Authority Brand - Chicken & Rice

milopixie · May 12, 2005

How would you rate the Petsmart Authority Brand? I'm still figuring out the ideal food for my 2 and this was the latest purchase. Innova they liked, but the bag was gone in about 2 weeks; Felidae they were sick of before the bag was empty, same with California Natural, and Chicken Soup they didn't like at all. The Authority brand seems to be going over pretty well. On the Cal Nat their bowls were still half full by their next feeding time and with the Authority they are empty and ready for more. I don't think it's quite up there with some of the brands I already mentioned, but the ingredients looked better than most of the other stuff in Petsmart inc. the Nutro.

Anyone else feed this stuff, opinions? Thanks!

sharky · May 12, 2005

I have heard it is good ... just read the label carefully
here is from the wesite top ten AuthorityÂ[emoji]174[/emoji] Adult Chicken Cat Food
Top Ten
Ingredients Guaranteed Analysis
Chicken Meal
Brewers Rice.. this is not a great rice to use
Corn Gluten Meal
Ground Corn..... I DONT like this
Animal Fat (preserved with Vitamin E)... What animal??
Animal Digest... YUCK
Dried Beet Pulp
Dried Egg Product
Canola Oil... I am not a fan of this...but many think it is great
Dicalcium Phosphate
Protein
Fat
Fiber
Moisture
32.0%
16.0%
3.0%
10.0%

Personnally most royal canin are better , Natural choice and Natrual baleance are much much better

darkeyedgirl · May 12, 2005

That is all I feed my cats. They don't like the "rice" mixtures so I only buy the Ocean Fish, Chicken, and (when it's in stock) Salmon. They like the fishy ones I guess, cuz my cats totally snubbed the beef & lamb mixtures!

So far so good, I started them all on "canned only" diet back in early March when Snickers almost died from a crystal urinary blockage. No More Dry Food is what the Vet said, so I picked a bunch of canned foods & the cats seemed to prefer the Authority brand, honest!

(also Snickers gets Hills CD low ph something or other but he snubs it)

pat · May 12, 2005

Authority is a decent brand, I would not rate it higher than Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care though. They are very similar in ingredients except Authority uses ground corn which Nutro Natural does not, and the Nutro has a higher fat content, bit higher protein, sl.more fiber.

milopixie · May 12, 2005

Originally Posted by Pat & Alix

Authority is a decent brand, I would not rate it higher than Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care though. They are very similar in ingredients except Authority uses ground corn which Nutro Natural does not, and the Nutro has a higher fat content, bit higher protein, sl.more fiber.

Hmm, I didn't see that Nutro variety, I only saw the gourmet classics, which didn't look that great. I guess certain Nutro varieties are better than others?

pat · May 12, 2005

Originally Posted by milopixie

Hmm, I didn't see that Nutro variety, I only saw the gourmet classics, which didn't look that great. I guess certain Nutro varieties are better than others?

The Natural Choice Complete Care line is an improvement,imo, over the regular Max Cat

Here is the link to Nutro's site - you can compare the natural choice to the max cat there.

nano · May 12, 2005

The Authority brand is pretty good.

I don't even understand the point sharky was trying to make...? Some of the ingredients for Authority are the very reasons why the brand works for a cat like Nano. And I don't see where anyone can say any bulk cat food is "much, much" better than Authority. It is undoubtedly a "solid premium product" and not like the garbage you get in some grocery store or whatever.

Please note I am not saying Authority is #1 overall bulk food. I'd probably put Nutro Complete in that spot. But if your cat likes to eat it and you can easily/conveniently purchase it, then it is not like you are going too far off the beaten path by using Authority.

sharky · May 12, 2005

Originally Posted by Nano

The Authority brand is pretty good.

I don't even understand the point sharky was trying to make...? Some of the ingredients for Authority are the very reasons why the brand works for a cat like Nano. And I don't see where anyone can say any bulk cat food is "much, much" better than Authority. It is undoubtedly a "solid premium product" and not like the garbage you get in some grocery store or whatever.

