cat sip - catmilk- ok for my cat?

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The ingredients list for that Catsip product state it contains only low fat milk, lactase enzyme and taurine.

Is this a complete ingredients list? I'm always suspicious of non-UK catfood ingredients lists, I never know if the manufacturers are obliged to include everything or not.

Anyway, if this Catsip stuff is really lactose free, why have they added lactase to it? Lactase is an enzyme which helps process lactose. Lack of lactase causes lactose intolerance. And lactose is, of course, a sugar.

Another concern would be if it contained soya, which I'm sure I've read is no good for diabetics.

Who is the manufacturer of Catsip? I couldn't find their name anywhere. I'd be happier looking at their website direct, rather than a retailer's website. Maybe even phone them. It all depends on what info by law US petfood producers need to provide on the contents of their products.

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I can really only talk from personal experience and don't know how much it changes a diabetic cats numbers, but I'd like to add that even if it's alright for most cats, some may be extra sensitive to it. Like Frankie and Tip(prior to diabetes) have no problems, but Christmas will throw up everything if she just has a tiny bit. So that's something to watch for too.
 
That AK Pharma website states:

"CatSip is real lowfat milk with the lactose made digestible through the use of a safe food enzyme. It has been proven highly digestible in actual veterinary clinical studies."

Ingredients state it has added lactase.

So is it really lactose free, or is it just milk, but with added lactase enzyme to assist with the digestion of lactose? This would help with the digestive issues, sure, but as lactase turns lactose in glucose, this would certainly not help with the whole diabetes/ sugar issue.

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