i asked you how much money you're spending on your cat's food per ounce and more than half of you are
spending more than 30 cents an ounce and a lot of you are telling me that you have multiple amounts
to feed so i'm here to try to find a solution for everyone hey friends it's jess and jericho
and there are certainly better quality wet foods out there than the ones that i'm talking about in
this video but in this video we're focusing more on the price than the quality so the best overall
is this nulo freestyle duck and tuna recipe if you got the 12 and a half ounce cans it
comes out to about 26 cents an ounce this video is not sponsored but there are affiliate links
in the description below so the pros here are the product names so it's duck and tuna recipe
that word recipe you're gonna have the most amount of duck and tuna in the product and it's also
great that it's duck and tuna instead of duck and peas or duck and rice you want to make sure that
it's meat only that's named in the product's name then if we go down to the ingredients
we have duck chicken turkey liver duck broth tuna so right there we have four different proteins
that's really great because variety is key i also like that it actually includes liver and it tells
you which fish is used tuna later down the list you see menhaden fish oil so that's good instead
of just saying fish oil they tell you the exact fish that they're using and they preserve it with
mixed tocopherols which is vitamin e another pro is that it's roughly approximately four percent
carbs on a dry matter basis we use the guaranteed analysis numbers to get that approximate number
again approximate because we don't actually know for sure the guaranteed analysis only guarantees
that the protein is minimum 11% it could be higher than that fat is a minimum of six percent it could
be higher than that you see for the 5.5 ounce cans it says six percent but for the twelve and a
half ounce cans it says eight percent so it's not guaranteed eight percent it's guaranteed minimum
eight percent so whenever you're calculating carbs on a dry matter basis it's a guess
unless you contact the company and they tell you directly this is the amount that's in the product
now some cons in the ingredients list you're going to see some things that aren't really
nutritional but they are necessary because it's canned foods so things like guar gum agar agar
those are thickening agents and gelling agents and that kind of gives it that pate texture not
appropriate for cats and then you'll also see things like cranberries pumpkin tomato there's
some synthetic vitamins and minerals and yucca and rosemary extract they use as a preservative
so technically these aren't in the cat's natural diet so those are a few of the cons there but i
think the pros override the cons especially if you're looking to upgrade your cat's wet food
but price is an issue again this is the best overall in this video the next cheap wet cat
food we'll talk about is dave's naturally cat food and this one is around 21 cents per ounce so this
is the best cheapest overall in this video so pro here again we have chicken formula is the
product name that word formula fits under the dinner rule which means that's going to have
the most amount of chicken and instead of saying chicken and rice chicken and peas it just says
chicken that's great you want to see meat only in the product's name then when we look at the
ingredients chicken chicken broth chicken liver turkey so again we have two different proteins
less than the previous one that we looked at but at least this one includes more than one and it
also includes chicken liver when you're looking at the ingredients sometimes it's just says chicken
water and then a bunch of vitamins and minerals ideally you would have i mean the more secreting
organs the better but with most of the cheaper foods you're probably only going to find liver
so definitely you want to at least see liver and instead of just saying
liver they say chicken liver you want to make sure they tell you the byproduct which is liver
and you want to make sure that they tell you the animal that's being used
chicken we look at the guaranteed analysis it's approximately 13% carbs on a dry matter basis
definitely higher than what's ideal but technically this is fewer than most dry foods most
dry foods have an average of 30% percent carbs and summer all the way up to 50 percent carbs
jericho is like i'm out of here and other other cons here is you know there's agar
agar again that's the thickening agent then you'll see some carrots sweet potatoes squash
cranberries blueberries but all of this stuff here behind salt is likely less than one percent
so there's really not too much to worry about in terms of cranberries squash blueberries zucchini
a lot of manufacturers use vegetables and fruits as a natural source of nutrients
rather than relying on you know a list of 62 synthetic vitamins and minerals so you'll have
to decide which you prefer you want to have whole foods but maybe the carb amount is a little higher
or do you want to have synthetic nutrients with fewer carbs so again you have to decide which
one you prefer and then potentially another con here is that it's only suitable for adult cats
so if you're looking for a cheap food for your kitten this would not apply to you nulo the one
that i just talked about would be better the next cheap wet cat food that we'll talk about
is the best in terms of offering freshest food and that's called freshpet and pro here the product
name is chicken and beef recipe again recipe is going to warrant the highest amount of meat and
