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what is cat food made of

16 Answers  |  Asked By: 3718569   108   

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Answer 1
kitty

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It depends. But most cat food contains at least some meat, or form of meat. By form of meat I mean it might be meal.

Most cat foods contain the vitamins and nutrients that cats require, especially taurine.

Some cat foods contain good byproducts (like liver) and some contain unnamed ones which are bad (could be beaks, feet, who knows?)

Many brands also contain grains such as corn wheat or rice (bad).

Most contain some type of gelling agent to hold it all together.

And then there’s all the items I would just refer to as chemicals. No clue what they are or why they’re there.

 

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kitty

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nice answer

By: toby66   1012

Answer 2
kitty

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PLEASE only hit submit or post ONCE when you are posting a question.

Thank you

By: Catsdotcom   455
 

Answer 3
kitty

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Ditto what Beastmaster said. It totally depends on the food.

I choose to make my own cat food so that I know exactly what my cats are getting.

http://www.catinfo.org

By: Kat   3135  |  1 Comments to Answer
 

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kitty

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yes, i agree her answer was great

By: toby66   1012

Answer 4
kitty

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It usually tells you on the can. Not all cat foods are the same. Some have different flavours and such. There are also many things that can harm your pet. You might of seen the big thing about this ingredient in cat and dog food. I’m pretty sure it’s called wheat gluten. You can also go to websites that tell you what ingredients to watch out for in pet food.

By: cuzzieluv   250
 

Answer 5
kitty

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mostly the canned is vitamins and meat and the dry is mostly vitamins

 

Answer 6
kitty

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im not sure but it depends what kind of food it is

By: fefe101   184
 

Answer 7
kitty

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It depends on the brand and manufacturer, obviously.

You need to check the ingredient list to determine what is in the food, this is usually on the side of the package or on the back or bottom. The ingredients are listed from the highest percentage to the lowest percentage, as required by the FDA (this is true of “human” foods as well).

The first ingredient on the list should be a meat - chicken, beef, lamb or fish usually, and not called a “by-product”. A lot of the cheaper brands have corn meal as the first or second ingredient and these should be avoided completely as cats do not digest corn and other grains particularly well and derive very little actual nutrition from them (you’ll notice a lot more litter box waste and smell too if you feed your cats these because most of what they’re eating is just going straight through them undigested).

Any food you feed your cat MUST have taurine or your cat will become ill, they do not produce this necessary substance themselves like humans and other omnivores and herbivores do (much like humans require vitamin C in their diet whereas many animals make it themselves)

If your cat is vomiting regularly or suffering from diarrhea, the food you are feeding it is likely the culprit. Some cats are partially or completely intolerant of grains and require a gluten-free diet, especially wild-hybrid based breeds such as Bengals and Savannahs. Gluten-free foods are available but you may have to shop around to find them, many online vendors will carry them if you do an internet search.

 

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kitty

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nice answer

By: toby66   1012

Answer 8
kitty

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It depends. You could just look at the ingredients. But most cat foods have meat. Because cats are carnivorous, they need a source of meat, unlike dogs.

That is for dry food. It also depends on if it is wet or dry food.

 

Answer 9
kitty

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unborn fetus

 

Answer 10
kitty

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feces bit and fecal matter

 

Answer 11
kitty

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other cats

 

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kitty

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NO IT IS NOT

By: joshy2   707

Answer 12
kitty

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It depends what kind of cat food, dry or wet?

 

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kitty

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yes, that is true

By: toby66   1012

Answer 13
kitty

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depends on the food you are giving your cat.

 

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kitty

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yes

By: toby66   1012

Answer 14
kitty

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You can read the back of the package, and there should be a list of ingredients. If there is none, you should probably switch cat foods because there is obviously somthing in the cat food that the producers don’t want you to know about.

 

Answer 15
kitty

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it depends on witch kind of food

By: toby66   1012
 

Answer 16
kitty

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It depends on what food your giving your cat, and how old your cat is. If your cat is older it might be made up of different foods then a younger cats food.

 

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