More good cat food brands

In addition to the Fancy Feast and Petsmart Sophisticat Supreme flavors mentioned in my prior post, here are some other brands and flavors that are healthy for your cat:

WalMart Special Kitty Select Canned Cat Food
(.30 / 3 oz can)
Healthy Varieties: Fish = 2; Other Meat = 1

	Guaranteed Analysis
Special Kitty Select	Protein %	Fat %	Fiber %	Moisture %	Ash %	Total Guaranteed Analysis %	Carbs	Actual Carbs % (dry matter basis)
Chunky Chicken	11	4	1.5	78	3.5	98	2	9%
Cod, Sole & Shrimp	13	2	1.5	78	3.5	98	2	9%
Ocean Whitefish & Tuna	13	2	1.5	78	3.7	98.2	1.8	8%

Happy Tails Canned Cat Food
(.40 / 3oz can at Jewel, Albertson Grocery)
Healthy Varieties: Fish = 1; Other Meat = 1

	Guaranteed Analysis
Happy Tails Canned Food	Protein %	Fat %	Fiber %	Moisture %	Ash %	Total Guaranteed Analysis %	Carbs	Actual Carbs % (dry matter basis)
Chicken Dinner	11	5	1.5	78	4	99.5	0.5	2%
Ocean Whitefish & Tuna	13	2	1.5	78	3.7	98.2	1.8	8%

Innova Evo Cat and Kitten Food
(1.05 / 5.5oz; 1.59 / 13.2oz at Pet Supplies Plus)

	Guaranteed Analysis
Innova Evo Cat and Kitten Canned Food	Protein %	Fat %	Fiber %	Moisture %	Ash %	Total Guaranteed Analysis %	Carbs	Actual Carbs % (dry matter basis)
Cat and Kitten (one flavor)	12	8	.5	78	3	101.5	0	0%

Note: This is a very high-quality food with real meat ingredients, but since there is only one formula, it would be best to feed your cat more variety than just this one brand/flavor.

Trader Joe's Tuna (.50 / 6oz can)

• Very, very good ingredients (just tuna, water, vitamins and minerals) and no carbs!
• Note: This is also a very high-quality food with real meat ingredients, but since there is only one formula, it would be best to feed your cat more variety than just this one brand/flavor.

Eukanuba canned cat food (Petco, Petsmart)

• Very low in carbs, if not a little expensive. However, all varieties of the canned cat foods were recalled recently and are not available as of this post. If they become available again, I will check them out and list them in a future post.

Purina Pro-Plan Adult (.72 / 3 oz can @ Petco)

• Some OK, but avoid rice in the flavor name. Read labels carefully!

Max-Cat Gourmet Classics (.55 / 3 oz can @ Petco)

• Some OK, but not many. Read labels carefully!

Friskies, 9 Lives and cans of the inexpensive Sophisticat brand from Petsmart

• Very cheap, but poor ingredients. For instance most have meat by-products as 1st or 2nd ingredient, even though some varieties have decent carbohydrates. Not recommended.

Iams, Science Diet and other readily available so-called "life-cycle" and "diet" canned foods should be avoided.

• The ones I checked were all way too high in carbohydrates and many had corn and rice in their ingredient lists. I know, we were shocked too, since we thought with Science Diet we were feeding Raja a high-quality food! Not recommended.

Hopefully, your cat will find enough food in the lists here and in my prior post to satisfy his/her palate. If not, there are other brands like Evo (see above) and possibly Eukanuba that are harder to get and cost more that are OK.

I am now searching for a dry cat food that is lower in carbohydrates than the major brands. We don't intend to feed this to Raja instead of canned food, it's only in case we go on vacation and leave her in someone else's care.

Even if we go away for a day or a night, she'll need food in her bowl that will last more than a couple of hours, so it would be nice to know if there is a dry cat food that is low in carbohydrates and still healthy in all other respects.

I'll let you know what I find out after checking low-carb dry cat food products online and visiting some specialized pet food stores in the area...