it says chicken and beef instead of chicken and rice chicken and peas chicken and beef so you
want to see meat only in the product name this one is suitable for all life stages so adult cats and
kittens can eat this product and when we look at the ingredients we have chicken chicken broth beef
chicken liver natural flavors which isn't very specific so that's a little bit of a con
and then you have eggs so we have three different types of protein we have chicken
beef and eggs and it includes chicken liver and the guaranteed analysis tells us that it's
approximately nine percent carbs on a dry matter basis some cons here they aren't specific about
the fish oil that they use it just says fish oil carrageenan which is a thickening agent pea fiber
so again there's some inappropriate ingredients but you'll notice that this ingredients list
is much shorter they have the ingredients here and then the vitamins and minerals there the next
cheap wet cat food that we'll talk about is going to be the best for multiple cats so if you were to
buy the 12 and a half ounce cans and a case of 12 of them this would come out to about 26 cents an
ounce so that's why i say it's good for multiple cats because you're buying the larger cans and
you're buying a big case of them so pros here the product name is turkey dinner again dinner you're
going to have the most amount of turkey there's no non-meat ingredients named in the product name
turkey dinner going to have more than 25% of the product is turkey then we look at the ingredients
we have turkey chicken liver chicken chicken broth i think that's it for meat ingredients so again
we're seeing chicken liver instead of it saying poultry byproducts it tells you the animal chicken
and it tells you the byproduct liver and with the guaranteed analysis numbers we figure that this
product is around eight percent carbs on a dry matter basis which is lower than the average for
dry food and most wet foods quite frankly another pro is that this is available at walmart now the
cons here is that i don't see any type of fish oil here so you have to wonder you know where's
the epa and dha coming from maybe it might be coming from the meat but typically that's not
a valuable source you want to have fish oil in the product somewhere other cons are guar gum cassia
gum xanthan gum all these gums are thickening agents that's what gives it that pate texture and
that's what kind of gels and keeps it together and other cons cranberries flaxseed yes of course
cats would not eat these things in the wild but cranberries are a natural source of antioxidants
and vitamins and minerals flaxseed maybe that's what they're relying on for the omega-3 and six
fatty acids even though technically that's ala and cats can't convert ala to epa and dha but
typically you'll see flaxseed in foods for this reason the next cheap wet cat food we'll talk
about is american journey this one is produced specifically for chewy and i'm considering this
the best for kittens comes out to about 23 cents an ounce so this product name is chicken recipe
again recipe fits under the dinner rule so you will have between 25 to 94.9% chicken
and chicken is the only highlighted ingredient in the product's name there's no chicken and
rice chicken and peas chicken and potato chicken recipe that's all you that's what you want to see
looking at the ingredients we have chicken chicken broth turkey broth chicken liver dried egg whites
dried egg products later down the line and i think that's it for meat products so we have chicken and
turkey that's great two different proteins chicken liver is included well actually three different
proteins because we have the eggs as well chicken liver is included and if we use the guaranteed
analysis to approximate the carb amount it's about five percent on a dry matter basis very low
compared to most cat foods on the market today and this is also suitable for adults and kittens even
though this is the best overall for kittens it is suitable for adult cats as well so this one works
best for you and you have an adult cat you can still feed this food the cons here is it's only
available on chewy so if that doesn't work for you if you can't order from them for some reason then
that's that would be a con for you another con is this fish oil here it's not specifically named
just says fish oil so i hope you see the difference when you're looking at ingredients
instead of saying salmon oil or sardine oil it says just fish oil so you kind of have to question
that well what kind of fish are they using do they not know is that why they didn't tell us
you know these are the things that you have to kind of go through when when you're reading the
ingredients and then you see some gums guar gum here again that's a thickening agent
and the same cons as other products that we looked at you know some inappropriate ingredients
flaxseed is technically inappropriate cranberries blueberries but again cat food companies use these
ingredients to give antioxidants to the product so that it can help you know keep a shelf life
and sunflower oil they're probably adding for the omega fatty acids rosemary extract
again that's preservative again technically not suitable for cats but unfortunately these types
of inappropriate ingredients are found in all types of commercial cat food but these brands in
the in this video are the best that i could find that don't include a big variety of inappropriate
ingredients these ones have minimal amount of inappropriate ingredients and again we're focusing
