Here i am again :)

Question
Hey becky,
so here i am again, sorry to bother you.. :)
Anyway, in my pet store they have Science Plan,
Iams and Purina.
they dont have purina one, just purina something
else...
And on no one of these brands does it say that
Meat  is the first ingriedient.
Do you know a brand called felix? and is it good?
any other info would be apprecieated!!
thank you very much,
Balthazar

Answer
Hello again Balthazar!
You are no trouble at all, I enjoy helping people if I can.  I have not heard of Felix brand food, and this is for a cat, am I correct?  I looked it up online and it is made by the Purina people!  I think it will probably be a good food. You can supplement dry cat food with canned food also. I usually give my cats about a tablespoon of canned food once or twice a day.  If you have a dog, my apologies...it's hard to remember what kind of pet everyone has!!
I thought that Science Diet and Iams had meat as the first ingredient on their list, I'm glad you told me that they don't.  I checked the dogfood label of Purina ONE and it definetely does have it first.  Just remember, that the labels list the most of what is in the food first, so if any food lists corn or wheat by-products first... I would not buy it.   You can also feed only canned if you prefer.
While I was looking online for the Felix brand of food, I ran across this pet food ingredient chart that I thought would be helpful to you.  I will post it below.
God bless!
Becky

a) if the food has the name of a meat in it, like Tuna Cat Food, that meat has to comprise 95% of the product, not counting the water (counting the water, 70% of the product).  Lamb & Rice Cat Food means that both lamb and rice together constitute the 95%.

b) if the food has the word "dinner," "formula," "entree," "platter," "nuggets," "menu," "supper," or suchlike in it, then, get this, the named ingredient only has to constitute 25% of the product.Lamb and rice only need to constitute 25% of this product, according to the FDA.

c) if the label says "with," as in "with cheese," the named ingredient only needs to be 3% of the product.  That's not much cheese!  Cat Food with Tuna is thus VERY different from Tuna Cat Food (see above).

d) "flavor" means there only needs to be enough of the ingredient in there for it to be detectable.  Yow!

e) meat "digests" are treated with heat, enzymes, and/or acids

f) artificial flavors are rarely added to pet food, other than phony bacon flavors for dogs.  Thus "no artificial flavors" doesn't mean jack.

g) ingredients are listed in order of weight, weightiest first

h) "meal" is dehydrated animal from which the fat has been removed (not so good for cats).  "Meat meal" doesn't have to contain any meat at all; it is rendered from mammal tissues, not including "blood, hair, horn, hide trimmings, manure [this is now a food apparently], stomach, and rumen contents."

i) ethoxyquin: They've received reports that ethoxyquin in dog food was causing allergic reactions, skin problems, major organ failure, behavior problems, and cancer.  Since they have no scientific proof except that ethoxyquin does cause a build-up of blood-related pigment in the liver, they have asked dog food manufacturers to voluntarily lower the amount of ethoxyquin used until they conduct more tests. Nothing about cats.

j) canned foods are about 78% water, unless the product is labeled a "stew," "in sauce," "in gravy" or suchlike, in which case they can be 87.5% water.  That's some pretty expensive water.

k) "100% balanced and nutritious" does not mean that the product has actually been tested on any animals as a food.  It just means that the nutrient analysis fits the profile the FDA has created.

l) there are no rules governing what makes "senior" different from ordinary food, and anyone can call their feed "premium," "gourmet," "natural," etc., no matter what the source of the food is

m) mixed tocopherols are a source of vitamin E and are a natural preservative