9Lives Active Formula – Beef Tenderloin and Roast Turkey Flavor cat food

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9Lives Active Formula – Beef Tenderloin and Roast Turkey Flavor cat food

9Lives Active Formula: Beef Tenderloin and Roast Turkey Flavor cat food formula is designed for cats with a moderate to high activity level. The first five ingredients of this formula are ground corn, poultry by-product meal, soybean meal, meat & bone meal and corn gluten meal. Other ingredients include animal fat, animal digest, wheat gluten, caramel color and glycerine. The Guaranteed Analysis of this formula contains 34% Protein and 11% Fat.
 

9Lives Active Formula – Beef Tenderloin and Roast Turkey Flavor cat food Review

We are going to take a look at the first five ingredients of 9Lives Active Formula – Beef Tenderloin and Roast Turkey Flavor cat food. The first five ingredients are a good indication of the quality of cat food. The ingredients before the first fat source usually make up the vast majority of the cat food.
 

    Whole ground corn, poultry by-product meal, soybean meal, meat & bone meal, corn gluten meal, animal fat (preserved with BHA and mixed tocopherols), animal digest, whole wheat, wheat gluten, salt, water sufficient for processing, caramel color, glycerine, choline chloride, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, niacin supplement, vitamin A supplement, d-calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, menadione sodium bisulfite complex, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement), ground wheat flour, titanium dioxide, natural and artificial flavor (source of roast flavor), taurine, potassium chloride, minerals (ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite), yellow 5, dried cooked turkey, dl-methionine, yellow 6, BHA (preservative), sodium bisulfate, potassium sorbate (preservative), red 40, sorbic acid, sodium carbonate, rosemary extract.

    First Five Ingredients Analysis:

    1. Whole Ground Corn
    2. Poultry By-Product Meal
    3. Soybean Meal
    4. Meat and Bone Meal
    5. Corn Gluten Meal
    Whole Ground Corn - the entire ear of corn ground, without husks, with no greater portion of cob than occurs in the ear corn in its natural state.

    Poultry By-Product Meal - consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered poultry, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidably in good processing practices.

    Soybean Meal - obtained by grinding the cake or chips which remain after removal of most of the oil from the soybeans by a mechanical extraction process.

    Meat and Bone Meal - the rendered product from mammal tissues, exclusive of blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices.

    Corn Gluten Meal - the dried residue from corn after the removal of the larger part of the starch and germ, and the separation of the bran by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.

    Crude Protein Min 34.00 %

    Crude Fat Min 11.00 %

    Crude Fiber Max 3.00 %

    Moisture Max 12.00 %

    Calcium Min 1.00 %

    Phosphorus Min 0.80 %

    Iron Min 180 mg/kg

    Vitamin A Min 10,000 IU/kg

    Vitamin D Min 1,500 IU/kg

    Thiamine Min 5 mg/kg

    Riboflavin Min 4 mg/kg

    Taurine Min 0.10 %

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Rating (out of 10)

Overall Ingredients

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First Five Ingredients

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Protein Content

This score is based on the total meat protein content
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Grain Content

More Grains = Lower score and No Grains= 10
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