What makes Fancy Feast such a great brand of cat food?

Question

It all sounds so appealing:White Chicken with Egg Souffle and Garden Greens nd my cats when I had them loved it. When i get my new kitty is it a good food to start them on?

Answer 1

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There is a simple rule of thumb - If you can buy it at a grocery store or WalMart, DO NOT feed it to your pet!!

If you have seen commercials for it, it's GARBAGE!!


Go to a regular pet store and ask an associate there what good food to try. You'll be amazed at all the options. The grocery store crap is full of filler and by-products (chicken by-products are: guts, feathers, beaks), just read the ingredients!
Some good food will be:
Nutro Complete Care Indoor
Natural Balance Ultra Premium
Natures Recipe
Royal Canin Indoor Beauty

These are made with 100% human grade ingredients, no corn, no crap! The companies who have to pay for advertising don't have a good enough product for word-of-mouth to sell their product. You've probably never even HEARD of these foods, but they are the WORLD'S top-selling foods...because word-of-mouth is the best advertising EVER!!

ALL cats will love the taste of fancy feast because it it sprayed with flavor enhancer to try to addict your cat/dog to it. If your cat doesn't eat the new stuff for 2-3 days, it's OK, they WILL. ALL of the "grocery pet foods" (fancy feast, cat chow, meow mix, etc) spend the MOST amount of money for ingredients on artificial flavoring. They are less expensive because they cost nothing to make (guts and feet are MUCH cheaper than whole breast).
Lastly, it's a FACT: the more you spend on a single bag of cat/dog food, the LESS you will spend on food (total) in a year. Not to mention...healthy cats don't need vets...because the cat will get full off less food, so you have to buy food less often.

Here's the Math:
~~$20 bag of cat chow lasts two weeks. Cat poops four times a day. Cat develops urine crystals from the artificial flavoring and costs $2500 to save it's life.

~~$32 bag of Natural Balance lasts seven weeks. Cat poops twice a day, never gets internal illnesses, only goes to vet for $45 annual check-up.

This is a great question, I only hope you research and hear my answer!!

Good Luck!!

Answer 2

Feeding a cat a healthy diet is of the utmost importance for the good health of every cat.
Many people feel that dry is the best way to go. Vets feel it is the way to go. Why? Vets are taught very little about nutrition and they are taught what they know by the Pet Food Companies. The companies push dry as it is the very cheapest food in the world to make as they use fillers, vegetable protein and things that cats do not eat in normal life like veggies and fruits. Of course the veggies and fruits are NOT good for human consumption and thus they get it free or for pennies so the big suppliers can get rid of it.
Dry does not keep teeth clean. A cats jaw is made to grab, tear and shred. They have no chewing action. When a cat barfs he throws up the chunks of food. Sometimes the dry shatters but that doesn't rub on the teeth either. A vet told me that she had an elderly cat around 20 who had had wet food her whole life and never had a problem with her teeth, but she had a 7 month old kitten who had to have every tooth pulled since they were so bad he was sick.
Dry food causes diabetes, UTI's, Kidney problems and the list is to long to continue.
The proper food is a diet for an obligate carnivore. Remember you have never seen a lion chasing a biscuit. Your cat needs wet food of good quality. It should be high in protein and under 10% carb. You should not feed your cat fish or seafood more than 1 or 2 meals a week if that much as they become addicted to it and it is high in phosphorous and low in nutritional value.
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Here is a chart of most wet foods. The good and the bad. Look for one that is high in protein and low in carbs. Fancy feast is a good middle of the road one, and the cheaper brands but still following the rule are much better than any dry ever could be. Wellness is on the higher end with higher cost. But you have good food.
It is cheaper to feed a cat the wet as they are filled up faster. Think if you are hungry and eat a bag of potato chips you are soon hungry but if you have a nice piece of chicken you are filled up longer. The same for a cat. I began adding small amount of water and mixing it in good for the meals and now add 1/4 cup water to 1/3 cup wet food. It is now like soup. It keeps the food from drying out and Cessan eats when she wants. She is a grazer and I let her be happy. She gained the weight she needed and then the weight gain stopped. If your cat is over weight he will lose weight on a wet diet.
Here is a link explaining very clearly cat nutrition and care. It is excellent and I think every new cat owner should have to read it first.
http://catinfo.org/ Good luck to you and your sweet kitty.

