Is Wellness Core Air Dried Toxic to Cats?

When I first saw this brand, it made me happy seeing the ingredients with raw proteins mixed in. But on dog forums, they state the green tea extract is toxic, and I'm not sure if the same applies to cats as well?

On doing a quick Google search, "tea" comes up as something to avoid for both dogs or cats.

http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com/pet-safety-tips/is-caffeine-poisonous-to-dogs/

Pets are more sensitive to the effects of caffeine than people are. While 1-2 laps of coffee, tea or soda will not contain enough caffeine to cause poisoning in most pets, the ingestion of moderate amounts of coffee grounds, tea bags or 1-2 diet pills can easily cause death in small dogs or cats.

You may want to contact Wellness and ask about the "extract" its' purpose, your concern and the amounts used.

Kind of reminds me when Wellness used to include garlic in their original classic pates (more than 10 years ago). There was a big debate about that, garlic coming from the onion family and the latter being toxic to cats. They finally removed the garlic after customers started complaining. 

It's a bit disheartening but I guess every company has its flaws. I'll ask them and see what the purpose is.
Thank you for the article as well, hopefully they make the change to better this food, I think it would be great otherwise

Interestingly, while I was searching for some foods, I found green tea is used as a coating in Nature's Variety Instinct Grain-Free Limited Ingredient Rabbit kibble. I'd like to find a chicken-free, fish-free, beef-free, grain-free dry food to use as training treats only for my young cat (I feed canned food as the main food), but this puts me in a smaller corner from which to choose a dry food "treat".

I know there is a cat litter, too, which is green tea-base (Next Gen All Natural Green Tea litter).

Hm. Maybe they use decaffeinated green tea?

I'm not sure? Thinking they should know what is okay for animals they wouldn't put something toxic in there right? I was hoping to try this food. But we recently got the IV rabbit kibble (limited ingredient variety) and it made both of them sick. I know every cat is different but I would use caution with it

I believe the problem with tea is the caffeine, so I'd assume that that issue is addressed when they decided to use it. However, contacting them and asking about it seems like a great idea.

I'll definitely be contacting them to see if it's okay!