Please note I am not saying Authority is #1 overall bulk food. I'd probably put Nutro Complete in that spot. But if your cat likes to eat it and you can easily/conveniently purchase it, then it is not like you are going too far off the beaten path by using Authority.

Pm me I will explain... U are using indoor right??

milopixie · May 13, 2005

I took a look when I got home yesterday and it's the Authority Chicken & Rice Indoor formula. So the ingredients are a bit different than what was listed in the 2nd post. There is no animal digest and no by-products listed. The by-product listing is what turned me off about the Nutro pkg that I looked at. There is still a listing for animal protein, but if we think about in the wild cats were eating a variety of different animals so their source of protein was varied. That ingredient doesn't bother me much. This seems to be the food that they've liked the most out of all the different options I've tried, so I'm going to stick with it for a while. I appreciate everyone's input!

I will say one thing though. Pixie's energy and activity level has finally gotten back to where it was 6 months ago. She's active playing with Milo and her toys and she wasn't like this a few months ago when she was getting cat chow. The difference is amazing. I would seriously urge everyone who's feeding cat chow, whiskas, etc to at least try a brand that's a step or 2 above what they are feeding.

valanhb · May 13, 2005

We feed Authority Lamb and Rice. Trent has a very sensitive stomach, and with the vet's help (without testing, though) we figured out it is chicken and corn that he doesn't tolerate well. Finding a food without chicken isn't too hard, but finding one without chicken or corn was difficult. I spent quite a while looking at labels of even food we really couldn't afford, but there was always one or the other. Authority Lamb and Rice was the only one we found where corn wasn't the main filler/roughage and there was no chicken. Both Trent and Ophelia are doing very well on it, and now Trent pretty much only throws up when he has a hairball.

I know it's not the absolute best on the market, but it sure works in my house.

ilovemy2cats · May 13, 2005

milopixie said:
I took a look when I got home yesterday and it's the Authority Chicken & Rice Indoor formula. So the ingredients are a bit different than what was listed in the 2nd post. There is no animal digest and no by-products listed. The by-product listing is what turned me off about the Nutro pkg that I looked at. There is still a listing for animal protein, but if we think about in the wild cats were eating a variety of different animals so their source of protein was varied. That ingredient doesn't bother me much. This seems to be the food that they've liked the most out of all the different options I've tried, so I'm going to stick with it for a while. I appreciate everyone's input!

Nutro doesn't use any by-products or ground corn in any of it's products.

milopixie · May 13, 2005

It's quite possible that I am mistaken, but I know I saw something on the ingredient list that I didn't like. Like I said before I only saw the gourmet classics varieties and it seems that the natural choice is probably a better version of the nutro brand. With all that said though I'm still going to stick with the authority brand since they really seem to like that and it seems to be a pretty good quality food. Not top of the line, but they weren't really enjoying the top, top quality foods that much.

sharky · May 13, 2005

I am sorry I thought you were talking dry food.. canned food all have some organ meats just some are not by products which are head feet internal organs... I have feed the authority canned .. animal liver is generic but it is liver

milopixie · May 13, 2005

Originally Posted by sharky

I am sorry I thought you were talking dry food.. canned food all have some organ meats just some are not by products which are head feet internal organs... I have feed the authority canned .. animal liver is generic but it is liver

Not sure if you mean me, but I am talking about the dry food. I looked at the Nutro site and what was Max Cat is now Gourmet Classics.

pat · May 13, 2005

Originally Posted by Nano

The Authority brand is pretty good.

I don't even understand the point sharky was trying to make...? Some of the ingredients for Authority are the very reasons why the brand works for a cat like Nano. And I don't see where anyone can say any bulk cat food is "much, much" better than Authority. It is undoubtedly a "solid premium product" and not like the garbage you get in some grocery store or whatever.

