The GoodFirst, Second, Third and Fourth ingredients are all named meat ingredients Quality Ingredients Grain Free |
The Bad |
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Evo Cat Food
Evo brand cat food is a type of pet food that is manufactured by Natura Pet Products. Natura Pet was originally founded in Santa Clara, California in 1989. Natural Pet Products produces Evo, Innova, California Natural, Karma, HealthWise and Mother Nature pet products. All of Natura Pet Product's dry food formulas are manufactured in Fremont, Nebraska. Though some Natura Pet Products do contain both peanuts and butter, Natura Pet Products has publicly stated that there is no peanut butter or peanut butter paste in any of their formulas. Many food products were recently recalled due to contaminated peanut butter, though none of Natura Pet Products are currently affected.
Evo Cat Food Review
We are going to take a look at the first five ingredients of Evo 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.
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Turkey, Chicken Meal, Chicken, Herring Meal, Chicken Fat, Potatoes, Egg, Turkey Meal, Natural Flavors, Vitamins, Apples, Potassium Chloride, Carrots, Cranberries, Alfalfa Sprouts, Minerals, Tomatoes, Herring Oil, Cottage Cheese, Ascorbic Acid, Dried Chicory Root Extract, Direct-Fed Microbials, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurin, DL-Methionine, Lecithin, Rosemary Extract
- Turkey
- Chicken Meal
- Chicken
- Herring Meal
- Chicken Fat
First Five Ingredients Analysis:
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Crude Protein (min) 50 %
Crude Fat (min) 22 %
Crude Fiber (max) 2 %
Moisture (max) 10 %
Linoleic Acid (Omega-6 Fatty Acid) (min) 4 %
Carbohydrates NFE (max) 7 %
Vitamin E (min) 300 IU/kg
Vitamin C (min) 500 mg/kg
Taurine (min) 0.2 %
Magnesium (max) 0.1 %
Omega-3 Fatty Acids (min) 0.4 %
Docosahexaenoic Acid (min) 0.1 %
Total Microorganisms (min) 90,000,000CFU/lb
Evo Cat Food Consumer Ratings
Are you a consumer of Evo Cat Food? If so please take the time to rate Evo Cat Food. This will make it easier for people who are looking to purchase Evo Cat Food.
Rating (out of 10)
Overall IngredientsThis score is based on ALL ingredients |
10 |
First Five IngredientsThis score is based on the first five ingredients |
10 |
Protein ContentThis score is based on the total meat protein content |
10 |
Grain ContentMore Grains = Lower score and No Grains= 10 |
10 |
Total |
10 |
May 10th, 2009 at 7:29 am
All my cats refuse to eat.
June 10th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
My 19 year old cat would eat nothing but dry cat food. He got diabetes, and we searched around for a new, low-carb food. After being put on (my) insulin, and eating Evo for a week, his demeanor was better than it had been in years, though he has yet to gain back the weight he lost with the onset of diabetes. I am very happy with Evo (wet — haven’t tried the dry.) YMMV.
June 18th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Please introduce new foods slowly into cat’s diet. I use EVO dry as a supplement to their canned (don’t hit me)Friskies low carb varieties. I do mix the Friskies canned half and half with Wellness canned, its the only way they will eat the Wellness. Will try EVO canned when am out of all the Wellness I bought. Even with slow introduction the EVO gave 2 of our 4 cats partly sticky poo, and very very smelly. Time may cure the sticky part, unsure of the smelly… But can deal with smelly as I clean boxes out immediately, and is worth it to have quality food. Am wondering tho, if grains are bad for our kitties, because they are not part of their natural diet, then what about the potatos and cranberries etc? Why are these even used? I doubt if my cats would consume cranberries if given a choice… So I wonder about that… but overall, happy with what I believe is a quality food.
June 19th, 2009 at 10:39 am
When we first adopted our kittens they ate Science Diet dry. As I began to research foods for them I realized this wasn’t the best food. As this was going on, the tainted food outbreak was occurring. I then switched to Blue Buffalo, but after a couple of bags I decided to feed them a grain free diet. I found a store that carried Evo and tried it. Each time we switch food, we introduced it slowly along with their old food. Not only did they like the Evo, but they eat less of it (because there’s no filler) and their poo doesn’t smell as bad (and there’s less poo too). Yes it’s expensive, but they’re worth a little extra. As a treat, we also give them a little grain-free Weruva brand wet food. They don’t get much, but they sure do love it.
