It is so refreshing to see a review of commonly available pet foods that isn't artificially biased against 'BIG PET FOOD'. Thank you for delivering the facts.
Yes, I thought I was making a good choice, but now I’m gonna look into different brands. Watched some reviews and plan on looking into what my cat would enjoy. She throws up dry chicken Fancy Feast quite some. And she doesn’t like pate, loves flaked chicken recipes I also buy salmon... My previous cats ate a lot of human food. Last cat had diabetes and it broke my heart when the doctor said we had to put him to sleep, so I stopped feeding my cats human food. None of my family members ever researched cat food and even gave cats milk as a treat :( I am definitely very grateful for your channel and experience with expertise!
I thought their grain free was supposed to be good. And yes, I was surprised by your review. I know it's expensive, my 3 indoor cats eat only dry food. But I had been feeding it to 2 feral cats I care for.
Haha, right? We take care of our pets but sometimes ourselves eat junky food. Well my cat throws us once in a while and that’s why I started doubting her food... I know when I eat hunk my tummy reacts
I had a cat who lived for 20 years. He was very active up until the last few weeks of his life. I picked him up at a shelter when he was a kitten. After trying a few products recommended by a vet, I bought some Fancy Feast tins. My cat loved them. It got to the point where he could recognize the sound of the Fancy Feast tins being opened and not other tins like the small tins of tuna. Every year the vet said the same thing. Cat's healthy and his weight is good so keep feeding him that good vet food. I never told him that I fed him Fancy Feast. And my cat didn't rat me out, either. His favourite was the one with ocean fish. Second was the salmon pate. But he would eat any of them without having digestive issues.
My vet said Fancy Feast is a actually a really good choice. My cats were on it from the rescue and there was no going back. I would prefer they leave out the artificial colorants in some flavors and any artificial flavor. And animal by products aren’t bad. Animals eat everything in the wild except maybe the bones. Humans are the ones that have an issue with them. Organs have tremendous nutritional value.
I'm in poverty. While I wish I could afford higher quality meats ,it's better I feel feed this than just dry food. My cat loves the gravy lovers. I'll occasionally buy some higher end foods, but with inflation, I can barely afford to feed myself organic, quality foods. I appreciate the you don't shame people for not feeding super expensive foods, as some channels do. There's a lot of people barely getting by and doing their best. As a disabled person, in isolation, in a low income apartment, my cat is my only reason to live. I shouldn't be shamed for no longer being able to afford raw
This! I've been on poverty my whole life and taken care of cats on pretty cheap foods we just rotate them and my parents use any food bank meats they don't want to eat or can't use in time to feed the cats fish, lamb, chicken, ham etc. With their rotating foods, and it's never been something I thought a lot about because we couldn't afford to go to the vet and usually adopted our indoor cats already with shots and spayed/neutered (or took them ourselves and the neuter clinic would give them shots as an add on) And I always feel like crap when a channel shames me for not being able to afford the science diet stuff that's up to 60$-85$ for a big bag when it comes to dry! I try to buy the fancy feast combo packs at least because I don't like to give my cat a lot of dry food myself (I always mix it with some water anyways)
Don’t feel ashamed of anything. As you all face your daily struggles, take comfort in the presence of your noble companions. I know they are comforted by you! Treasure the blessing of a cat, every minute of every day. However daunting your physical problems, may you always be sustained spiritually. God bless!
Fancy Feast wet food came out a lot better than I expected. I’m very happy about that, since I feed it to my 7 cats. No more guilt because I don’t spend a fortune on wet cat food. I’ll skip the dry food, tho. I’m glad I subscribed your channel!
I was actually surprised to know that fancy feast isn’t as bad I thought it was lol B- grade is way better than I thought and so is there ingredient list. Happy to know that with how cheap they are, they aren’t that bad compared to some pricier options I’ve seen that aren’t good at all.
