigera extract, iron amino acid sulphate, iron sulphate, manganese amino acid chelate, manganese sulphate, copper amino acid chelate, copper sulphate, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulphite complex (source of vitamin K activity), biotin, sodium selenite and vitamin B12 supplement
• Guaranteed Analysis: Protein 10.0%, Fat 6.0%, Moisture 78.0%

I bolded the potentially bad items. 

Anyone - opinion on above Nutrience - Duck & Rabbit canned food? 

Would you steer clear or is it not so bad? 

Interesting.  I TRY to avoid cat food with carrageenan in it, however, that's difficult to do. But I'm really curious as to exactly wht carrageenan GUM is and why that use that PLUS dried kelp, when carrageenan is made out of kelp.  Also, the brewer's yeast is another ingredient that some folks find questionable, so that's another one that you just have to decide whether or not you want to feed it.  

All in all, I doubt it's a BAD food, but also doubt it's too low in carbs, since it does have brown rice.  But some premium brands have brown rice, like certain of the Wellness cans, and Newmans Own, and I'm sure several others. 

For me, though, bottom line is...will they eat it.  I have bought several organic, very low carb food, and my cats would go near them.  It's more important that they eat something than nothing.

Marc999 said:

 
Anyone - opinion on above Nutrience - Duck & Rabbit canned food? 

Would you steer clear or is it not so bad? 

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This food doesn't look too bad actually, with little to no carb content beyond the rice. I find it a bit curious to see the carageenan and guar gum higher up in the list of ingredients, however. There are different opinions on carageenan and guar. I think guar might be less troublesome than the carageenan, but as MrsGreenJeans mentioned, its pretty hard to avoid these binders in pet food. Think gelatin and you get a good idea of the consistency. Here is a link to wikipedia with some pretty good info on Carageenan : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrageenan

The Brewer's yeast has been known to cause allergies in some pets. I think at one time it was only dogs who were given brewer's yeast, but somewhere along the line, pet food companies started adding this to cat diets as well.