July 2nd, 2009 at 11:29 pm
My cat loves it. He started on Natural Balance at first but when i gave him to choose between Natural Balance and Evo, he actually prefered Evo.
From the ingredients of Evo, it is actually pretty good as compared to the Natural Balance but it is too expensive here in Australia. Roughly 70bucks for a 3kg pax.
Overall i’m happy with it and might stop giving my cat Barf diet in preference to Evo.
August 10th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Our Savannah kittens love the Evo Ancestral dry food. We much prefer it to the IAMS dry catfood which upsets their stomach and causes regurgitation of undigested food.
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:46 am
I have recently started with Evo, since we got 2 new Kittens and they had problems with the normal cheap supermarket food, which is just horrorable from info i got myself afer researching, and i wasnt wondering anymore why the little stomachs will get problems with that. Since im still getting them used to it, our older tomcat of 2 years is eating it and seems to like it. As i brought the food home and opened the bag, he was right away interessted into it and ate some out of my hand and still keeps eating it now. The kittens i gave some into the cooked chicken/rice i made for them and the ate it together with it too. So for now i can say they at least like it and the intgredients are 100 times better than the cheap supermarket food.
September 2nd, 2009 at 10:46 am
Folowup: My cat was broken.
After a few months of eating the Evo low-carb cat food, he is fixed. I can’t speak for other cats, but it appears I was killing the cat with supermarket cat food. He was always an extremely shy, reclusive, basically unfriendly cat. After 17 years he was getting dandruffy and had a greasy coat. At a point a few months ago, he started to lose weight drastically and drink lots of water. I am diabetic myself, and we recognized the signs of diabetes. We gave him 2 weeks of insulin to get his blood sugar down, and started feeding him the low-carb Evo. Several months later, he has gained back his weight, and is (comparatively) very friendly. His dandruff is gone, and his diabetes is under control without insulin. He is no longer broken. 
My lesson learned is that cats are carnivores and feeding them carb-y cat food kills them. For me, Evo is the way to go.
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 am
Did you feed your kitty dry or wet evo?
October 11th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I just wanted to say that Evo is our all time favorite dry food. As a result of various circumstances we are caring for 8 cats. They all love Evo. Their coats are in great condition and they’re all active, even the 13 year old. I started 6 on it last year and they were tentative. But the youngest gave it a try and loved it, so the rest decided they better not let him have it all. The other two were switched from Friskies when we brought them in. They seemed happy to switch. I am so happy that there is a food that they all enjoy and is healthy.
They are all less excited about the wet food. They like the 95% beef best but it takes them awhile to finish the venison and the chicken/turkey so I mostly give them other types of canned food but I keep the beef one in their rotation. I couldn’t find the big cans of cat food but I emailed Natura and found out that the 95% meat canned foods are exactly the same for cats and dogs (yes, there’s taurine), so now I get the big cans of dog food since my group needs a lot of food.
October 14th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Evo 95% Venison canned food treats Cronic Renal Failure in Cats:
Tyrone is 18 years old. In the last few years he lost weight and grew listless. I guessed an underactive thyroid due to his age. Blood tests 2 months ago revealed his thyroid was fine, but his kidney enzymes and blood sugar were slightly elevated.
I researched and found that Evo Ancestral Diet canned venison was highly recommended for cats with Cronic Renal Failure, CRF. Its low in phosphorus, i.e. less than 1% per serving. Phosphorus seems to be the culprit which brings on this disease.
Tyrone is now back to his normal weight and has gained in muscle. He is bright and active. He takes no medication whatsoever, just eats his Evo with great pleasure.
October 20th, 2009 at 9:04 am
My cat loves EVO, but it gives him very loose stools. He is extremely healthy, and has tons of energy, and has less energy when I feed him Purina Kitten Chow for a few days days straight. I don’t know whether I should keep on feeding him the EVO, or find a different grain free food that won’t give him diarrhea, or mix the Kitten Chow and the EVO.
