Applaws Dry Cat Food

[Ceracera]

So... cat food here costs an arm and a leg. A can of friskies is about $2 and a 12lb bag of indigo moon on sale is about $58.

So i can pretty much afford to only feed both wet and dry. Right now the kittens share a cup of instinct chicken for breakfast and a 5.5oz can of natural balance for dinner.

And ive been looking at my dry food options.

Applaws has a sale right now and the dry food works out to about $3.5 per pound. Has anyone tried it?

Here are the ingredients for the chicken & salmon:

Ingredients:
Dried Chicken Meal (50%), dried salmon (13%), chicken mince (13%), potatoes, fresh salmon (6%), beet pulp, brewer’s yeast, salmon oil [source of Omega 3] (1%), chicken gravy (1%), fish gravy (0.5%), vitamins and minerals, dried egg, cellulose plant fibres (0.03%), sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, seaweed, cranberry, DL-methionine, potassium chloride, yucca extract, citrus extract, rosemary extract.

Additives per kg:

Nutritional additives:
Vitamin A [retinyl acetate] (27,850 IU), vitamin D3 [cholecalciferol] (1200 IU), vitamin E [alpha-tocopherol acetate] (615 IU).
Trace elements:
Selenium [from sodium selenite] (0.13 mg), iodine [from anhydrous calcium iodate] (1.5mg), iron [from ferrous sulphate monohydrate] (80 mg), copper [from cupric sulphate pentahydrate] (48mg), manganese [from manganese sulphate monohydrate] (38mg), zinc [from zinc sulphate monohydrate] (130mg).

Analytical constituents

protein 37.0 %
fat 20.0 %
fibre 2.2 %
ash 10.8 %
calcium 2.8 %
phosphorus 1.6 %
omega-3 fats 1.4 %
omega-6 fats 3.5 %
taurine 2000.0 %

Chicken & duck

Ingredients
Dried chicken (47%), dried duck (21%), freshly prepared chicken mince (16%), sweet potato (6%), potato, beet pulp, brewer’s yeast, chicken gravy (1%), salmon oil, vitamins, minerals, dried egg, cellulose from plant fibres (0.03%), sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, seaweed/kelp, cranberries, DL-methionine, potassium chloride, yucca extract, citrus extract, rosemary extract.

Additives per kg:

Nutritional additives:
Vitamin A [retinyl acetate] (27850 IU), Vitamin D3 [cholecalciferol] (1200 IU), Vitamin E [alpha-tocopherol acetate] (615 IU), selenium [from sodium selenite] (0.13mg), iodine [from anhydrous potassium iodate] (1.5mg), iron [from ferrosulphate monohydrate] (80mg), copper [from cupric sulphate pentahydrate] (48mg), manganese [from manganese sulphate monohydrate] (38mg), zinc [from zinc sulphate monohydrate] (135mg).
Technological additives:
E1705 Enterococcus faecium cernelle 68 (SF68;NCIMB 10415) (1000000000 cfu) to help establish maintain and renew a balanced gut flora.

Analytical constituents

protein 38.0 %
fat 20.0 %
fibre 2.1 %
ash 10.5 %
calcium 2.3 %
phosphorus 1.5 %
omega-3 fats 0.8 %
omega-6 fats 3.8 %
taurine 2000.0 mg/kg

My other options are instinct rabbit which works out to $4.5 per pound and instinct chicken for $3 per pound when i can find them on sale.

• Rabbit, Turkey Meal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Peas, White Fish Meal (Pacific Whiting, Pacific Sole, Pacific Rockfish), Tapioca, Salmon Meal, Rabbit Meal, Dried Tomato Pomace, Natural Flavor, Montmorillonite Clay, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin), Carrots, Apples, Cranberries, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide), Salt, Potassium Chloride, Freeze Dried Rabbit (including Freeze Dried Ground Rabbit Bone), DL-Methionine, Taurine, Pumpkinseeds, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Freeze Dried Rabbit Liver, Freeze Dried Rabbit Lung, Freeze Dried Rabbit Kidney, Rosemary Extract

Ingredients

• Chicken, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Peas, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Tapioca, Natural Flavor, Dried Tomato Pomace, White Fish Meal (Pacific Whiting, Pacific Sole, Pacific Rockfish), Salt, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate, Niacin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin), Montmorillonite Clay, Carrots, Apples, Cranberries, Choline Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide), Freeze Dried Chicken, DL-Methionine, Taurine, Freeze Dried Chicken Liver, Pumpkinseeds, Freeze Dried Chicken Heart, Dried Bacillus coagulans Fermentation Product, Rosemary Extract

Merrick raw infused is about $5.7 per pound. Here’s the game bird recipe:

Ingredients

• Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Potatoes, Peas, Natural Flavor, Salmon Meal (Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids), Potato Protein, Sweet Potatoes, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Deboned Duck, Deboned Quail, Dried Yeast Culture, Salt, Organic Dried Alfalfa Meal, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Iron Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Proteinate, Cobalt Carbonate), Phosphoric Acid, Taurine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Acetate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product.

Caloric Content

• 3,588 kcal/kg, 395 kcal/cup

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein 42.0% min
Crude Fat 14.0% min
Crude Fiber 4.0% max
Moisture 11.0% max
Calcium 1.0% min
Phosphorus 0.8% min
Taurine 0.2% min
Omega 6 Fatty Acid 3.0% min
Omega 3 Fatty Acid 0.3.0% min
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) 0.05% min

Im able to get merrick, canidae, solid gold, instinct, applaws, wellness, acana, orijen (the canadian recipe, yay!), natural balance, go!, now. Evo is also available but i havent been able to find a reliable store cause there are lots of fakes around.

Ive also just bought a few bags of orijen chicken that i plan to mix with cheaper food :/

 

[Columbine]

Applaws is one of the better dry foods, imo, and cats do seem to love it (mine do, anyway ). It's very common here in the UK, and seems to consistently be amongst the top rated dry foods available here. I don't think it's much lower in quality than Orijin. Stock up whilst its on sale

 

[Brian007]

I agree with Columbine that Applaws is excellent food. However, I had to stop feeding it to my two dicky delicate tummies as their poo stench was overwhelming. This is a great shame as I had high hopes for it, just not that high!

Hopefully, you've fared better with it.