Baby Food for Diabetic Kitty

[Shiloh567]

Good Morning! I do give my sugar kitty, Gideon Blue as a treat - 2 times per week, a jar of Gerber's Chicken or Turkey baby food. The carbs on the jar = 2%. The ingredients are ground chicken, water, and cornstarch. Is the cornstarch an issue for a diabetic kitty?

 

[Panic]

No go on the cornstarch - there are baby foods that are just chicken though, those are safe.

 

[Ale & Bobo & Minnie (GA)]

Really? I thought it was about the carb content because I’m sure FF has some type of starch in it but it’s low carbs despite of it. I know both @Diane Tyler's Mom and I use Gerber baby food

 

[Panic]

Actually you're right, I believe it's technically fine as a treat carb-wise but there are better options without the cornstarch. Beechnut is one. The Gerber baby carbs are something like 7-8%.

 

[Ale & Bobo & Minnie (GA)]

I ask because I tried other types and the only one Minnie will eat as a treat or in a not eating emergency is Gerber sadly. I’m now giving her a 1/4 of a jar a day because it’s the only thing I can mix her probiotics in that she’ll eat without turning her nose. If I add to the FF she eats around it

 

[Diane Tyler's Mom GA]

Actually you're right, I believe it's technically fine as a treat carb-wise but there are better options without the cornstarch. Beechnut is one. The Gerber baby carbs are something like 7-8%.

Hey Jeanne all the stage 2 sitter Gerber baby foods , beef, chicken, turkey and ham are 2% carbs