Such_Saturation said:narouz said:Such_Saturation said:I find all wet foods and dry foods have from 3% to 6% oils. There is a modest tendency to be on the lower side for higher priced food. The ones who brag about added omega-3 still have the same percentages. So PUFA cannot be avoided with commercial food. Higher priced food has in the grand scheme of things an insignificantly higher vitamin E content, so I give the cat two to three drops of EstroBan per day.
Yeah, probably the bragging advertisement of added omega-3 is, thankfully, just more hot air.
Now on the oil content...
or fat content...
I would think if you get the kinds that have beef as a primary ingredient
instead of chicken or fish
then more of the fats would be saturated, hopefully.
I try to find the kinds that have less chicken and fish
and more beef or beef by-products.
I avoid the ones that show added soy oil or fish oil.
But I agree...far from perfect options in the commercial world.
I wonder whether it would be a good idea to feed a cat some whole milk and egg.
Not as the main part of their diet,
but something unpolluted and nutritious to offset the consumption of commercial food...
If you notice, the only difference between what's written on the tin is usually 4%. I'm serious, they write salmon or beef because 4% comes from salmon or beef. The rest is always... let's call it seasonal content. From Almo Nature upwards it starts to become significant and the food looks like actual food.
We yanks don't have that brand over here, I don't think.
Seems like to me the expensive brands try to put a selling point on:
-grains in some cases, like rice, as a primary ingredient,
appealing to the vegetarian human owners
-real meat...but the real meat always seems to be chicken and fish--PUFA
A cheap brand like Friskies, in some of their versions,
the ones leading with beef,
have beef and/or beef by-products as the primary ingredient.
Fancy/expensive brands want to try to sell you on the point that it in not just "by-products."
By which is likely meant organs, gristle, etc.
That is, the Peatish beef stuff.
It's cheap, and the fancy brands don't think they can fluff that up for sale.
But it's probably the best part of the cow for cats (even humans).