My kitty is very picky and only likes salmon and shimp pate from Fancy feast. She doesn't like the chicken, turkey or beef. She does not like flaky or gravy wet foods. I tried to get her to eat mom and me cat foods, or the natural brans I just ended up wasting my money. She just looks at me like mom why you know this does not work for me.
@@christineperez7562 My cat is very similar. Hates most expensive stuff. Loves the cheap stuff best. She'll eat some fancy feast tho, like yours. Primavera is her fav. But the shrimp ones are doing well, and healthier thanks to this channels info.
Just don't get friskies. My cat got a stroke episode from it. I quickly switched to blue buffalo tastefuls and she never had a prob. I do buy fancy feast sometimes cause it's few bucks cheaper
Fancy Feast helped get our boy into diabetic remission. He’s now diet controlled with Fancy Feast Classic pates. I know some people dislike the cheaper store brands due to by products and what not. I believe even Dr. Lisa Pearson argues that by products have gotten a worse reputation than it deserves. While we don’t know the quality, by products typically are parts of an animal that humans wouldn’t eat but a obligate carnivore would.
Mine is as well... tried the science diabetic and she was still high. Now she did fancy feast and her diabetes is in remission . Her fur is also so soft like silk.
@@missbrat711 hi can you let me know what do you mean with remission.. sorry my first language is not English but for what I understand I helps for your diabetic cat?
My cat swore on their ocean whitefish & tuna, eating it almost every day for almost 16 1/2 years. Obviously he liked it. Also, he was healthy right to the end. Take care.
My cat is the opposite! Anything but the fish. I only feed her FF canned food. I wouldn't touch the dry with a 10 foot poll, and the review on here confirms it. Interesting, the small amount of kibble she eats is Open Farm Pet wild caught salmon, ethically sourced. I have to wonder how true it is for cats to develop dental issues when they get cut off from dry. I am talking about cats who were pretty much used to it their entire lives.
@@VARY78 Except that the more expensive foods have done nothing but line the garbage bin! I have tried everything, spent hundreds of dollars. She even balks at treats, other than Churu. FF has increased her hydration tremendously.
Vita was eating the more expensive brands of canned cat food, but the results were so variable in terms of quantity she was eating per day, that it wasn’t really benefiting her health. She developed struvite crystals recently because she was also still on kibble (although a small amount). I ended up giving away the remainder of my expensive cans to another pet parent whose bengal kitty really appreciated it. I went out to purchase a variety of Fancy Feast, including pates, that did not include fish as a main ingredient (she doesn’t like fish in wet food). These cans were about a dollar per can. I also continue to purchase Churu tubes for an extra .5 ounce of hydration per tube. I also started to weigh the cat food using a digital kitchen scale before and after she consumed it. She must consume at least 4.5 ounces of wet food per day before she can have even a little bit of dry food (barely grazing the bottom of her kitten sized bowl.). This means that I often give her at least 2 cans of FF, 2 Churu tubes per day because she doesn’t usually eat the entire contents of the can. I also have, as another backup, Whiskas kitten replacement milk. Well, no more blood, no more cat accidents. Her clumps are totally normal, for the fourth day in a row. She seems more energetic, although that is hard to measure.
It seems like she has gone from a low to medium maintenance cat. I am constantly worrying about her hydration levels and I feel anxious going away at Christmas 🎄for 5 days to Montreal to visit family. My options for reliable pet sitters aren't very good.
My cats have been eating FF for a few years now. I used to purchase Wellness until the cost, for me, was too much. They don't like the medley at all won't go near any of that. They love,love the Chunky Chicken, it's a favorite. One cat is an outdoor friendly feral and a senior indoor cat both will eat FF with no issues. Senior cats usually have plenty of issues but eating FF isn't one of them. I've tried the toppers and they wouldn't touch that either. I've donated a lot of food to the local shelter over the years. Sometimes it comes down to what is affordable and FF fills that bill in my household for the kitties.