on the price more than quality in this video the next cheap wet cat food we'll talk about is called
natural balance and this one is the best for kibble junkies if your cat's addicted to kibble
this one comes out to 28 cents an ounce and the pro here is the product name again chicken formula
formula fits under the dinner rule so you're going to have the most amount of chicken
same as the other ones there's no non-meat ingredients named in the product's name it just
says chicken formula so look at the ingredients we have chicken chicken broth chicken liver
salmon i think that's it for meat ingredients so they tell you chicken liver instead of saying
poultry byproducts and they also tell you salmon instead of just saying fish oil so
those are good specific ingredients to look for now there are slightly more cons for this one
the approximate carbon amount is around 21% on a dry matter basis which is very high compared
to the cat's natural diet which would be around two percent but again 21% is still
way less than the average of dry food so if you're feeding dry food now and you want to get your cat
onto wet food this is still a much better option even though it doesn't fit ideal ranges compared
to the cat's natural diet the carbs are probably coming from maybe oat flour and brown rice and
since those are very high up on the ingredients list plus we use the guaranteed analysis numbers
to come up with the approximate carb amount i'd say that's fairly accurate and that's exactly why
this one gets the best for kibble junkies because it does contain higher amounts of carbohydrate
so if your cat's already eating kibble then he's already eating very high carbohydrate food
so if you transition to a wet food that has similar you know brown rice oats like these
ingredients are probably in the kibble that you're feeding or something similar so i think that'll
make a smoother transition if you've had you know if you've struggled in the past getting your cat
from dry food to wet food same cons as the other one you know carrageenan which is a thickening
agent and then some technically not suitable for cats ingredients but again we're focusing
on the price not the quality in this video (EDIT: please read description) the next cheap wet cat
food we'll talk about is called authority and this is the category cheapest at petsmart it's around
22 cents an ounce this is a brand that's specifically made for petsmart so the product name
here is chicken and liver entree that word entree also fits under the dinner rules so you're going
to have the most amount of chicken and liver in this product so now if we look at the ingredients
we have chicken broth chicken chicken liver dried egg product so again we see chicken liver instead
of seeing chicken by-products they tell us the animal and the byproduct that's used dried egg
products always nice to throw in some eggs there and the approximate carb amount is around 10%
on a dry matter basis again that's approximate now some cons here wheat gluten potato starch natural
flavor that's not very specific ground flax seed guar gum you know basically the same cons as
the other products that we looked at another con perhaps is that this is suitable for adults only
so if you're at petsmart looking for kitten food unfortunately this one does not work for you
but perhaps authority has a separate product that says it's for kittens just look on the label it'll
tell you adults or it'll say all life stages and another con is that this is only available
petsmart so if you can't buy from petsmart then unfortunately this one doesn't work for you the
next cheap wet cat food that we'll look at is called wholehearted and this is the category of
best at petco this one's around 23 cents an ounce and it's a variety pack so you get turkey recipe
chicken recipe and beef recipe recipe means the most amount of meat and again there are only meat
ingredients highlighted in the product so those are great pros it's what you want to look for so
when we look at the ingredients for turkey recipe it's turkey broth turkey chicken dried egg product
turkey powder and then they add fish oil so we have turkey and chicken and egg
that's great the approximate carb amount is around 10% on a dry matter basis a con here
is that there's no liver in the product so it's essentially just muscle meat and vitamins and
minerals ideally you want to have at least one secreting organ and the most common one
that you'll find in these types of pet foods is liver there's thickening agents the same
cons as the other ones another con here is the fish oil is not specific it just says fish oil
previous ones that we looked at they said salmon or menhaden fish oil this one just says fish oil
so we have no idea what type of fish i don't even know if they know what type of fish they use this
one is only suitable for adult cats so that might be another con and i just want to mention that
freshpet the other one that we looked at is also available at petco so if your option is between
freshpet and wholehearted i say freshpet would be the better option of the two but at the end
of the day any wet food that says complete and balanced is going to be better than any type of
dry food simply because cats rely on food for moisture dry food is dry is only 10% moisture
and the cat's used to eating 70 to 80% moisture so if these products still don't work for you
just buy whatever wet cat food that you can afford that says complete and balanced and
then you can check out this video right over meow to upgrade your cat's wet food very easily with
fresh food that you can buy at your local farm or grocery store thanks for watching