7/13 NEW WELLNESS FOODS ANALYSIS

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Marje and Gracie

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I noticed Wellness has new foods in the stores called "Divine Duos" and they've had "Signature Selects" for a little while. I called and got the nutrient profiles on all those new foods and provide the info below. These are based on the as-feds that I plugged into Janet's calculator. If you want the dry matter basis, I have those as well but plugging those into Janet's calculator results in the same numbers as below. I did provide the DMB for phosphorus since some of you might use that instead of mgP/100 kcal. I also double checked the ingredients and found that while some of the foods do not mention any fish in the name, they contain it.

The values below are the percent of the calories in the food from that particular component (e.g. % Protein is the % of calories from protein, etc.). If the %s don't add exactly to 100, it's just a rounding issue (I checked them all and a couple add up to 101).

DIVINE DUOS
Chicken Pate and Diced Turkey
P: 24%
F: 59%
C: 17%
Phosphorus: 128 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.72
Chicken Pate and Diced Duck
P: 22%
F: 63%
C: 15%
Phosphorus: 128 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.73
Beef Pate and Diced Chicken Liver
P: 22%
F: 63%
C: 15%
Phosphorus: 103 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.59
Tuna Pate and Diced Salmon
P: 27%
F: 57%
C: 16%
Phosphorus: 142 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.78
Tilapia Pate and Diced Ahi Tuna
P: 24%
F: 61%
C: 16%
Phosphorus: 189 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 1.06
Chicken Pate and Diced Salmon
P: 25%
F: 59%
C: 17%
Phosphorus: 155 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.85

SIGNATURE SELECTS
Flaked Skipjack Tuna with Wild Salmon
P: 46%
F: 41%
C: 13%
Phosphorus: 189 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.90
Flaked Skipjack Tuna with Shrimp
P: 48%
F: 38%
C: 14%
Phosphorus: 197 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.93
Chunky Chicken and Salmon
P: 28%
F: 47%
C: 26%
Phosphorus: 209 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB):1.05
Chicken and Beef in Gravy HAS TUNA
P: 41%
F: 31%
C: 28%
Phosphorus: 221 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.99
Chunky Beef and Chicken HAS TUNA
P: 37%
F: 30%
C: 33%
Phosphorus: 232 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 1.01
Chicken and Turkey in Gravy
P: 39%
F: 32%
C: 29%
Phosphorus: 211 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.96
Chunky Turkey and Chicken
P: 34%
F: 37%
C: 29%
Phosphorus: 205 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.96
Chicken and Liver in Gravy HAS TUNA
P: 39%
F: 32%
C: 29%
Phosphorus: 208 mg/100 kcal
Phosphorus (DMB): 0.93
 
Looks like they're all too high in the carb department :sad:

Would it be great if the pet food industry would ask their customers what's important to them in a food instead of marketing specialists who tell them to put pretty pictures on the labels?
 
Thanks, Marje,
It's too bad that the foods are all high in carbs. I wonder what the ingredients are to make them so high. I haven't seen any of them in my stores yet.

Ella
 
I it so excited about the phosphorus that I didn't even notice the carbs! I would have realized it later but so glad you all pointed that out. Guess we won't she trying them out after all. Peyton does love the Wellness grain free chicken and turkey flavors that are 4% carbs :)
 
I do find it unfortunate that they made them lower phosphorus but they are so high carb. I'm trying to find a new food for Gracie to control low numbers so a couple of the 15/17% Duets might work. The TJs food I was using has fish and she's sensitive to it. I believe they have tapioca and potato starch which drives up the carbs.
 
It seems that nearly every food that is low in phosphorus is high in carbs. They have to get the calories from something other than protein, sigh. It does look like some might work for mc or hc though. Thanks, Marje.
 
As much I don't want to do this, I was briefly considering switching Blackie's food to something with comparable carbs in it that she's getting from the Evo 95% Chicken & Turkey. It seems that pet food manufacturers don't care about the nutrient and carb value in pet foods. They're more interested in making money at the expense of our pets' health. I don't like that, and I'm sure that the rest of you on here don't, either. Wish that they'd wise up and get their acts together.
 
Thanks for doing the legwork Marje, but yeah, more foods being put out there but not healthy ones for our cats. :evil:
 
You're welcome. It's pretty discouraging.

I tried the 15% to control Gracie's lows yesterday. Didn't do any more than 4%. I'm a believer that it's not just the percent carbs but what the specific carbs are. I find no grain foods don't work for her low numbers. Foods with rice do.
 
I just read an interesting article about how grains may be causing issues due to mold and maybe that is why so many cats do better on grain free diets. The premise is that the grains are not the problem but the mold that is allowed into the food is. It is also thought that most cat foods are produced in a few places and aren't much different. Of course the smaller companies are likely different I would think provided they don't get their foods made at the same plants. I'll post the link later.
 
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