I’m trying to transition my cats on to wet food & Fancy Feast is the only brand thus far that they absolutely love. I really wanted them to like some healthier options but they weren’t crazy for it. So they are currently eating the gourmet naturals line from fancy feast.
@@snowchips9596 I would recommend a brand that can actually identify what meat is in the food and something without dyes (there's absolutely no reason for them). Brands like these cause allergies and cancer. If you're on a budget there's great affordable brands out there like Taste of the Wild (99 cent cans), Weruva, or FirstMate. You can even do Wellness, I personally don't like them much but they are acceptable.
My cat is almost 20 he can't chew kibble anymore, and he has digestion issues, I can only give him one little teaspoon of fancy feast every 20 minutes to an hour apart till he gets through at least a 3 ounce and 1/2 can a day, or he will throw it up, he won't even eat the half rice and chicken breast I prepare for him even though I cook the rice in chicken stock, but he absolutely loves fancy feast, and tuna juce on the side, it may not be ideal, but he's living a long happy life, he loves us and can't bear to be separated from us for long, he's a clingy affectionate boy.
I never would have ever considered this brand but I had to take over care of my Dad's senior cat when he went into memory care. I basically had to bring her back from the brink of death and diabetes. I couldn't afford the Vet wet food and tried so many types at Petsmart and my vet told me to try the kitten version seafood pates along with a bit of dry of Taste of the Wild. Her glucose levels went down enough to discontinue shots and her muscle atrophy disappeared.
This helps a lot. I give my cats the classic formula pate mixed with American Journey wet food. I have 3-4 cats at any one time, 2 dogs and feed a few feral cats so there is no way I can afford boutique brands as much as I'd like to. They are healthy and happy so far.
Both of my cats came to me from Rescues. I tried switching them to Weruva or Tiki Cat but we compromised with Fancy Feast Medleys Shredded Chicken, Turkey and Tuna, also Trout. I’m allowed to add a can of Weruva or Tiki Cat three times a week as a topper over the same meat in two cans of Fancy Feast. They don’t want pate!
For the most part I feed my cats fancy feast and Sheba. From all about cats they seem the best quality for a reasonable price. You can usually get 24 cans pack for about $10-11
One of my cats LOVES Sheba. She refuses almost anything else, but she will eat some of Fancy Feast’s lines, like the broths. My other cat only eats Simply Nourish wet food. My girls are picky.
I was hoping for a breakdown of the fancy feast broths. For a while I had to give them to my cat for extra water. I would put extra water in the packet and mix it together and he would get a lot of hydration that way.
Thanks for muting the opening of the cans...my cat runs to me when she hears a can being opened. She loves Fancy Feast with gravy and the Sheba products including the Tender Sticks. Great informative videos!
xD Glad you appreciated it, Michael! It's always difficult to decide between including and excluding b-roll audio, so it's good to know that you appreciated the decision here.
It is so refreshing to see a review of commonly available pet foods that isn't artificially biased against 'BIG PET FOOD'. Thank you for delivering the facts.
My kitty is addicted to Fancy Feast dry food, and I'm having a hell of a time getting him switched to a higher value, high-protein, low carb kibble. It's like getting him to pull out his own whiskers, and I'm sorry I ever started feeding it to him. 😥
Try mixing it with the higher quality dry food slowly, and also mix in some wet food he likes as well , I feel like all cats eventually eat whatever is given to them lol
thank you Mallory for all the research that you do so we can take good care of our cats. I just adopted two kittens and I was completely at a loss as to what to feed them. but your segments are full of great information now I feel like I make an informed decision on what to feed my cats.
Yes me too. I am considering getting the royal canin urinary tract food. To be truthful, my cats dont seem to like any food much. I have tried quite a few brands. No luck yet. They do tend to like the blue wilderness chicken/indoor and earthborn hollistic chicken dry food. Can foods they treat all the same.
