New FF additions

[hmjohnston]

They are now making breakfast food for cats.

Since when do cats know what breakfast food is? They eat all the time!

6 varieties and they are called "Mornings"
3 medleys- meat plus garden veggies and egg
- trout
-chicken
-wild salmon

and 3 souffles- meat plus garden veggies and egg
-turkey
-salmon
-chicken

Nothing on as fed values... maybe if we ask nicely?

 

[Hillary & Maui (GA)]

I saw the commercial and it looked like an egg souffle. Considering my girls won't touch eggs when I cook them, I can't see why they would eat this.

Guess Purina has to keep coming up with new ideas in order to keep us buying.

 

[Julia & Bandit (GA)]

These look like a re-branding of the elegant medley's line, so I would assume the carbs would be about the same as those--a bit too high for a diabetic. They all contain wheat gluten and corn starch, so I would avoid these.

Eggs are actually low carb and very healthy for cats--but those other ingredients make the food not so great. Too bad!

 

[hmjohnston]

I sent an email asking for the as fed values of the new kinds and said that my cat can only eat food under 10% carbs. Lets see what they send me.

 

[squeem3]

I saw the commercial and it looked like an egg souffle. Considering my girls won't touch eggs when I cook them, I can't see why they would eat this.

Guess Purina has to keep coming up with new ideas in order to keep us buying.

Honestly, I think Purina and many other pet food companies just create food to appeal to Humans' pereception of what a good healthy meal is :roll: Whole grains, egg souffle, fruits and veggies, etc. It's all a marketing thing to sell the product. The food itself may barely meet minimum nutritional standards. My two cents :smile:

 

[Julia & Bandit (GA)]

I sent an email asking for the as fed values of the new kinds and said that my cat can only eat food under 10% carbs. Lets see what they send me.

Honestly, even if they are borderline at 9 and 10% carbs like some of the elegant medleys, I would still avoid them. Wheat gluten gets hooked in cats' intestinal tracts and causes problems, and corn starch is never good for a diabetic's BG, despite the overall carb count.

 

[Carl & Polly & Bob (GA)]

I saw those today, and noticed it was harder to find some of the classic flavors too. I hope it isn't a "square footage of shelf space" thing at the store. They came out with the elegant melodies (or at least that was the first time I noticed them) when I first switched Bob to FF last year. I even bought a couple when I first took him off dry food. All I could think was "when was the last time I saw a cat foraging in my garden looking for just the right green leafy vegetable to snack on?". I'm thinking the only times I've ever seen them go for something green was when they ate grass and then barfed, or they attacked a catnip patch. If they want to add something to get cats to eat, why not just use catnip as an additive?

Since when do cats know what breakfast food is?

LOL, when my daughter was young, she was a big fan of bacon, eggs and grits. Mullet would jump on the table, lay about a half foot away from her plate, and just watch every fork full go from plate to mouth. When she wasn't looking, he'd try to steal a bit of bacon. But grits were the real target. She'd always leave a spoon full so he could get a taste when she was finished.

Carl

 

[Julia & Bandit (GA)]

LOL, when my daughter was young, she was a big fan of bacon, eggs and grits. Mullet would jump on the table, lay about a half foot away from her plate, and just watch every fork full go from plate to mouth. When she wasn't looking, he'd try to steal a bit of bacon. But grits were the real target. She'd always leave a spoon full so he could get a taste when she was finished.

My brother learned the hard way never to leave your breakfast cereal unattended around Bandit, ever since Bandit wolfed down his entire bowl of corn flakes and was working on lapping up the milk in the 5 minutes my brother left the room to go do something.

 

[hmjohnston]

I saw those today, and noticed it was harder to find some of the classic flavors too. I hope it isn't a "square footage of shelf space" thing at the store. They came out with the elegant melodies (or at least that was the first time I noticed them) when I first switched Bob to FF last year. I even bought a couple when I first took him off dry food. All I could think was "when was the last time I saw a cat foraging in my garden looking for just the right green leafy vegetable to snack on?". I'm thinking the only times I've ever seen them go for something green was when they ate grass and then barfed, or they attacked a catnip patch. If they want to add something to get cats to eat, why not just use catnip as an additive?
Carl

That's what I was thinking but then I realized it is if we at least knew the as fed values it could be put on Hobo's list and we can say- THAT is why is has high carbs!!! and let people make up their own minds of whether to buy or not.

Yes, I have plenty of green leafy veggies in my back 32 (feet) garden and Sneakers has shown no interest in it except to use it as shade (or a LB) :lol: .
Edit to add-

And think of all those kitties with egg allergies! Merciful heavens preserve us! More and more children every year are being diagnosed with food and milk allergies- when are they going to realize cats have them too?

 

[LynnLee + Mousie]

fwiw, i've seen these in stores out here already and even worse news about them is they are ALOT more expensive than the regular fancy feast foods. i think walmart had them for $0.80/3oz can

i also saw a new Sheba food in 3 oz cans. i wonder about their carb counts too? anyone seen those yet?

edited to correct "friskies" to be "fancy feast"

 

[Deanie and Boo (GA) and Scout]

i also saw a new Sheba food in 3 oz cans. i wonder about their carb counts too? anyone seen those yet?

I've bought some of the new Sheba food. They have cuts in gravy and pâté flavors. The gravy flavors do list starch as one of the ingredients but the pâté flavors do not. They actually look pretty diabetic friendly.

My Petsmart had a lot of the Sheba cans with "buy one, get one free" coupons stuck on top of them. I sifted through the cases and bought all of the cans that still had coupons on them. My cats like them and it worked out to about 25 cents per can with the coupon.

 

[Carl & Polly & Bob (GA)]

Heather
I agree completely with this:

That's what I was thinking but then I realized it is if we at least knew the as fed values it could be put on Hobo's list and we can say- THAT is why is has high carbs!!! and let people make up their own minds of whether to buy or not.

The more foods we include, the better for everyone. And, if it turns out this new stuff is mid or high carbs, that's also good to know. If the cats will eat it, it's a good thing to keep a couple of cans around the house for those days (usually nights) when someone needs a way to bump up the numbers during a low-number marathon.

Carl