Advice please?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
I switched our cats from Science Diet to EVO two months ago after seeing the huge difference EVO made in our dog. My cat’s love it! There is much less litter box mess. We had a problem with one cat regurgitating undigested food, so far with EVO, the problem seems to have subsided!
It could be cheaper, but so far, they seem to eat a little less. Overall, very pleased!
December 5th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Evo saved my cat’s life. He was diagnosed with diabetes and our Vet recommended this food. He made an amazing turn-around and is acting like a young cat again. Even tho he is only 9, he was acting like a old man. He loves the wet food and dry. I noticed the loose stools during the transition, but now all is well. We hope to get him off of the insulin very soon!
Thank you, Nutra Pet!
December 28th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
We have three rescued Maine Coon/ x cats, all of them with picky digestive systems. One’s an overeater, one’s allergic to all forms of seafood, and one who had near constant gas. After at least five different switches to different “high-quality” dry foods we finally bit the bullet and shelled out a few extra dollars and a little inconvenience for Evo…and it’s proven it’s worth over and over! They eat less, run more, smell better, and no allergic reactions at all. I will never feed anything else again.
January 14th, 2010 at 9:20 pm
Rie: My advice is to NOT mix the EVO with the Purina kitten chow for your cat to eat. He is used to garbage low quality low protein supermarket food. His digestive system is not used to the EVO, as it is very high in protein compared to what he is used to. The diarrhea should subside in time as his digestive system adjusts to the higher protein levels. Alternatively, you can mix a high quality high protein dry with the EVO until he transitions to 100% EVO, such as ORA-JEN,(70-30) or ACANA 65-35. The ACANA is made by the same company that makes ORA-JEN. These are high protein dry foods, low carbs and grain free. There are 3 different flavors, and all are made with fresh meats delivered to the plant daily, such as free range chickens, duck, lamb, various lake trouts and whitefish, etc. As a rule don’t feed your cats any dry food, period, but there are exceptions in certain situations, as long as you do not do it for extended periods, and only to assist in the transition phase from dry to wet, or in your case, diarrhea issues. The non grain carbs will dilute the richness of the EVO a bit. You should also first try feeding less food at feeding time, and if possible feed more often. Try feeding a third to half what you give now, but feed 3 or 4 times a day, instead of twice daily. He will need less EVO to feel satisfied since it has lots of protein, more protein than he needs will not be absorbed or digested completely, and excess will only go through his system unprocessed. If all else fails (which I doubt) you can try Old School Nutrition brand name, which is grain free, but you will have to add a powder supplement to it, as it’s 100% protein and does not include all the vitamins, minerals and nutrients in it as does EVO. A good powder supplement is: Nature’s Logic http://www.natureslogic.com Hope this helps. I have been through all this to save my pal, Kooty, a male 13 yr. old tortoise shell tabby from diabetes. He’s well on his way to normal again, with a high protein diet, no more dry food for him. When I switched to a high protein canned, and took away his garbage dry food, it was like flicking a switch inside of him, he got better within days, and is almost his old self again. I’ll never feed dry kibble of any kind to a cat again. Acana and Ora Jen are the least worst of all the brands if dry is fed, as they are high protein, and no grains, but do have a lower percentage of carbs in form of potato, cranberries, etc.
January 14th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
You get what you pay for, like anything in life. Mcdonalds or the KEG? lol Same with cat foods. EVO or Purina? My cat was basically dying, and I was heartbroken, but I refused to give up on my pal, Kooty. So I researched and talked to everyone and anyone, went the holistic route, acupuncture, Chinese herbs etc. What worked was stopping the dry food, and feeding high protein, no grain, no carb wet diet. I’m so annoyed with Vets telling me over the years that I was feeding my cat “good quality” food, when in fact, I was killing him slowly. Vets get 1 week of nutritional training…..hello! What’s wrong with that picture? The Vet who diagnosed my cat with diabetes said his diet “was not a consideration” in the treatment plan for his diabetes! Huh? I went to a different Vet, who disagreed with that assessment.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:24 pm
I’ve been feeding my two cats EVO for quite some time now. I started with the Turkey/Chicken but they were throwing it up. Now I have them eating the fish version and yet they still get sick. Is anyone else having this same problem? My cats are over weight even though I don’t overly feed them and heard this was the best food for them.
Any suggestions?