I was considering fancy feast as a cat food for when I get a cat in a few months and I was kinda worried if it was the best for a cat. I’m thankful for all your videos!
i want to get my kitten those broths but they’re so expensive. he loves all their food and the kitten formula has a lot of animal protein and it’s pretty cheap. he looks so cute eating his lil fancy meals 🥺
All 3 of my cats love FF wet food. I have two new rescue kittens and my 9 year old adult cat. I primarily buy the kitten variety for them all and top with a lot of goat milk or bone broth. They eat happily and eagerly every meal so that’s a win. 😊
My 4 cats have been eating Fancy Feast wet food for their whole lives and they seem to be thriving, including my one cat who seems to have an issue with chicken based foods (he gets terrible diarrhea. He gets the turkey varieties that FF has). I feed the Purina True Instinct grain free dry food free choice and canned several times a day. Having one very picky cat and 3 not very picky ones, I find that FF is cheap and good enough for everyone. I am a licensed vet tech, and believe that cats should be fed a primarily wet food diet and I've never had an issue with FF ever, including w clients at the Animal Hospital. I find that most cats like at least a few of the flavors and will readily eat it. I can't really recommend the dry food, but for a decent, cheaper spectrum cat food, you can't really go too wrong with FF.
I'm aware vets don't know too much about nutrition but you should use common sense here. As a pet nutritionist, I've never seen a pet "thrive" on Fancy Feast. It's cheap quality and they can't even name what animal source the meat is because it's poor quality cuts thrown into a blender. I've only seen cheap food like this only and frankly, anything Purina, cause allergies. Looking for cheap price food that's still decent? Look at Taste of the Wild, FirstMate and Weruva. But if you really care about your pet why are you feeding it low quality grocery store food in the first place? Would you feed your human child unidentified meats that are dyed? Didn't think so.
@@VARY78 You are not a vet trained in nutrition. You are a self professed pet nutritionist lol Purina is one of the BEST brand foods to feed. Boutique brands are garbage. But the current pushed narrative makes people believe the top brands with the most research are BAD (Purina, Hills, Iams, Royal Canin) By-products are FINE. Carbs as 30% or less in cat food is also fine. Boutique brands are not extensively researched, tested, etc. Do proper research. Peer reviews studies by nutrition trained vets!
@@forfam1992 Those who are "self professed" didn't spend years and thousands of dollars on college educations and receive certifications earned afterwards lol. I'm pretty sure that I would have been caught by the better business bureau by now if I was fake. Have you seen the recall history on those brands? They have been contaminated with literal poison. Brands like Purina literally been found to contain PENTOBARBITOL. Do you know what that is used for? EUTHANIZING CATS AND DOGS. They also use completely unnamed meats in their food. That is dangerous for dogs with allergies and also very suspicious considering they have no idea what the meat even is. Would you eat completely unidentified meats? Didn't think so, so why feed such low quality to your pet if you love them? I find it so hilarious you mention one of the worst brands of foods to claim they're so great. Iam's for example, worst of all, has had 7 recalls in 6 years for unsafe and unsanitary practices from salmonella to literal mold and toxin contaminations. You're okay with that? You're deluded. Now let's look at good brands you say are unbacked and are garbage. The ones I've mentioned in the previous comment are decent, not a big fan of TOTW but it's better than any grocery store food. Farmina, works with the oldest pet nutrition college in the world, completely vet made, not a single recall since they started in the 60's. Nulo, another started by a vet, recall free and uses extremely high quality ingredients. Instinct is a brand that works with the University of Helsinki and Dr. Anna Björkman and has a vets make all their recipes. My vet literally feeds Open Farm (another recall free btw) which is a super ethical company that you can trace your single bag of food back to it's farm it came from. You know where your brands would trace back to? The floor of a disgusting unethical factory in CHINA. You said it yourself, "do proper research." You're a nobody. Wake up, you're brainwashed. Also look up what a monopoly is because that should explain everything. Royal Canin (M&M company) literally owns VCA, Bluepearl, and Banfield. Candy companies own your vet and the food. K?
