I AND LOVE AND YOU Cat Food Variety, 3 Ounce, 12 Pack

When our elderly cat started developing issues with constipation, our vet recommended wet food as a way to increase her intake of water. After trying several other lower-cost options, we found this food. The pate is perfect, as they just licked the gravy off of any chunky food. Our elderly cat’s health has improved, and our other cat’s coat has become softer. I highly recommend this food.

This is a rich texture pate’ but not solid like most other commercial kinds of pate’ & it has sufficient moisture PLUS it is HOLISTIC food for all life stages! “All life stages” is one very important characteristic of good cat food. THERE ARE NO FILLERS! & NO carrageenan. I am not sure if the added spinach do cats any good, but it smells divine & one quirky characteristic I found is that the aroma is better if put in the frig before serving. I once again put it in the frig the morning before I went to work, served this to my kitty in the evening & she ate all of it–it just enhances the aroma, that’s all. There are cranberries listed toward the top & it lasts well in the frig with the original aroma when put back for later in a covered container. Yes, I found out the best aroma comes when it has been in the frig for a while–strange but true. I have a few tiny dessert-size oven to table containers so I put remaining food in these tiny containers & cover with celophane & the next day the original aroma remains the same!–that means it is quality food. My kitty eats all of it, so unless I open two cans at once, there is no need to put any back most of the time–but you can & I have saved some for the next morning! This food demands a tiny extra time in the mouth for swallowing because of the rich texture. As always I want to emphasize that dark meat is more indicated for cats than white meat. It tastes better, adds fat & is less dry. White meat is only a people pleaser. Natural flavor? is that MSG? Here is one answer: MSG “should” otherwise be listed as MSG. Their site says “NO artificial flavors”, preservatives or colors. This is Holistic food!

The definition of natural flavor under the Code of Federal Regulations (for people) is: “the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional” (21CFR101.22).

INGREDIENTS:
chicken, chicken liver, chicken broth, cranberries, spinach, carrots, natural flavor, sweet potatoes, alfalfa meal, flaxseed, guar gum, salt, potassium chloride, taurine, dl-methionine, choline chloride, cassia gum, xanthan gum, salmon oil, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, sodium selenite, niacin supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid.

The aroma I think comes from a combination of good chicken & added ingredients. My concern is that they put peelings in with the sweet potatoes so if there are any toxins from the peelings they all get into the food–white potatoes contain peeling toxins & as a European I shudder at the thought of eating peelings. I only presume this but I am not sure. I think no one would peel sweet potatoes for cat food–I know the other brands DO NOT PEEL the potatoes.

This food is carrageenan free! AND without the toxic supplement Menadione Sodium Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K)–(The Material Safety Data sheet on Menadione-sodium bisulfite states: “The substance is toxic.”)

Update Dec 14, 2015. I opened another can a week later & it seemed not to have the original great aroma, but I realized that the best aroma comes out after it has been in the frig for a while–unopened can OR portion taken out & put into a container. My kitty ate all of it–including the second can at the same time–I opened a second can to try to figure this aroma thing out. The unused portion remained fresh & aroma fresh until the next morning. All was eaten & enjoyed!