Solid Gold - Thoughs? Opinions?

Here is the ingredients from their website Product Description ........Hmmmm?
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Dry food ideal for adult cats and kittens, to
maintain total health.

Recently inproved with the addition of chicken meal and dried chicory root. Chicken meal lowers the overall ash content of the formula to protect against FLUTD. Chicory root is a prebiotic, which aids digestion.

Protein, Min 34%
Fat, Min 12%
Fiber, Max 4%
Moisture, Max 10%
Calories per cup, 323


Ingredients
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Lamb | Chicken Meal | Millet | Brown Rice | Menhaden Fish Meal | Cracked Pearled Barley | Canola Oil | Flaxseed Oil | Amaranth | Blueberries | Dried Chicory Root | Taurine | Carotene | Choline Chloride | Vitamin E Supplement | Iron Proteinate | Zinc Proteinate | Yucca Schidigera Extract | Copper Proteinate | Manganese Proteinate | Potassium Iodide | Thiamine Mononitrate | Ascorbic Acid | Vitamin A Supplement | Biotin | Calcium Panthothenate | Sodium Selenite | Pyridoxine Hydrochloride | Vitamin B12 Supplement | Riboflavin | Vitamin D Supplement | Folic Acid |

the book has the same cept for the garlic...

which canned due you use ...lol.. just relized they have more than one for cats..

I called the northwest Solid gold office .. she said if garlic has been taken out it was news to her and would have just happened as they werent informed... I have a call into the main office for this and another question but they havent called back

I guess the mystery continues then I am still wondering thou I only feed my cats dry food.....NO canned. I fed them a can or two of the tuna canned and the cats smelled up the whole house when they took a poop....Peeeew so I went back to the dry only and they only poop once a day Let me know what you find out Sharky

Tuna would be your issue try a chn based wet...lol.. sorry just have to laugh as I know the tuna stinch.... I will call again tomarrow as the nutrionist called while I was at work today

Hey can I chime in here and ask someone to compare the pros and cons of Chicken Soup to Solid Gold?

Originally Posted by Jen

Hey can I chime in here and ask someone to compare the pros and cons of Chicken Soup to Solid Gold?

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chn soup is a good food that I am currently feeding my feral... It is very meaty in comparison to solid gold though the protein and fat % ages arent reflective of this... chn soup is often much cheaper ... head to head I would be more likely to use chn soup than solid gold... price , avail and amount of meats vs grain are all in chn soups favor ... solid gold would be favorable if a cat has allergy issues since it uses lamb and chn with a small amount of fish ...

I used to feed my cats Chicken Soup and my cats loved it It is just more inconvenient for me to buy it while the Solid Gold is sold by my Vet for cheaper than the chain stores. If you buy the small 2 pound bags of Chicken Soup it comes out to a dollar a pound which is dirt cheap for a quality food I you remember Sharky.........ask them what the purpose of so much "grain" in the food........Just curious.....Thanks!

ok thanks guys, I am always looking for better food or reassurance there are no new discoveries that the food I feed my cats is suddenly a bad choice. So thanks. They have no allergy problems and eat whatever I give them and I usually switch between Chicken Soup and Authority. I don't like Authority too much just in last minute times if we are out of cat food and right near PetSmart. Otherwise I stick to Chicken Soup.

I got some intresting info ...

Solid Gold NO longer has garlic ... the bags may say it but that is just an old bag .... the reason it has so many grains is that it was formulated off the dog and tweaked to a cat profile ....

Great news ... I have a dog on Bark at the moon she eats raw for 75-85% of her diet and dry for 10% ... I switched her to Bark at the moon cause it is cheaper ( from my vet) and had inmp beter ingrediants than the two foods she had been eating... Well my Zoey sneaks into the dogs dish... so I asked if a low to no grain cat food was coming and IT IS ... She couldnt give me a solid time but she thought within 6 months and definately within 12

ohh and for the dog folks .. Bark at the Moon s dry matter omega 6 is 3.8 and the omega 3 is .5

Thanks a ton Sharkey You gotta respect the company for improvement Do you feel that they were being honest with you? I will stick with it and alternate Solid Gold with another dry food and some wet food for a treat Thanks again.

Originally Posted by Slave2_Ragdolls

Thanks a ton Sharkey

You gotta respect the company for improvement

Do you feel that they were being honest with you? I will stick with it and alternate Solid Gold with another dry food and some wet food for a treat

Thanks again.

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Ohh she was very honest.. see I asked about there freeze dried beef... It is way cheaper than raw and also shelf stable but it has cereal grains on the label ... she explained other than the ceareal company promising no wheat corn or soy she couldnt say what cereal by products are in there..

May I ask what your alternating with>??

Originally Posted by sharky

Ohh she was very honest.. see I asked about there freeze dried beef... It is way cheaper than raw and also shelf stable but it has cereal grains on the label ... she explained other than the ceareal company promising no wheat corn or soy she couldnt say what cereal by products are in there..

May I ask what your alternating with>??

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I have not decided yet...........maybe Chicken Soup.........what would you recommend that is reasonable?: )

Thats cool to hear that there will be a lower grain higher meat solid gold. I will look foward to getting that! So far solid gold has been a miracle for my little IBS girl..she will ONLY eat hard kibble. no matter what i have tried. and this is the one that really agrees with her. and everyone else likes it too.