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Old August 7th, 2007, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by rainbow View Post
I agree....it would be much better if it had more meat before them chicken fat. Compare the ingredients you posted to those of Orijen
Even with what appears to be more meat in the Orijen, it actually has twice the carbohydrate content (as a % of calories) than the Nature's Variety. Those starchy potatoes boost it up to somewhere around 14-15%, whereas the NV is around 7%. The general consensus is that cats need no more than 10%. Mind you, Orijen is still better than the great majority of feline dry diets out there (which usually run in the 25-50% of calories from carbs), but it's still not as good as a wet food diet, for reasons beyond just carbs and protein.
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