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Which one do you think is the best cat food on the market? I'm not sure, but I wanted to show you what I found about some of the best high end cat foods:

Nutro is simply an excellent food! Nutro is made with lots of natural ingredients, and you can see the effects on your cat almost right away. Their coat just glows on a diet of Nutro. This is a chicken and rice food, and even the most finicky eater loves the taste. If Nutro is too much for your budget, Authority from PetSmart is comparable and cheaper, and I’ve had the same results. Nutro costs about $26.99 per 20 lb bag compared to Authority’s $18.99 for the same amount.



Bil-Jac is very good and more towards the expensive end of cat foods. It is an extremely well made food due to their processing technique. Their food maintains a higher percentage of natural nutrients because of the way it’s made. However, I only use Biljac when I have a cat that just won’t eat anything or who isn’t thriving. I’ve never seen an animal turn down the taste of this food, but it puts weight on them quickly! If you have a cat that needs to put on a little weight, Bil-Jac will do it. If you have a cat that is already on the hefty side, I don’t recommend Bil-Jac. Bil-Jac averages 16.49 per 8.5 lb bag.


Royal Canin has my vote for the best brand of cat food if you can fit it into your budget! They’ve got an extensive line designed for every need imaginable, a great reputation, the best ingredients, and their food is very well made. Their line goes from a small, soft food for baby cats (Babycat) all the way to cat foods for special needs like hair and skin nutrition or maturity, and breed-specific cat foods like Persians and Maine Coons. There’s not a better cat food on the market. You can order it online or get it at your pet store, but it’s worth the trip. Most varieties of Royal Canin run about $12.99 per 3 lb bag.


I wanted to make a quick comment about Science Diet while we’re talking about cat foods. Science Diet IS a good food, but it’s not really necessary to feed your cat Science Diet unless you have special medical or dietary needs and your vet puts your cat on this food. A bag of regular Science diet will run around $18.69 per 10 lb bag

All of the foods listed.... I would say they are ALL in the low quality end of cat foods. Our favorites are Nature's Variety Instinct and Innova EVO. Visit dogfoodanalysis.com and read around under reviews.... you will be surprised!

Science diet which you recommended in the end is not one of those i would recommend, as it consists really balanced diet which can in-turn not help your cat which is always fed with feed of various kinds of nutrients of unknown quantities. A big sudden change would not be good.

Science diet is good only when your pet is ill or needs perfect medical attention and good balanced feed.
Hope you understand.

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My cat eat 'iams'. Its good and cheaper than the others I think. I tried 'science diet' before but my cat seems become hyperactive after that. I changed back to iams and he act normal again. Don't know whether its because of the food or my cat's metabolism. Anyone facing the same experience? I've never try the others. Maybe I'll try it in the future when they have promotion for it

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Yes it happens, and physiological changes happen sometimes with normal food that you give. Same like a medicine, a few food types also alter the mechanism in cats and others like rabbits.
Hyperactivity can also be caused due to non-adjustment of the cat to the dietary food. Good that you changed back to the normal food.

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one should go for science diets only when your kitten is sick. They are not necessary in healthy cats since they don't require amount of nutrients

My cat name 'moji' just eating what Im eating. Example food was a half cook egg in the morning and steam fish at the night. Sometimes I give my cat a milk mix with an oat. Finally I get my cat, normal and healty like the othes cat.

Cat food was formulated to replicate a raw food diet, with no by-products, no artificial preservatives and a high percentage (50 percent) of protein. The high protein level is beneficial, though some cats with kidney problems or other protein intolerances may need a lower percentage. Although a few experts say that dry cat food should be avoided, many others say it is a good supplement to canned food, and it is less expensive.
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Dry food contains 6 to 10 percent moisture. Depending on the specific formulation, meats or meat byproducts, poultry or poultry byproducts, grain, grain byproducts, fish meal, fiber sources, milk products, and vitamin and mineral supplements are combined, extruded, and dried into bitesized pieces. The pieces are then covered with flavor enhancers, such as animal fat, which give them increased palatability.

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