@@VARY78 Nope because all your points are BS. Sorry. I follow science, and tested, tried and true, peer reviewed, CERTIFIED veterinarian nutritionists (extra program after FULL Vet program), the only proper info on pet nutrition. If you feel insulted by facts, can't help you.
This review was of great help to me and Blackie, as he has decreed that this be his wet food choice for the last couple of years. Prior to that he'd been on a kidney stress formula food that I got from the vet. I am somewhat relieved that it received at least a decent grade, although I would prefer that he get on something better! But so far Blackie will not stand for it! Thanks for the review!
Fancy feast has changed their food I think. My cat loves grilled gravy lovers. I noticed the cans now have big pieces that isn’t cut very well like before. Also noticed beef feast grilled in gravy is no longer a dark color. Even the label is different,it used to say turkey feast in gravy in one sentence but now it says turkey feast on top and gravy on bottom. Also I got savory craving chocolate looking pieces. The pieces are hard as rocks. I had to crush them up because my cat had trouble trying to eat them. Ridiculous
I have fed my four year old cat fancy feast her whole life and they have definitely changed something. This last year it makes her sick! I've tried to find other food to replace fancy feast but she won't eat it. Have you had any complaints on fancy feast from other people?
Be careful with the vaguely named ingredients guys, I have fed my cat Hills wet food and he has been suffering from diarrhea since Monday :( Pray for my little angel Simon.
Hopefully little Simon is better now I feed both my dogs and cats blue wilderness they love it and are Healthy as ever I mix wet food with Hard. I'd recommend it if your looking for a new Cat food brand
@@Hrgrvvsgirl Hi Trinity, thank you for your kind words, Simon is so much better now. Unfortunately we do not have blue wilderness brand in Turkey, if there were I would definitely try. Now I have been using Acana Wild Prairie for almost a month and he seems to be doing well on it.
mine are not picky about food. but they too enjoy fancy feast wet. I just got new fancy feast medlleys and purina in door dry. They seem not to be having touble and enjoy thir food
Our Cat Boris was diagnosed with diabetes. We took him off ALL dry food gave him Fancy Feast classic pate only and with in a month and a half he went into remission.
Very informative. I recently fed my cat Fancy Feast and I noticed it had a very strong aroma. Generally, my cat doesn't do well with the more liquidy gravy foods. She throws them up sometimes. I stick with the firmer pate varieties regardless of the brand.
Subscribed! Very fair and well articulated review. I wouldn't have been as generous as your rating; condemned meat not fit for human consumption is not good for cats, I don't care what these hardcore FF customers say. There are plenty of human grade products with better ingredients out there. My friend's father worked at a rendering plant and you will be shocked to learn what they used animal waste products for and what ccondition they come in.
I have fed Fancy Feast for years, primarily the chicken pate'. They seem addicted to it. I reached out to Purina to get the full break down on the artificial ingredients in their flavor enhancer is considered a "proprietary blend" and they will NOT disclose this to you as the consumer/pet owner. I find this most disturbing. They will tell my vet but not me. My cat is having some issues and I need the full ingredient list but Purina cares not. I will never buy another Purina product again due to their lack of transparency.
Seeing as how my cats will eat a spider or a miller moth I don't worry about Fancy Feast. They love the moisture and I also mix it with Fresh Pet Select.
I'm convinced Fancy Feast has one or two addictive ingredients that make cats only eat that brand! My cat does not eat unless I give her the FF treats, she loves their broth...then gets picky on their grilled variety. She won't even consider any other variety. I spent $55 in Pet Smart trying to wean her from FF. The broth seems good quality. But that's about it.
Would love a more in-depth look at Solid Gold as a brand. We're switching from BB to Solid Gold Winged Tiger and so far our cats love it (maybe a little too much 😅)
Current feeding my cats soils good for about 6 months now but they don’t eat it so I had to start introduce them to this and get eat it up and still look good.
I give my cat Fancy Feast Petites Cuts in Gravy-half a container in the morning, half in the evening(she also has Cat Chow Indoor available all day). Salmon is her absolute favorite.
