So my cats usually eat Nutrisca dry food as approximately half of the food they eat in a day (the rest is a canned food rotation of Fancy Feast, Sheba, Nutro, Weruva, and Wellness).
In the last year, they've raised the price on this food making it about 35 dollars for a 13 pound bag.
Since the price went up so much, I have been considering finding some better type of cat food since I'll be paying so much anyhow. I figure that now for just ten or fifteen dollars more I could get them healthier food without it being a big problem for my budget.
I am considering trying out ACANA cat food, but I've never heard anything from anyone here about using it.
Here are the ingredients in Nutrisca:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Peas, Turkey Meal, Chickpeas, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Pea Protein, Tomato Pomace, Sunflower Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, DL Methionine, Cranberries, Blueberries, Apples, Taurine, Carrots, Celery, Parsley, Lettuce, Watercress, Spinach, Beets, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Niacin, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Actetate, Manganese Proteinate, Iodine Iodate, Folic Acide, Cobalt Proteinate, Selenium Selenite, Biotin, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Rosemary Extract
And the ingredients in ACANA:
Deboned chicken, deboned turkey, chicken giblets (liver, heart, kidney), chicken meal, catfish meal, turkey giblets (liver, heart, kidney), whole green peas, red lentils, pinto beans, pollock meal, chicken fat, chickpeas, green lentils, whole yellow peas, catfish, whole eggs, rainbow trout, herring oil, chicken liver, sun-cured alfalfa, natural chicken flavor, chicken cartilage, turkey cartilage, dried kelp, whole pumpkin, whole butternut squash, kale, spinach, mustard greens, collard greens, turnip greens, carrots, apples, pears, freeze-dried chicken liver, freeze-dried turkey liver, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, choline chloride, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product
One concern I have on ACANA is the addition of a lot of fish ingredients (this is in their new formula). My problem with Nutrisca is fillers high up on the ingredient list such as peas and chickpeas.
I've also considered Orijen, but it also has a lot of fish ingredients in it and obviously it is fairly expensive.
What are your thoughts on the ACANA? Are there other high quality dry foods that you would recommend in the ~45-50 dollar per 12 pound bag price range?
In the last year, they've raised the price on this food making it about 35 dollars for a 13 pound bag.
Since the price went up so much, I have been considering finding some better type of cat food since I'll be paying so much anyhow. I figure that now for just ten or fifteen dollars more I could get them healthier food without it being a big problem for my budget.
I am considering trying out ACANA cat food, but I've never heard anything from anyone here about using it.
Here are the ingredients in Nutrisca:
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Peas, Turkey Meal, Chickpeas, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Flavor, Pea Protein, Tomato Pomace, Sunflower Oil (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, DL Methionine, Cranberries, Blueberries, Apples, Taurine, Carrots, Celery, Parsley, Lettuce, Watercress, Spinach, Beets, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Niacin, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Actetate, Manganese Proteinate, Iodine Iodate, Folic Acide, Cobalt Proteinate, Selenium Selenite, Biotin, Cobalt Carbonate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Rosemary Extract
And the ingredients in ACANA:
Deboned chicken, deboned turkey, chicken giblets (liver, heart, kidney), chicken meal, catfish meal, turkey giblets (liver, heart, kidney), whole green peas, red lentils, pinto beans, pollock meal, chicken fat, chickpeas, green lentils, whole yellow peas, catfish, whole eggs, rainbow trout, herring oil, chicken liver, sun-cured alfalfa, natural chicken flavor, chicken cartilage, turkey cartilage, dried kelp, whole pumpkin, whole butternut squash, kale, spinach, mustard greens, collard greens, turnip greens, carrots, apples, pears, freeze-dried chicken liver, freeze-dried turkey liver, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, choline chloride, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, mixed tocopherols (preservative), chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product
One concern I have on ACANA is the addition of a lot of fish ingredients (this is in their new formula). My problem with Nutrisca is fillers high up on the ingredient list such as peas and chickpeas.
I've also considered Orijen, but it also has a lot of fish ingredients in it and obviously it is fairly expensive.
What are your thoughts on the ACANA? Are there other high quality dry foods that you would recommend in the ~45-50 dollar per 12 pound bag price range?
I'm in Canada though, so I just use the Grasslands formula.
