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 Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance Ultra Premium Cat Food- net wt. 16.5 lbs. By: Natural Balance Average Rating: 5.0 Total Reviews: 3 More Information Great stuff!  On: 2007-08-24Some time ago I started looking into what is in pet food and was horrified, so I decided to find better food for them. I usually buy one bag of this brand and one bag of AvoDerm and mix them together. Ive long been a believer that cats should eat fruits and vegetables, and this food has some of both in it, so they get more variety than they would with most cat foods. Im not sure of what changes the cats may have had since eating this food, but it does seem like the food lasts longer than it used to. Whatever the case, the cats are all healthy and love this food. One of the cats has gained a few too many pounds since she got spayed a couple years ago, so Im going to get the reduced calorie formula for her and see if that helps. Natural Balance Ultra Premium Cat Food On: 2006-11-25There are four main things that I look at when Im searching for a new cat food: ingredients, nutrition, taste and price. INGREDIENTS & NUTRITION This food is composed of some very good ingredients. Fresh protein sources (chicken, duck and New Zealand lamb) which are the main ingredients (four of the first five ingredients are healthy protein sources), no by-products, no corn gluten meal, a named fat source (chicken fat), no animal digest and plenty of "extras" (more taurine for the heart, an array of veggies with many health benefits, omega 3s for skin and coat health). Although there is a moderate amount of carbohydrates, it is far better compared to some other foods on the market (sources are brown rice, potatoes and oatmeal - all of which are more nutritious and healthy than the majority of filler carbs found in other cat foods: brewers rice, corn gluten meal, etc.) TASTE This area varies from cat to cat, but my cat gave an overwhelming paws up in this department, even picking it over his canned food (*gasp*) at times. I know some cats who refused to eat Natural Balance, though. PRICE Ive found that at my local Petco, NB is actually cheaper than the super-brands like Purina, Science Diet and Iams whose pet foods are usually made of lower-quality ingredients. In my opinion, Natural Balance is an good, well-balanced food and I would not hesitate to recommend it. 4 happy cats On: 2006-07-14I recently switched to this brand for dry and wet and Castor&Polluxs dry food. Since they all like the gravy based wet foods, I do add water to the canned food which they then happily devour. My 17 yo cat is very overweight, has bad teeth which cannot be cleaned again due to his age. Otherwise the vet thinks hes healthy. By accident I stumbled on some web based cat food reviews and was appalled at what I had been feeding my babies. I was naive in thinking Purina was healthy food. Since making the switch they all eat less although there is no change in the litterboxes. For now Im sticking to these brands and possibly adding Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers Soul brand as they really enjoy the sample bag as bedtime treats. Great Quality Cat Food On: 2005-12-28We are breeders of sphynx (hairless) cats. Prior to Natural Balance, the only way we could get our cats to eat dry food was to mix it with warm water and a half can of canned cat food, usually Iams or Friskies when money was low. Our local feed store recommended Dick Van Pattens Natural Balance as a healthy and tasty alternative. Our adult cats love it...no more "hunger strikes" holding out for canned food. Even our kittens started eating it at only 8 weeks, when mixed with a bit of warm water. Since there are no fillers, the cats are eating less to become full, which to me justifies the higher price. Great Quality Cat Food On: 2005-12-27We are breeders of sphynx (hairless) cats. Prior to Natural Balance, the only way we could get our cats to eat dry food was to mix it with warm water and a half can of canned cat food, usually Iams or Friskies when money was low. Our local feed store recommended Dick Van Pattens Natural Balance as a healthy and tasty alternative. Our adult cats love it...no more "hunger strikes" holding out for canned food. Even our kittens started eating it at only 8 weeks, when mixed with a bit of warm water. Since there are no fillers, the cats are eating less to become full, which to me justifies the higher price. |
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