Natural Balance Venison & Green Pea canned food

Crazy4Strays said:

 
I've thought about getting this, http://www.chewy.com/cat/natural-balance-lid-limited/dp/114105, because the price is reasonable and it would give the kitties variety, but a friend said that Natural Balance has had several recalls. Also, I looked up the carb content online and it looked a little high.

Any commentary on Natural Balance foods? Their prices are reasonable, so I hate to entirely exclude them from my rotation but I was concerned about those two issues.

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LisaMarie12 said:

NB has had a few recalls over the years, you can get more info from this site (posted Feb 2014):

http://www.petfoodrecall.org/2014/02/natural-balance-pet-food-recalls/

I worked for NB for about three years. I resigned several months after they merged with Del Monte (now Big Heart Pet Foods). BHPF has since been acquired by Smuckers.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...sition-of-big-heart-pet-brands-300054566.html

The venison and pea is on the higher end carb side; the food contains pea flour which raises the carb level.

I used the food in the past, pre-merger, but dropped them shortly thereafter based on learning things that disturbed me (which I won't get into on this post, you can send me a PM if you are interested).

If you have access to a local indy store, you may want to inquire about Mauri which has a medium range price point for their venison, although it's a bit carby as well due to the use of pumpkin.

Other than Mauri and NB, the only other venison I'm familiar with would be NV - pricey, and contains pork liver.

Maybe do a search online and see if there are any other manufacturers who make venison cat food? Venison in general will be pricey given that it's considered a novel protein and generally sourced from New Zealand.

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