Naturals Plus Vitamins & Minerals from Purina Cat Chow brand Cat Food
January 28, 2009 by admin
Filed under Purina Cat Food
The Good |
The BadUse of Corn Insufficient Meat Content Lower Quality Ingredients Heavy on the grains |
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Naturals Plus Vitamins & Minerals from Purina Cat Chow brand Cat Food
Purina Cat food is made and manufactured by, PURINA. Purina Cat Food comes in 21 different recipes.
Naturals Plus Vitamins & Minerals from Purina Cat Chow brand Cat Food Review
As with all cat food recipes the first thing we are going to look at are the first five ingredients. The first five ingredients are a good indication of the quality of the cat food. When looking at the first five ingredients you want to make sure there is plenty of meat and grains are minimal.
Naturals Plus Vitamins & Minerals from Purina Cat Chow brand Cat Food First Five Ingredients:
- Chicken Meal
- Corn Gluten Meal
- Soy Bean Meal
- Brewers Rice
- Animal Fat
Chicken Meal - chicken which has been ground or otherwise reduced in particle size.
Corn Gluten Meal - the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.
Soy Bean Meal - obtained by grinding the flakes remaining after removal of most of
the oil from de-hulled soybeans by a solvent extraction process.
Brewers Rice - The dried extracted residue of rice resulting from the manufacture of wort (liquid portion of malted grain) or beer and may contain pulverized dried spent hops in an amount not to exceed 3 percent.
Animal Fat - Animal Fat is obtained from the tissues of mammals and/or poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
Naturals Plus Vitamins & Minerals from Purina Cat Chow brand Cat Food Full Ingredients:
Chicken Meal, Corn Gluten Meal, Soybean Meal, Brewers Rice, Animal Fat Preserved with Mixed-Tocopherols (Form of Vitamin E), Corn Meal, Chicken, Salmon, Powdered Cellulose, Ground Whole Wheat, Soybean Hulls, Malt Extract, Brewers Dried Yeast, Phosphoric Acid, Natural Flavor, Tetra Sodium Pyrophosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Salt, Choline Chloride, Dried Spinach, Parsley Flakes, Potassium Chloride, Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Manganese Sulfate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Biotin, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Source of Vitamin K Activity), Sodium Selenite.
Naturals Plus Vitamins & Minerals from Purina Cat Chow brand Cat Food Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein 38.0%
Crude Fat (Min) 13.0%
Crude Fiber (Max) 6.0%
Moisture (Max) 12.0%
Calcium 1.2%
Phosphorus 1.1%
Vitamin A 10,000 IU/kg
Vitamin E 30 IU/kg
Taurine 0.18%
*** Guaranteed Analysis taken from the manufactures website when possible.
Naturals Plus Vitamins & Minerals from Purina Cat Chow brand Cat Food:
Rating (out of 10)
First five ingredientsThis aspect rates the first five ingredients |
3 |
Other ingredientsThis aspect rates the quality other ingredients |
3 |
Meat ContentThis aspect rates the amount of meat content |
3 |
Use of GrainsHigher the rating = less grains. |
2 |
Total |
2.75 |