I can't speak for Sharky, but in terms of the ingredients I too agree that I don't care to see ground corn in any cat food, or any digest - be it animal or poultry, and I'd prefer to see chicken fat versus the nebulous "animal" fat.

But that said, I think Authority has a lot more going for it than the generic off the grocery shelf food, and it's a sensible price as well, which is also a consideration.

So in general, I'd put any food that does not use ground corn, digest, by-products and/or a lot of carbs, ahead of those that do use some or all of these.

Jest my opinion!

pat · May 13, 2005

Originally Posted by milopixie

Not sure if you mean me, but I am talking about the dry food. I looked at the Nutro site and what was Max Cat is now Gourmet Classics.

Yup...don't you love marketing? One has to admit, that "gourmet classics" has a much better sound to it than simple "max cat"

Sounds to me like your babies are doing well on Authority.

nano · May 13, 2005

I think everyone is being fair, but let me add that some of us have cats with difficult situations. For instance, I didn't just grab Authority and decide that was going to be Nano's brand. I got samples of several brands (actually double samples, using my girlfriend to procure an extra) and most of the top foods got a try-out.

Nano doesn't have good teeth, other foods caused digestion issues or vomiting or constipation, soft or smelly turds, there were so many complications. Out of all of this, I really tried to force myself to like Nutro Complete Care. I alternated 4 lb bags of it and Authority. But in the end, Authority was doing more for Nano and that was my final decision.

She seems so much more physically comfortable on Authority than any of the other brands -- moving better, pooping better, livelier, etc. So when I see another poster who sounds like they are in my position, of having sampled all the "big" premium foods and still pick Authority, I am backing that up as a valid choice.

I respect what everyone had to say...and let me repeat that I advocate feeding pets the best food available because the extra cost is more than offset by better health and lower vet bills. But if the $18 food works better for my cat than the $27 food, I accept it and move forward to the next issue.

Anyway, good luck to the cats!

emma's friend · May 13, 2005

I switched over to Authority after Grace joined our household and Petsmart raised the price of Nutro Complete Care. I checked the labels side by side (chicken variety) and the only big difference I saw was the corn in the Authority. But I can get 8 pounds of Authority for the same price as 4 pounds of the Nutro. Plus, the cats like it!

milopixie · May 16, 2005

Originally Posted by Nano

I think everyone is being fair, but let me add that some of us have cats with difficult situations. For instance, I didn't just grab Authority and decide that was going to be Nano's brand. I got samples of several brands (actually double samples, using my girlfriend to procure an extra) and most of the top foods got a try-out.

Nano doesn't have good teeth, other foods caused digestion issues or vomiting or constipation, soft or smelly turds, there were so many complications. Out of all of this, I really tried to force myself to like Nutro Complete Care. I alternated 4 lb bags of it and Authority. But in the end, Authority was doing more for Nano and that was my final decision.

She seems so much more physically comfortable on Authority than any of the other brands -- moving better, pooping better, livelier, etc. So when I see another poster who sounds like they are in my position, of having sampled all the "big" premium foods and still pick Authority, I am backing that up as a valid choice.

I respect what everyone had to say...and let me repeat that I advocate feeding pets the best food available because the extra cost is more than offset by better health and lower vet bills. But if the $18 food works better for my cat than the $27 food, I accept it and move forward to the next issue.

Anyway, good luck to the cats!

Thanks! I too feel that I've tried pretty much everything and if this is what they are going to eat then I feel pretty confident that it's a good choice. I think the combination of factors is important. What good is the top of the line food if your cat simply doesn't like it and won't really eat it?

sharky · May 16, 2005

Originally Posted by milopixie

Thanks! I too feel that I've tried pretty much everything and if this is what they are going to eat then I feel pretty confident that it's a good choice. I think the combination of factors is important. What good is the top of the line food if your cat simply doesn't like it and won't really eat it?

exactly

the best food for the budget and the cat will eat..

I read the authority pack yesterday and ther is no digest ... I think the site needs to be updated...

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