Answer 3

It does sound very appealing, because it is marketed that way. Its the same with Friskies, they claim to be very healthy, but they really arent. The best way to choose a good canned food for your cat is to learn how to check the ingredients. Meats should always appear first on the ingredient list. Friskies and Fancy feast are actually lower grade cat food, they use by-products, some of which can be good and some that are not, such as animal feet and intestines. They also use grains, wheat, corn, soy and other empty "filler" just to fill the cat but are hard for them to digest and cant be properly utilized. Cats are obligate carnivore's and therefore shouldnt be eating carbs, and lower grade cat foods have many more carbs than they should. Here is a website that I learned all about healthy cat food, the better stuff is more expensive, but feeding your cat a quality food will greatly decrease the chances that they will have health problems in the future.

Answer 4

Fancy Feast is much like any other commercial cat food. But look at the label: the first ingredient is water. You are paying for that.
A tasty dry food is a fine basic diet for a cat who is in good health and does not have any allergies. And a "kitten chow" is beneficial for the first six months. Using a canned food as a treat or to tempt a sick cat who has lost its appetite is a good idea. Or, alternatively, you could research a "homemade" balanced diet for you cat. That way, your cat could get the white chicken and egg souffle, if you want to go through all that trouble. If you make a homemade diet, be sure that the recipe comes from a reliable source and is balanced. Cats have very specific nutritional needs and can become sick if they are fed a diet that does not meet those needs.
Sometimes a steady diet of canned food can encourage dental tartar on teeth.

Answer 5

As long as it is not his main diet it should be ok. The wet food is better than the dry as it contains more water and therefore less fat and salt. You might want to see if you can will eat human quality meat such as beef, lamb and chicken. As cats are naturally carnivores an all meat diet in theory should not be bad for their health. You may want to go to the vet and see if they have any suggestions on what to fed your cat. There also might be "tricks" to getting your cat to eat good food! (such as Hills)!

Answer 6

The marketing is very appealing, but the food itself is kinda fattening. Check the label - most canned food or cheap supermarket brands are high in fat compared to the veterinarian-recommended brands. Keep in mind that your cat will never actually chase down a chicken, cow, or tuna, so these delectable-sounding concoctions are designed to appeal to YOU, not the cat.
Talk with your vet, and shop at the local pet store instead of the supermarket.
Personally I suggest Science Diet - it's much healthier for your cat, and you can save the Fancy Feast for special occassions.

Answer 7

I don't know what really seperates them from the rest...they seem to be a "designer" brand of cat food. They are very common at my local stores though and always seem to be in great stock, so that's what gets bought the most. The fancy feast meals do tend to have a more "human" quality to them though...

Answer 8

I used purina with gravey but my cats got tired of eating it. So I switched to fancy feast and it's great and I've actually saved money no throw aways. They love and it looks like real meat not the pressed meat and it smells really good. So I think it great and wonderful to start a kitten on. I don't know about the eggs to start on kittens. Stick with meat and the Garden greens, A touch of dry food I use Purina Special Care for hair balls, they rarely have a problem with them. Good luck.

Answer 9

I seem to recall from my research several years ago that Fancy Feast had lower ash content than many wet food brands. (...For the idiots thumbs downing me who do not understand that comment, low ash content is a GOOD thing for cat food. I was responding very directly to the asker's question about the reedeming or positive attributes of his favorite cat food brand. However, I would be less than honest were I to omit my next comment...) I think wet food is a nice treat, but shouldn't be a feline's sole diet.

Answer 10

You know what's so great about Fancy Feast? The fancy little name, the little tiny cans, the higher price tag, the smart marketing.

Fancy Feast is no better than Meow Mix, and is no better than 9 Lives. They just have a better presentation.

The only difference I have ever found with Fancy Feast is that once you start feeding it to your cat, it is the only food she will ever want to eat and your cat food bills will be twice as high over the years.