Nutrience Cat Food

[wmarcello]

Hi, new member here.

I've searched some of the forums here and can't seem to find much about Nutrience cat food. This is what we're feeding our two 11-month-old cats right now, and they seem to be doing quite well on it. It also seems to be by far the best bang for the buck at our local pet store out of all the advertised "premium" brands. I was just curious as to how you guys think it stacks up (first of all how it stacks up to the stuff in the grocery stores, but also how it stacks up to what you guys consider premium).

I'll link to the "original" adult formula, but they also have a "premium" and "alternative" formula on the site.

http://www.nutrience.com/english/cat...ginal_3kg.html

INGREDIENTS:
Chicken meal, ground corn, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), brewers rice, dried beet pulp, dried egg product, chicken flavor, yeast culture, salt, potassium chloride, DL-methionine, L-lysine, calcium propionate (preservative), rosemary extract, yucca schidigera extract, ascorbic acid (vitamin C), iron proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc methionine complex, zinc oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin E supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, inositol, niacin, taurine, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, vitamin A acetate, riboflavin, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, biotin, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid.

EDIT: Btw, for comparison purposes, the other brands of cat food available at my local pet store or vet are:
Nutro, Science Diet, Purina Pro-Plan, Techni-Cal, Iams, Eukanuba, Feline Plus, and Medi-Cal.

[Quins-mum]

gawd, u want to talk about petfood at the mo???? .
I dont think Nutrience is on the recalled pet food list. I tried it on my cat and dog, and neither seemed to like it. I thought it would be good for them as it has all the plants and herbs in it.

[Quins-mum]

have you seen the threat about recalled food? Just incase you decide to change brands.

[wmarcello]

Haha yes I'm well aware of the recall. I've been reading newsgroup posts about it as much as possible this past week. My two cats may have shared a small can of a tainted Iams product last week, but thankfully most of it was almost immediately regurgitated. I thought the reason may have been that the boy had eaten it too fast, but after hearing about the recall and seeing that particular can on the list, I can only assume it was part of the batches affected. Thankfully they have since been to the vet and have been acting as frisky as ever.

[Quins-mum]

thats good to hear.

[rainbow]

I do not like any of Nutrience's formulas and I don't know how they can call one of them holistic.

They all use ground corn and in wake of the recent recall I would definitely not use any food with wheat or wheat gluten or corn or corn gluten. They can all be susceptible to various toxic moulds.

Originally Posted by wmarcello

EDIT: Btw, for comparison purposes, the other brands of cat food available at my local pet store or vet are:
Nutro, Science Diet, Purina Pro-Plan, Techni-Cal, Iams, Eukanuba, Feline Plus, and Medi-Cal.

All of these brands are just as bad.

Do you not have a local pet store (not a chain store) that carries the premium brands like Felidae, Innova, Natural Balance, etc?

[Prin]

Ok, do you still want opinions? It's called "premium" but it's not premium at all.

compare those ingredients with these, of Felidae:
http://www.canidae.com/cats/cat_and_kitten/dry.html

Originally Posted by Felidae Cat and Kitten

Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Brown Rice, Lamb Meal, Chicken Fat, (Preserved with mixed Tocopherols), Herring Meal, Eggs, Flax Seed Meal, Sun Cured Alfalfa Meal, Sunflower Oil, Chicken, Lecithin, Linoleic Acid, Amaranth, DL Methionine, Taurine, Kelp, Cranberries, Apples, Monocalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Rosemary Extract, Sage Extract, Dried Enterococcus Faecium, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Inulin (from Chicory Root), Dried Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Fermentation Solubles, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Mixed Tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin A supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Niacin, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (source of B2), Beta Carotene, Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, D-Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Papaya, Vitamin B12 Supplement.

Do you see how much meat is in this food? Do you see how there's no corn? Cats and dogs can't digest corn very well. It's in there as a filler- it boosts the protein numbers and is VERY cheap. Meat, on the other hand, is very digestible, but expensive.

In the Nutrience, the brewers rice, dried beet pulp, dried egg product are all by-products of human food processes. The brewer's rice is a by-product of the alcohol industry. The beet pulp is a stool hardener, mostly sugars, and is the leftovers after the juice is removed. The dried egg product is anything eggy that is unfit for human consumption.

Menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity) in the Nutrience is vitamin K3, which is a synthetic version of vitamin K that was banned for human consumption. It causes free radicals which can lead to tumors and cancers among other problems. Most of the real premium food companies have removed it already.

I hope that helps a little... Felidae is one of the best cat foods out there (right now).