All three of my cats eat this Hills prescription diet dry food because one of my cats kept having a UTI problem. Since they have been eating the Hills dry prescription food, I've had no more UTI problems. Also my cats love Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Turkey or Chicken wet food.
My male cat Buster seems to turn away from anything with fish in it. He loves Fancy Feast chicken and liver canned food because its the only thing that doesn't have fish mixed into it. My kitty Whiskers ate Fancy Feast beef canned food and lived to be 18 1/2 years. Friskies canned catfood made my outside cat Callie deathly ill but survived. Now I only feed her Fancy Feast canned. She likes the Fish Variety .
Could we compare Hills vs Royal Canin? They appear to be relatively similar. Also, could you show us how to calculate protein percentages on a dry matter basis? Thank you!
My cat is picky and will only eat wet food. Her favorite is the creamy salmon, I get the more high end purina packets and alternate between that and Rachel Ray's wet food. I feed her 3 packets a day since the portions are kinda meh, and then for dinner I cook her some chicken breast on top of the creamy chicken. The more natural products the better.
My cat Chester had to be on a special diet all of his life for bladder stones. When he turned eighteen he got to eat Fancy Feast his favorite chicken hearts and liver. He lived until he was nineteen when an emergency room vet put him to sleep without my permission
@@Lisa-cn2uu RCF the one for bladder stones. Plus I made him boiled chicken meat with organic rice. He always cheated ended up eating my other cat Leo food. Leo ate Chester's not always when I couldn't watch every second. Leo got intestinal Lymphoma at age fourteen chemo didn't help that dreaded day when I gave the okay to out him to sleep. Chester grieved for Leo slept with Leos collar in Leos spot. Chester would look out the window for him both were indoor only cats.
@@Lisa-cn2uu Thank you, Lisa. I am so sorry for your loss of your kitty. It seems like a lot of cats get lymphoma? Tongue cancer for is that rare or do some breeds get it more than others? I miss my Leo and Chester so much. I have two other cats they are rescue cats Audie and Billy. Love them too but I hold a special place in my heart for Leo and my Chester.
My cat lived until 19. She ate a prescription dry food, but would not touch the prescription wet food. The only wet food she would eat, is Fancy Feast. She would not eat any of the ones with vegetables.
@@Lisa-cn2uu she started eating it at the age of 12. It was the Hills, I believe. If I would change anything in her upbringing, I would have gotten her on a mix of wet and dry foods sooner.
This is fantastic! I adopted my rescue on 7-22-22. He was eating science diet kibble & wet food. When we got home he wouldn't touch the SD wet at all. I tried friskies & he only licked the gravy. Vet said to try pate, again he wouldn't entertain it. I got him fancy feast medalys & he's eating 1/3 - 1/2 a can. At least it's a start. Any advice or suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated 😁. I also tried Authority chix & pumpkin, he licked up the sauce & had a few bites. I even heat up his food😩
You might have more success with some of the chunkier recipes from Nulo-that's a good alternative that lines up with the price range you seem to be looking at. I'd also consider some freeze-dried foods, which will have a bit more of a luscious texture your cat might like.
@@AllAboutCatsYT I tried the fancy feast medley shredded turkey "fare", he ate it! I free feed him kibble 24/7. Do you think that might be why he's not eating the whole can, because he's grazing his kibble?
I really dig in to your reviews, you explained every detail very clearly! I would love it if you make a review of Happy Cat, a German-made cat food which I found zero reviews on the net but quite popular here in Asia, thank you so much!
I have been using fancy feast for 3-5 years now what i realised the dry gourmet has artificial coloring and almost every products from fancy feast have by products thinking of changing brands by end of year!Good: fancy feast is its cheap.Bad:Quality of food
Their purely flaked trays have an amazing and limited ingredients list but I agree the price that comes along with that for the calorie content is not the best. My cats do really love them, though, and I always feel good about giving them the trays especially since Purina does have a great track record for research and development and experts employed with their company. But affordability to feed the highest quality trays version of FF is not great so I can't feed it exclusively to my cat as his only food 😭
Wish fancy feast would come out with a duck recipe or rabbit recipe. I think that All the medleys like chicken Florentine etc made to sound like a human restaurant dishes are ridiculous.
