Whiskas Temptations Chicken Treat - Healthy Pet Food?

WHISKAS® TEMPTATIONS® Tasty Chicken Flavor

• Animal Digest - Plus 1 point = no animal Digest
• Corn - Minus 1 point = ground corn
• Wheat - Minus 1 point = wheat flour
• Soy - Minus 1 point = soybean meal
• Gluten - Plus 1 point = no gluten
• Extra Goodies - Minus 1 point = dried meat by-products, salt, dried cheese, natural poultry flavor, rice
• By-Products - Minus 1 point = Chicken by-product meal
• Animal Fat - Minus 1 point = animal fat (what animal?) (preserved with BHA/BHT)
• Pet Food Recalls - Plus 1 point = No Recalls Whiskas Pet Food
• Class Action - Minus 1 point = Class Action WISKAS® TEMPTATIONS

Ask Susan Peters Cat Food Ratings:

Total Score = 3/10

Ask Susan Peters Cat Food Review

What is "flavour"? The rest of the listing doesn't include any French words.... Hmmm. What's up with all the added grains? I don't think I would feed this treat/snack to my cat.

We start with chicken by-product meal as the first ingredient. By-products are floor sweepings collected from a rendering plant. Anything that hits the floor and is not fit for human consumption is by-product. By-products can't have "added" feathers but the ones included in the mess are just fine. Meal means the floor sweepings have had the water removed and the feathers, poultry poo, whatever has hit the floor is now concentrated.

We should probably take time out from this review to remind ourselves of the good and bad effects of corn, wheat, and soy in a cat or dog's diet. *Corn, wheat and soy are resonsible for fever, ear aches, ear infections, bad bread, dental disease, hair loss, dry and itchy skin, bloat, tumors, warts, moles, abnormal nail growth, arthritis, deafness, blindness, digestive problems, siezures, inflamed liver, inflamed kidneys, bladder problems, heart problems, and death. Oh yeah, for the good effects of these three grains - reduces the cost of pet food production.

Natural Flavor. I always like the way pet food companies hide the use of manure in the ingredients. Natural flavor is made from the manure of the animal the pet food company wants the pet food to taste like. Poultry poop, yum, yum.

"Meat" is often rendered dogs and cats as well as other animals such as road-kill. When the source of the meat is known it will be listed as beef, poultry, chicken, turkey, etc. If the source of the meat is not known it is simply called "meat.

Because manufacturers need to ensure that dry foods have a long shelf life (typically 12 months) to remain edible through shipping and storage, fats used in pet foods are preserved with either synthetic or "natural" preservatives. Synthetic preservatives include butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate, propylene glycol (also used as a less-toxic version of automotive antifreeze), and ethoxyquin.

Anytime I see a Class Action filed against a company and the products the company produces I would not advise feeding their products to your pets. The pet owners have filed a Class Action against the company for killing their pets.