Cat Food Review - Wellness Dry Formula Chicken
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Ask Susan Peters - Wellness Chicken Dry Cat Food Healthy Pet Foods?
This is one of my older reivews which was written as a "shopping list". Since the pet foods of today have done nothing but get worse and people are trying so hard to provide healthy pet foods for their pets I have devolped a "Pet Food Danger Gauge" rating system which gives us a better view of Wellness Chicken Dry Cat food as to how heathy the product actually is. Once the Pet Food Danger Gauge review for this product is complete the link will be posted here. ~Susan Peters.
Wellness Dry Formula Cat Food Chicken
Product Ingredients
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Rice, Ground Barley, Ground Rice, Chicken Fat(preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a natural source of Vitamin E), Natural Chicken Flavor, Salmon Meal, Chicken Liver, Cranberries, Tomato Pomace, Olive Oil, Chicory Root Extract, Cranberry Extract Powder, Cranberry Fiber, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement), Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Kelp, Chondroitin Sulfate, Glucosamine, Hydrochloride, Lactobacillus Plantarum, Enterococcus Faecium, Lactobacillus Casei, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Taurine, Rosemary Extract.
Wellness® uses Ethoxyquin-free protein sources.
Cat Food Review
- Animal Digest - Plus 1 point = No Animal Digest
- Corn - Plus 1 point = No corn
- Wheat - Plus 1 point = No wheat
- Soy - Plus 1 point = no soy
- Gluten - Plus 1 point = No gluten
- Extra Goodies - Plus 1 point = Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal
- By-Products - Plus 1 point = No by-products
- Animal Fat - Minus 1 point = Chicken Fat
- Pet Food Recalls - Plus 1 point = No Recalls Wellness Dry Formula Cat Food
- Class Action - Plus 1 point = No Class Action Wellness Dry Formula Cat Food
Cat Food Rating for Wellness Dry Formula Cat Food Chicken
Total Score = 9/10
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Comments
PPaws,
I will confirm the information for you.
Susan
Ppaws,
No class action is filed against Wellness.
Susan
Hi Susan,
Was sick and in bed for the last day and a half so I just saw your email. Will honor your request. Glad to know this is not the case and more of a mis-communication. Thanks!
Ppaws,
Glad you are feeling better. I'm delighted to be able to report Wellness is a good food and not involved in any class actions!
Susan
Hi Susan,
I would like to feed my KituKat the best food. I have heard that a high ash content is bad. I currently feed my cat whiskas dry food. Is that bad or should I slowly introduce something better to her. Please let me know.
Thank you
KituKat,
High ash is not good. Do not "slowly introduce something better" - throw the Whiskas in the trash! http://hubpages.com/hub/Cat_Food_Review
Susan
I'm a bit confused. This product got a point for 'no animal fat' but the sixth ingredient is 'chicken fat'
Joe,
I thank you for pointing out the error in scoring this pet food. Please see the inserted text at the top of this page and watch for the Pet Food Danger Gauge review coming soon.
Thanks,
Susan
I found your site tonight after opening a can of 9 Live Tuna & Egg cat food. I am absolutely enraged that there was a Brach's candy wrapper inside all crunched up. I'm not kidding. I wouldn't believe if I were not looking at it right now!
Do I send it to them? Call quality control? I sure don't want any coupons for their food!
It's my 3 cats favorite food...9 Lives that is...Help!!
Natural Chicken Flavor
You didn't subtract a point for the chicken s*it. Thanks for opening my eyes to that bit of sleight of hand by the way. Is there a dry food on the market not made with "natural flavor" or natural "insert animal here" flavor? I want to feed my cats only wet food, but they're too stubborn.
I contacted Wellness via email recently about their inclusion of Chicken fat. They claim that it is a product of the manufacturing of chicken broth for human consumption and is not from a commercial rendering plant (like by-products are), and is "human-grade" and safe to eat. I can't corroborate that statement, but if you think they are honest, there you have it. I haven't asked them about the "chicken flavor" or what it comes from, but simply *assuming* it is chicken manure without asking them about it first seems somewhat unfair. They DO respond to e-mail inquiries and I'm sure they could shed some light on the source of this ingredient.
preciouspaws says:
2 years ago
"Wellness has a Class Action filed against the company for false advertising. Seems the ingredients are substandard and not fit for human consumption. Wellness is produced by Menu Foods, the company which kicked of the infamous pet food recalls beginning in March of 2007 and lasting through November 2007. Susan"
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Hi Susan.
Recently you added the above to my page regarding pet food. Can you please elaborate on this further?
I have not been able to find anyone else who is aware of this nor any supporting back up and I noticed you have not made mention of it on your own pages.
If there is indeed cause for concern - please let us know. Thanks.