Tiki Cat Mixed Pack Question

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Erin Ethan

Erin Ethan

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Hi everyone,

I'm working on a food comparison for a few specific cat foods (using Dr. Pierson's chart as a starting point). I have reached out to a couple of the commercial raw food companies in Canada to see if they will provide the nutritional breakdown for their products.

I am wondering if anyone knows if the cans in this Tiki Cat mixed pack are the same as what is listed on Dr. Pierson's chart?

On Dr. Pierson's chart they have fancy names like "Bora Bora", but on the box of the mixed pack they have names like "Tillapia Recipe in Tillapia Consomme". I'm not sure how to match them up?
 
They've changed their labels since the chart was made.

If you google the names, you should be able to find out which ones they are. Bora Bora is sardine cutlets in lobster consommé, for example: https://tikipets.com/product/tiki-cat/tiki-cat-wet-food/shredded-cat/grill/sardine-cutlets-lobster/

Most, if not all, Tiki Cat canned food should be safe for diabetic cats. The only ones I'm iffy on are the after dark pate style because they have Dried Yeast and Cassia Gum in the ingredients list. I think everything else is pretty much just meat, water/broth, oil (not all varieties contain oil), and vitamins and minerals so they should be well under 10% carbs.
 
Ahhh thanks so much @tessa's mom! Good to know they should be equivalent and that Tiki Cat is generally good for diabetic cats. I'll google the names to find out the new equivalents.

I am surprised with how much carb variability there is between different flavours in some of the other cat food brands.
 
Found this posted by a member
Sharing it here for easy reference (only including the "dry matter" chart since it's the one to follow):

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That's awesome thanks @Diane Tyler's Mom! When comparing (e.g., with Dr. Pierson's chart) should I take it one step further and calculate Metabolized Energy from Protein/Fat/Carbs to get the caloric breakdown? Or is the % Dry Matter sufficient/comparable?
 
Erin Ethan said:
That's awesome thanks @Diane Tyler's Mom! When comparing (e.g., with Dr. Pierson's chart) should I take it one step further and calculate Metabolized Energy from Protein/Fat/Carbs to get the caloric breakdown? Or is the % Dry Matter sufficient/comparable?
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I really wouldn't know, but I would go by the dry matter from tiki cat :cat:
Are you asking how many calories are in them?
Take a look at this
https://tikipets.com/product/tiki-cat/tiki-cat-wet-food/shredded-cat/after-dark/chicken-2/
NUTRITIONAL FACTS
Crude Protein (min) 12%
Crude Fat (min) 2.2%
Crude Fiber (max) 0.7%
Moisture (max) 83%
66 kcal/2.8 oz. can

128 kcal/5.5 oz. can

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Thanks @Diane Tyler's Mom-- I was wondering because I came across this thread where @Ann & Tess GA suggested taking it step further from Dry Matter and calculating the ME:

"All the carb %s in both J&B's list and Dr. Lisa's new list are Metabolized Energy (ME) or caloric distribution. You start the calculations off with the As Fed numbers (NOT the Guaranteed Analysis numbers on the cans), take out the % water and get the Dry Matter then calculate the ME from that."

From this I was thinking that to compare properly with some of the other food brands in Dr. Lisa Pierson's chart I'd have to calculate ME.
 
Basically what I have learned so far is: cat food companies make it next-to-impossible to compare apples to apples! :facepalm:
 
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