Cat food marketing and the silly things they do?

Juliann

Dont you think its strange to see a bunch of fruits and vegetables on the front of cat food? Cats cant even digest that stuff, why advertise it? If I were them Id put lots of meat on the front. What do you think?



Aretha

Im so much in agreement with you, I was tempted to use my caps lock key. In fact, here goes. HOLY CRAP, YOURE SO RIGHT! Unfortunately, theyre selling to us instead of cats. If they marketed to cats wed have lovely bloody carcasses on the labels. I usually spit when I see these commercials, and when Im in the grocery store, if I feel like getting all dramatic, I just pick up a can or a bag and start reading the label. The other thing I despise about them is the niched foods - ones targeting breeds and age groups. Pfft!



Ardelle

Well, certain elements of those ingredients are usually present in the food. I dont think Ive ever seen a bunch of fruits, but cats definitely can eat leafy greens and grains. Usually what I see is a cut of fish, a pile of oats, and some meat and grass. The grains and greens provide fiber, as well as some vitamins and nutrients Im sure. I think you absolutely have a point, though. With all of the health-consciousness that is being encouraged today, it probably makes pet parents feel like theyre making responsible choices in feeding their cats a well-balanced food when they see pictures of all the supposed ingredients, just as they would feel feeding their family a well-balanced diet. Id just like to add that if one of the vegetables youve commonly been seeing is corn, thats because most pet kibble (for cats or dogs) is primarily made with corn. I have dogs and cats, and my dogs are actually a breed that commonly gets an itchy skin allergy from corn, so we had to change their food.



Alessandra

Why do you care its a commercail its not really in there they are just saying the nutrients are in there



Lucilla

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT...MY CATS FOOD HAS CATS ON IT



Danna

Eh, it appeals to people because it looks like what would be a balanced meal for a human. I stopped paying attention to the commercials, I found the best dry food so far...Innova Evo cat food. its pricey, but gives really good nutrition...the cats have soft and shiny coats, lots of energy, and they love the food.



Nichol

I agree its ridiculous. They are just trying to "cash in" on the human research that more fruits and vegetables are a better diet for us. That doesnt apply to cats. I make a raw food meat diet for my cats that has no vegetables matter at all. I also use canned foods and mostly the ones that are predominantly meat. If I buy one with vegetables my cats eat the meat and leave the carrots and peas on their plate.



Adelaide

Are you talking about that beneful for cats commercial? They have all that stuff in dog food, which is okay, dogs need that stuff, but cats are carnivores. Leads people to beleive that cats will eat anything like dogs will. Grain is not good for them, but some of the veggy ingredients are good for vitamins, minerals and amino acids and such. It still leads people to beleive that what is good for one species (Im thinking human species here) is good for another and its not.