Carbs in Royal Canin Glycobalance?

[Joanj]

Hi, I'm syringe feeding my cat Lucy and someone in a rescue group gave me a big box of royal Canin glycobalance that I put in my Nutribullet yesterday and today. Does anyone know the carbs in it? I can't find it anywhere and it isn't on the list I downloaded from this site.

Would FF be better? I was only using the RC because I have a lot of it so can give her the same every day and not be changing all the time. I see it is lower in calories than FF tho.

Thanks!!

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

The Glycobalance is high carb

Fancy Feast, as long as it's the Classics, is a much better choice....and since right now it's important to get calories into her, you want something higher calorie. You might want to try some kitten FF....it's higher calorie than the adult, but still low carb

 

[Joanj]

Ok thank you, ill switch. I have quite a few cans of that too. Her Bg is only 99 at the moment tho at +55 hours. It would really be easier with higher calorie since Im syringe feeding.

Dont they prescrib glycobalance for FD? I know vet RX arent the best.

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

Dont they prescrib glycobalance for FD? I know vet RX arent the best.

Yeah a lot of vets do, but a lot of that is because they don't get any education in nutrition in school(even NEW vets are only getting a matter of hours in "nutritional education") so the only information most vets have comes from a prescription pet food salesman.

 

[Beck and Philly]

I believe it's 14%. It is on the food chart, but not with the other Rx food. For some reason it is later in the document.

 

[PamJV]

Hi, I'm syringe feeding my cat Lucy and someone in a rescue group gave me a big box of royal Canin glycobalance that I put in my Nutribullet yesterday and today. Does anyone know the carbs in it? I can't find it anywhere and it isn't on the list I downloaded from this site.

Would FF be better? I was only using the RC because I have a lot of it so can give her the same every day and not be changing all the time. I see it is lower in calories than FF tho.

Thanks!!

I am using Glycobalance dry food. I am told RC does scientific study to determine the optimum ingredients and it's not all about carbs. It is about the glycemic index and what the source of the carbs is.

 

[Squeaky and KT (GA)]

RC does scientific study to determine the optimum ingredients and it's not all about carbs. It is about the glycemic index and what the source of the carbs is.

...and the food salesmen are really good - they've convinced many a vet of this. Any 'study' by a pet food manufacturer is suspect in itself. Of course they're not going to publish a bad 'study'.

If you look at the ingredients in the RC Glycobalance, the usual 'grain' glutens and flours are used as starches - it's not even 'grain free'. Nothing 'optimum ingredient' about that. Here are the first ingredients (full list on their website): Water sufficient for processing, pork by-products, chicken liver, chicken, wheat gluten, powdered cellulose, gelatin, wheat flour, modified corn starch, natural flavors...

Many much less expensive foods are actually much more appropriate for ANY cat, not just diabetics.

 

[PamJV]

...and the food salesmen are really good - they've convinced many a vet of this. Any 'study' by a pet food manufacturer is suspect in itself. Of course they're not going to publish a bad 'study'.

If you look at the ingredients in the RC Glycobalance, the usual 'grain' glutens and flours are used as starches - it's not even 'grain free'. Nothing 'optimum ingredient' about that. Here are the first ingredients (full list on their website): Water sufficient for processing, pork by-products, chicken liver, chicken, wheat gluten, powdered cellulose, gelatin, wheat flour, modified corn starch, natural flavors...

Many much less expensive foods are actually much more appropriate for ANY cat, not just diabetics.

My vet went to Cornell and he's an internist as well as teacher and has some other specialty degrees. He's not just listening to a salesman. I have an open mind about it, and have tried the zero carb stuff and Ricky won't eat it. So what good is that? It might sound good but if a cat won't eat it, it's not worth anything. I know Glycobalance doesn't sound great in the ingredients but I do believe it's a company using science that they have tested.

The dry Glycobalance doesn't have pork product. Here are the ingredients.

Chicken Meal, Barley, Corn Gluten Meal, Powdered Cellulose, Wheat Gluten, Tapioca, Dried Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat, Natural Flavors, Fish Oil, Psyllium Seed Husk, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Fructooligosaccharides, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Vitamins [Dl-Alpha Tocopherol (Source of Vitamin E), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Biotin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Acetate, Niacin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement], Trace Minerals [Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite, Copper Proteinate], L-Carnitine, Marigold Extract (Tagetes Erecta L.), Rosemary Extract, Preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid.

 

[Squeaky and KT (GA)]

The dry Glycobalance is even worse than the canned...look at all those grains in it. Second and third ingredient are grains, cellulose is 'filler fiber', next ingredient is, again, grain, Tapioca is nothing BUT starch.