February 9th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
My 14 mo siamese cat refuses to eat this food,he was eating Royal Canin Select,but he developed fur loss and excessive scratching from it,I have tried From,Solid Gold,Natural Balance,Before rain,he refuses to eat any of these foods! Help! I just bought a bag of Wellness Chicken,I hope he will eat this!
March 6th, 2010 at 4:57 am
I have been feeding a mix of EVO 95% duck wet food and salmon and herring dry food to my cats for about a month. One of my cats has been a mystery to my vet, excessive fur lapping and scratching…nothing seemed to solve it. Finally I decided on my OWN, after too many shoulder shrugs from the vet, to change to a very high quality food. I’m so glad I did. I tried Taste of the Wild grain free dry first, and they would NOT eat it, not even a pebble, even after days. In desperation I tried this and they love it. The cat with the issues has slowed down in scratching and licking, and his coat is unbelievably thick and soft. My other cat, a Coon with dandruff issues has almost cleared up totally. Both cats eat less and their stools are more compact and less frequent. They are both more friendly and sociable. It makes me wonder just how much damage supermarket food does to cats! If I had not seen these drastic changes in my pets, I would never have believed it. This food is definitely expensive ($20 6.6lb bag; $2.99 for a 12 oz. can)but so far it seems to be so worth it.
March 14th, 2010 at 9:49 am
After reading about where the cheap cat food comes from I was very mad that I had been feeding my baby cat girl this. I did a lot of research and read a lot of reviews before starting feeding her Evo. I thought she would not like it-I got the fish one-but contrary to my belief she loved it. Her stool is harder and shelooks better. I need some advise on vegetarian or fish WET food for my cat.
March 26th, 2010 at 9:40 pm
One of my males (he’s a yellow tabby almost 8 yrs old) has been quite the puker and picky eater. He’d been this way since we “adopted” him from our vet. He got really sick and we had to take him to the ER vet, turns out he has food allergies and has kidney disease. Have put all of the cats on the EVO dry salmon and herring. They also get the Wellness grain free tuna and salmon. All of them LOVE this food. They all look better and the one who started this off is still a work in progress but NO ONE has puked in over a month. Yes, it’s expensive with 8 cats but these kitties are worth it.
March 30th, 2010 at 3:39 am
EVO Wet and EVO Dry for cats and kittens are the BEST! My cats love it, and it’s good knowing that EVO is good for them as well! Go EVO!
The only not so good thing is that they are $8AUD 1 big + 1 small can for wet and $25AUD for a 1kg pack of dry food, especially with 6 cats. But it is definitely worth it, as Suzanne (comment above) says!
May 19th, 2010 at 9:00 am
I used to be a loyal Evo customer. I had seven cats all thrive on the food. However, they recently sold the company to Proctor & Gamble (who also manufacture Iams & Eukanuba). In addition to concerns about a decline in the quality of the food, I refuse to support a company that conducts cruel and unnecessary animal testing, so I am no longer feeding my cats Evo.
June 6th, 2010 at 7:37 am
Everyone seems to be whining about the sale to Proctor and Gamble and claiming that the quality of the food is certain to decline, but there is absolutely no credible information available to base that claim on. Who is to say that P&G won’t leave the formula exactly as it is or even improve upon it ? Let’s wait and see before passing judgment.
June 6th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
My cat absolutely loves Evo (Chicken and Turkey formula, Grain free canned) and as he has just been diagnosed with stage 3 kidney failure I was happy to read that it is low in phosphorus.
After visiting my local pet food store to stock up I discovered this brand had been sold to Proctor and Gamble and am very very upset about this.
P&G tests on animals and I will not support that atrocity.
So now I must find a substitute. Very disappointing since he does love this stuff more than treats!
J
June 12th, 2010 at 3:14 am
I fed EVO for years but will not be purchasing any longer. I am extremely disappointed by the Proctor and Gamble buyout.
I went to the P&G website to see if they were reporting on this event.
The first two things I saw were a big tab for “Investor Relations” and a news brief about a recall on some of their other pet food brands.
They *obviously* do not have my cats best interests in mind.
