aafco relies on the usda when it comes to labeling foods as organic so if it's at least 95% organic
ingredients then the label will have the usda organic seal hey friends it's jess and jericho and
i personally don't think that these organic wet foods are better than other wet foods that i've
reviewed on my channel but you asked me to review it so here we go so the first organic wet cat food
that we'll review is called tender and true you'll see on the label it has the usda organic seal so
that means at least 95% of the ingredients are certified organic so here we have the
product name rule organic turkey and liver recipe so that's great recipe means 25 to 94.9 percent of
turkey and liver combined so this is going to have the most amount of meat and it's great that
they're they're labeling turkey and liver instead of like turkey and rice or turkey and potato
turkey and peas you want to see meat only in the in the product name this video is not sponsored
but there are affiliate links in the description so now we go down to the ingredients we have
organic turkey water organic pea flour organic chicken liver organic chicken heart dried peas
and salmon oil i think that's it for the protein so it's good that they include chicken liver and
chicken heart and turkey so at least there's two different types of protein variety is key there's
muscle meat heart and there's a secreting organ liver but pea you know organic pea flour is pretty
high up on the list it's the third ingredient so that tells you that the composition of pea flour
might be slightly higher than the liver and the heart and then there's organic dried peas later
down the list so this is typically what's called ingredient splitting and they do this because
if they listed organic dried peas and pea flour together then it might be more than the actual
turkey but another pro here is that it says salmon oil instead of fish oil and it's preserved with
mixed tocopherols which is vitamin e there's also organic chicken broth so that's good broth can
add some some more trace nutrients when we use the guaranteed analysis to get an approximate
carb amount it's around seven percent carbs this is an estimate but seven percent is good
definitely lower than dry food all dry food and frankly most wet canned foods so that that
is a good thing but even with these cons i think that this organic wet cat food looks pretty good
at least they're including muscle meat and liver and broth and they're specific about the salmon
oil and the carb amount is is low so let me know in the comments below if you think your cat would
like this product the next usda organic wet cat food that we'll review is called evangers i know
it says out of stock but we'll just look at the product anyway so again you see the
usda organic seal and the product name is beef dinner where dinner means between 25 and 94.9%
beef and it's great that it just says beef there's no additional ingredients so this is going to have
more beef than something that says beef flavor or with beef beef dinner is what you want to see then
when we scroll down to the ingredients we have beef water liver beef kidney that's great that
it has two secreting organs although i think it's pretty weird that they say organic liver but they
don't tell you where the liver came from like which animal the liver came from but i guess if
it's organic then that's definitely better than seeing like beef by-products or meat by-products
you know at least you know that it's organic and you see organic coconut oil probably for the fatty
acids but ideally you would have some kind of fish oil you know a meat-based omega-3 and six fatty
acids but maybe since it's organic beef they're grass-fed and then that's going to warrant a
better nutrient profile so maybe the epa and dha is actually sufficient from the beef since it's
organic and when you use the guaranteed analysis the approximate carb amount is around 6.8%
so again that's ideal less than 10% is what you want to aim for ideally lower than that but with
commercial cat food you know less than 10% is like amazing to find now i also want to mention that
in the past evangers has had recalls due to pentobarbitol being in their products which
is a euthanasia drug so that's just something to keep in mind give me a polydactyl thumbs up if
this is helpful so far the next usda organic wet cat food that we'll review is called castor and
pollux and this one also has the usda organic and they also have the non-gmo project seal and the
product's name is chicken and chicken liver recipe so this matches with the other product names
that we looked at this one actually clarifies its chicken and chicken liver so that's great you want
to see meat only in the product's name and when we look down at the ingredients we have chicken water
chicken liver dried egg products and salmon oil i think that's it for the meat based ingredients
so that's good we have liver and egg is the most bioavailable protein so that's good and
salmon oil they're actually adding a fish oil and they're being specific about salmon oil
instead of just saying fish oil so you want to see specifically named ingredients for sure fur sure
now some cons here we have organic peas and some pea protein flaxseed they're probably adding for
fatty acids and fiber you know technically they're not part of the cat's natural diet but again it is
at least it's a whole food source of ingredients and then organic cranberries again not
necessary for the cat's diet but it does have its benefits cranberry can provide antioxidants
and it can also help remove bacteria from the urinary tract i personally used cranberry oil
when jericho had urinary crystals and it worked really well so there are benefits to using whole
foods even though technically the cat wouldn't eat cranberries out in the wild i completely
understand that but we also have to think about the benefits and using whole foods instead of
relying on man-made synthetic nutrients dehydrated alfalfa meal again these are at least these
are natural foods but they still add you know a handful of synthetic supplements so it's like you
know it's nice that they're adding whole foods but you know we don't really know about the quality
considering that they still have to add back nutrients anything after salt is likely less than
one percent so the bulk of the ingredients come from here we use the guaranteed analysis to come
up with an approximate amount of carbs it's around 22% on a dry matter basis so this is technically
double what ideal would be which is less than 10% you know the lower the better but around 10%
is a good benchmark when you're looking at commercial cat foods so 22% is really high
and we know that there's peas and pea protein the flax seed probably maybe the alfalfa meal
and i also want to mention that this brand is owned by a company that's owned by nestle purina
the next usda organic wet cat food that we'll review is called purina beyond again another
purina product i'm sure you're like jess why are you even reviewing this brand but there are very
few organic like usda organic cat foods on the market you know that actually have this usda
seal again you asked me to review it so i'm going to review it i'm not here to dictate what you feed
your cats this is just information and what you do with that information is up to you so we have
chicken and sweet potato recipes so recipe is good but a con is that they're including sweet potato
in the product's name whereas with the previous products that we looked at said
chicken and liver or just beef that's more ideal than seeing chicken and sweet potato again whole
foods can have their place in cat food if you want to focus on only using whole foods natural foods
natural ingredients but it shouldn't be the bulk of the product the bulk of the products should
still be meat bones and organs so let's go to the ingredients we have chicken chicken broth chicken
livers and i think that's it for meat ingredients so we have muscle meat broth that can add some
trace nutrients instead of water so that's a pro instead of water they're using chicken broth at
least there's some protein and nutrients coming from that and chicken liver you always want to
have at least one secreting organ the most common one that you'll find with commercially prepared
foods is liver and it's weird that there's no fish oil so that's a con but maybe again since it's
organic maybe they're relying on the fatty acids from you know if the hens are actually
fed properly instead of fed a grain diet and then we see sweet potatoes up high on the list so
that's that's a con right there and they're still adding quite a bit of synthetic nutrients and also
there's guar gum which is a thickening agent i think this is the first product that we've looked
at that has one of these thickening agents i guess it's good that it's organic i mean either way it's
not appropriate for cats but it's necessary for the production of the food and when we use the
guaranteed analysis numbers to get an approximate number of carbs it's around 31% so this is triple
the ideal and this is more than the previous products that we just looked at and you can check
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