Which brands are canned cat food are both healthy and affordable and how much are they?

Arnita

Were on a tight budget and have been feeding our cat the cheap store-brand canned cat food for about 50 cents/can, but we want to switch to something healthier. If you have any advice/info on where to buy the food (either real stores or online), wed appreciate that too. Thanks!



Jerrod

Nutro Natural Choice is a step up from the cheap store brands. You can get a can for $.77. Its a larger can than Fancy Feast...I dont have the exact info on that though. You can sometimes get it on sale for even cheaper. I buy mine through PetsMart. One of my cats would puke up Fancy Feast every time. Something just didnt agree with her. She can eat Nutro without a problem. Nutro isnt one of the best foods, by far, though. If you do decide to use Nutro, keep an eye on their website for recall information. They had to recall canned food during the melamine scare and just recalled their dry food. My guess is that it was just bad luck to have 2 incidents so close together. EDIT: The best foods include Wellness, Innova, Felidae, Blue Buffalo. Youre looking at much higher prices for these, though. A can of Blue Buffalo (about the size of a Fancy Feast can) at PetSmart was over $1. In comparison to these foods, Nutro isnt the best. Its probably one of the best in the middle price range. I didnt want to make it seem like I think Nutro is crap...its what I feed my cats!



Alejandrina

I agree with the person above, Nutro is the best choice, but like they said, just watch out for recalls...and if you buy through PetSmart, they will let you know if somethings been recalled. Also, just as a note, cats shouldnt JUST eat wet food, they should also eat dry food, its better for their teeth. I dont know if youre already doing this, but I figured Id let you know. ;) Good Luck!



Jacquline

Believe it or not, Dollar General has a great canned food for less than 50 cents.



Catina

There are so many dog and cat foods on the market right now and most people are totally oblivious to healthy and unhealthy dog and cat food. I used to be, but after looking into dog and cat food and researching it I have completely changed my ways when it comes to dog and cat food. All of the food in Wal Mart and most foods from other stores such as Petsmart are unhealthy garbage. Why? Because they either carry:“Artificial flavors, colors, and preservatives,” all of these can cause cancer and several other health problems. Cancer is the #1 killer of cats and dogs.“By-products,” they are the junk in meat that are not approved for humans to eat. Road kill, cancerous, dead, and dying animals are allowed as well.“Fillers,” are corn, wheat, and soy products that virtually don’t have any nutrition in them. They pass right through. Which also makes your dog have to eat more food to feel full. Surely good dog and cat foods such as Science diet, Eukanuba, Iams, Pedigree, and Purina don’t have any of those and are great to feed my dogs and cats right? Wrong. These foods have most if not all of these terrible things. Here are the first ten ingredients of three of the so called best foods, which make up most of what your dogs and cats eat and are the most important. The capitol words are the main things that are wrong in the ingredient lists. Purina adult complete nutrition - WHOLE GRAIN CORN, POULTY BY-PRODUCT MEAL, ANIMAL FAT preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), CORN GLUTEN MEAL, MEAT AND BONE MEAL, brewers rice, soybean meal, barley, whole grain wheat, animal digest… (There is nothing good in that list at all)Eukanuba-Chicken, CHICKEN BY-PRODUCTS MEAL, CORN MEAL, GROUND WHOLE GRAIN SORGUM, Ground Whole Grain Barley, Fish Meal (source of fish oil), Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Brewers Rice, Natural Chicken Flavor, Dried Beet Pulp (sugar removed)… (Most of what you see are either fillers or by-products)Science Diet - GROUND WHOLE GRAIN CORN, CHICKEN BY-PRODUCT MEAL, Soybean Meal, ANIMAL FAT (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Soybean Oil, Chicken Liver Flavor, Flaxseed, Iodized Salt, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, … (first ingredient is a filler followed by by-products and more fillers)Here is a list of both cat and dog well known foods and treats to stay away from-Fancy Feast, Alpo, Friskies, Mighty Dog, Dog Chow, Cat Chow, Puppy Chow, Kitten Chow, Beneful, Purina One, Purina ProPlan, DeliCat, HiPro, Kit’n’Kaboodle, Tender Vittles, Purina Veterinary Diets, MeowMix, Gravy Train, Kibbles ’n Bits, Wagwells, 9Lives, Cycle, Skippy, Nature’s Recipe, Milk Bone, Pup-Peroni, Snausages, Pounce, Pedigree, Waltham’s, Cesar, Sheba, Temptations, Goodlife Recipe, Sensible Choice, Excel, Hills Prescription Diets, Nature’s Best, Diamond, Ol’Roy, Iams, Nutro, Royal Canin. Here are some foods that I recommend - Innova, California Natural, Evo, Blue Buffalo, Taste of the wild, Wellness, Merrick Before grains, Chicken soup for the cat lovers soul, Health Wise, Karma, Orijen. Plus there are many more great foods not listed. You have to look at the ingredients list of any food that you feed your dog. If it have any of the things listed as bad then immediately put it down. To show what a healthy food looks like here is Taste of the WIld for cats-Ingredients: Chicken meal, peas, sweet potatoes, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), potato protein, roasted venison, smoked salmon, natural flavor, ocean fish meal, methionine, taurine, choline chloride, dried chicory root, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Saccharomyces cerevesiae fermentation solubles, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin (vitamin B2), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.