so these grain-free wet cat Foods actually don't have a high amount of carbohydrates and they also
don't have these anti-nutrients like potatoes peas legumes all of these things that grain free
dry foods do include but let's review the label to show you what actually matters because you
can't really rely on these fancy label claims like crane free and premium so the first grain-free wet
cat food that we'll review is Rachel Ray Nutrish and this product name is chicken purrcata I had to
Black it out because of trademarks and all of that but this actually doesn't have a label rule so
that word purrcatta is something that they made up it isn't part of aafco's guidelines so we have no
idea how much chicken is actually in the product which is an issue because that's kind of important
so we have chicken and water all right so chicken is the first ingredient that's good then we have
powdered cellulose which is a cheap filler this can cause IBD issues and it's also suspected to be
made from cardboard then we also have thickening agent like guar gum xantham gum carrageenan cassia
all the gums and I just mentioned that carrageenan has been linked to internal
ulcerations and neoplasms in animals so again these are all ingredients that we should avoid
then we've got some phosphates good old phosphates pet food flavor enhancer palatants that have been
linked to renal issues so it's good that this cat food doesn't have grains in it but the rest
of the ingredients aren't impressive at all so let's see if we can find a better grain-free
wet cat food the next one that we'll look at is called Wellness this is turkey dinner so this
right here it says turkey dinner that word dinner means between 25 and 94.9 percent turkey whereas
with the previous products it didn't have that descriptive word dinner entree platter formula
nuggets Feast those words are on afco's guidelines for that specific rule so then we know that okay
it's between 25 and 94.9 and then when we look at the ingredients we have turkey chicken liver
chicken chicken broth that's a great start so we have two different proteins which is great
because variety is key however I would say that a con here is that you would have no idea that
there's also chicken in the product unless you look at the ingredients frankly it's something
that we should all do anyway but if you are only relying on the front of the can where
it says turkey dinner and you don't look at the ingredients maybe your cat doesn't like chicken
or has never had chicken before these are things that's why it's important to look at the entire
label so that you understand exactly what's in the product and not just what's on the front of
the label then we have carrots cranberries and flax seeds that will definitely contribute to
carbs but when we use the guaranteed analysis it's about 13 on a dry matter basis ideally you would
have less than 10 about 8 is what a mouse would provide because of the stomach contents of its
of the prey but 13 is definitely better than most that's less than the average we also have three
gums and a lot of synthetic and ingredients you know this is because they're not really
using that many meat ingredients there's meat and liver and some broth but really you need lots more
muscle meat like there's no chicken heart and there's no other secreting organs there's also
no bones so they have to add all these synthetic supplements to make up for that difference give
me a polydactyl thumbs up if this is helpful so far so more cat parents that want to feed
their cats better find this video thank you I personally still think that this is a step up
from Rachel Ray at least we know how much turkey is in the product there's liver and there's broth
and there are these polyphosphates in it so we're getting better but let's see if we can do better
than this so the next grain-free wet cat food we'll look at is called raised right and this
is chicken recipe so that word recipe is the same product's name that we looked at before between
25 and 94.9 chicken in the ingredients we have chicken thigh chicken heart chicken liver cod
liver oil eggshell powder those are the meat and animal based ingredients see that they're very
very specific they don't just say chicken they say chicken thigh they also include heart and
they also include liver which is great cod liver oil probably for the fatty acids and vitamin A and
they use eggshell powder for a source of calcium and I like that they say eggshell powder instead
of dried egg product or just egg products they're very very specific we're using the egg shell and
it's powder then we have carrots we're getting spearmint blueberries organic dried kelp flaxseed
oil taurine and thymine which is a B vitamin so the only synthetic nutrients are taurine and that
B vitamin which tells us that the quality of the rest of the ingredients is very great now
yes cats wouldn't need carrots and blueberries in the wild but when you look at the guaranteed
analysis raised right actually tells you that it's 3.8 percent and if you look at their other
products they even have a turkey and pumpkin pate and chicken and pumpkin Pate that are three
percent carbs on a dry matter basis so that's really important that they actually tell you
the other thing that I like about raised right is that they provide safety data on their products
so they test for bacteria and all the and mold and aflatoxins all these things and they provide that
information freely to the public on their website another thing is that it's human grade quality
and it's lightly cooked instead of pressurized and canned so it looks like food that we make at home
it's fresh and it's and it's really great and you can check out my transition plan right over
meow to get your picky cat onto this wonderful grain-free wet cat food thanks for watching