June 12th, 2010 at 9:15 am
Our vet just highly recommended Evo for our once 32 lb Maine Coon, after years of doing what we could to bring his weight down. Now, our Mack is one big boy to begin with, but having him on a strictly controlled regimen of Science Diet Hairball Control Light has only brought his weight down to 27 lbs, and holding steady. Ideally he should be 22-23lbs, but feeding him 1/4 cup morning and night (vet directed) won’t take off the weight. He seems to be showing signs of arthritis too, much too early for a 6 yr old cat. Blood tests this week show everything normal, but we’re making the leap to Evo with high hopes. He is easily the best pet I’ve ever owned, so no problem paying the ridiculously high food price. We were also told to supplement the Evo with occasional boiled skinless chicken, so we’ll see how he likes that.
As for P&G owning Evo, I couldn’t give a rat’s ass. Test away, I say, and yes I’ve seen the videos and read the books. Animals have no ‘rights,’ folks. There are atrocities in testing, and they are wrong (and quite limited), but the animal rights folks out there are complete lunatics. Imagine the world we’d live in if they had their way, which is basically equating animals with humans. Some freak in Austria just MARRIED his cat, for cryin’ out loud. LEGALLY. Wonder why the European race is dying out in front of our eyes?
But I digress. Evo sounds very promising, and I’m looking forward to good things for our big Maine Coon.
June 27th, 2010 at 2:55 pm
I’m a big fan of the no/low carb and high protein cat diets but Evo was NOT the food that was right for my cats. I really wanted to like this product and once my cats were converted over to the food, they seemed to like the taste. Unfortunately, it’s VERY high in fat (all my cats gained significant weight on this food) and one of my cats developed an allergy to the food.
It took almost a week for the reaction to develop but once it did he started scratching himself like a flea infested dog and licking himself so often that he licked his lip raw. I’m going to guess he was probably allergic to the natural flavorings they put in this food because he’s eaten all the other ingredients before without problems. I feed my cats only poultry proteins so he definitely wasn’t allergic to the protein source in this food. They were fed the chicken/turkey flavor.
I switched them back to their old food, Weruva, and within a day I noticed him scratching less. Its been 2 days now since he’s been on his old food and his lip is finally starting to heal.
Overall, definitely not a food I’d recommend for sedentary, overweight cats or if your cat is allergic to an ingredient. BUT if your cat is otherwise normal, I’d definitely try this food.
July 3rd, 2010 at 8:56 pm
We have two Persians, one 2 years old, one 7. The 7-yr-old has a sensitive tummy and loose stools if she gets even a little stressed (IBS). I fed her Science Diet I/D (ye gods-vet recommended for her IBS and made her weirdly twitchy and irritable), Blue, then started Evo (dry) last year. She had been listless, seemed achy when she moved, never jumped much any more–always has had some back issues. After about a month on Evo, she was acting like a kitten. She runs up and down, jumps up onto the highest perch of the cat tree, is playful, etc. It’s a complete change.
Although the 2-yr-old’s poo is not smelly at all, the 7-yr-old’s is stinky and sticky. Oh, man. It is so bad, it wakes us up at night (and we have an automated litter box!!). My husband and I are considering switching foods, even though that is likely to entail more diarrhea, no matter how slowly we make the transition.
Any advice?
July 18th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I got a kitty on December 26th from the SPCA. Since then he has been in and out of the vet due to his loose stool. Two weeks ago He threw up 9 times. We brought him to the emergency vet because he wasn’t eating or drinking and assumed he was probably dehydrated. He was. It took several trips to the vet and a sonogram and the emergency vet. We paid to have a feeding tube inserted because he hadn’t eaten in a week. Right before they took him from us we noticed that he seemed a lttle perkier. So we gave it one more try to feed him. He finally ate (steroids must have kicked in and made his intestines less inflamed) When we got home our regular vet suggested we change his food again. We had already tried science diet ID, WD and ZD. None had any real effect on his stool. It never really looked right. So I read up on the foods she suggested and picked Evo. After a week of this food his stool was solid. He also is less bloated ( he has always looked pregnant) Then I read that cats should really eat only soft food. I asked the vet and she agreed. So now both of my cats are only eating wet Evo. The past couple of days have been the beginning of being able to hold our cat without him growling at us. We had trouble with his stool smelling horrid before the Evo now we don’t even know he has gone. This food has done something wonderful for my little shelter kitty. I hope it continues!