I love buying fancy feast for my cat. Both wet food and dry food but the dry fancy feast is hard to find. I've gone to Walmart, Petsmart, Petco looking for the dry food so i don't always buy it. I did notice my cat is now gaining weight over this quarantine so i might just be feeding him to much.
Thank you so much for all the valuable details. I've been using FF wet food, pate for over 10 years because of the low carb content. My kitty loves it and it's always wet food only. I'm thinking about trying Smalls wet food. We do give our kitty steak, chicken and turkey so she does have human food and loves it, however, not sure it has the entire nutrients she needs. She also loves eggs and we are happy to see her enjoy them. Thanks again for the informative video and I will be back to gain/confirm additional information. Best, Rose
My Siamese cat 🐈 is not a big eater (she's small), but I just discovered that she LOVES the Fancy Feast Creamy Delights flavors. Especially Tuna in a touch of real milk. But she also likes the 2 chicken varieties (both in real milk & in a Creamy sauce).
Thank you for this review. I have a 4 year old rescue kitty, but not feral. I can’t afford the high dollar foods, but wanted to get away from kibble and this is the only one she will eat. She is super picky and while I tried others when we first got her a month ago, she just sniffed and walked away. And even with FF, she will only eat the classic Pate. She won’t touch any of the others kinds. I wasted a lot of money when we first got her. :( But this is what she will eat, so I hope she will stay healthy until “our ship comes in” and we can buy the better foods. :)
I would recommend a brand that can actually identify what meat is in the food and something without dyes (there's absolutely no reason for them). Brands like these cause allergies and cancer. If you're on a budget there's great affordable brands out there like Taste of the Wild (99 cent cans), Weruva, or FirstMate. You can even do Wellness, I personally don't like them much but they are acceptable.
@@VARY78 I tried Taste of the Wild and Weruva when I first got her. She wouldn't touch them, I had to toss them. 😢 I've never heard of the other one.... I'll look into it.
@@sabrinac4092 Make sure you're swapping very gradually! Don't swap cold turkey. 25% new and 75% old. You can try toppers to increase palatablility too like goats milk, bone broth, freeze dried raw and treats. Tripe is also really awesome. Tripe is stinky but with cats it's important to note that stinkier is better and can increase appetite and appeal of food. You can even gently warm the food in the microwave to bring out the smell. Cat's have around 500 taste buds (we have almost 10,000!) they mostly taste with their nose. Note that FirstMate does not sell to big commercial retailers because they have quality standards. Check their site to find retailers near you Good luck
I follow this info for my diabetic girl. She came home with me when she was 8 to 10 years old. About a year later, she was diagnosed as type 2. I go to FDMB often. That's where I found catinfo.org.
My cat has been fed fancy feast since the day I found him stumbling around on one broken leg with four good legs as a very very small kitten after a hurricane he is now approximately 18 years old he still plays he still jumps he still runs on three legs any appears healthy admittedly at night I give both of my cats pure human tunafish which they seem to enjoy but not as much as fancy feast so I really don’t know what the answer is but I have had no written request for other meals from my cats so I’m gonna leave it alone
I feed my cats fancy feast and one of them has digestive problems. All these cat and dog food on the market they are saying are bad for various reasons. What is a person suppose to feed their animals and feel good about it and food they can afford.
My cats love fancy feast everything turkey or chicken must have gravy or sauce they will not touch pate of any kind or brand. Glad to see its not really bad.
Wow! Thank you so much for such an in-depth analysis? I had a question about portions while feeding. On the can, it says you should feed one can per 3lbs of cat. My cat is 12 lbs (and already very chubby!), so should I really be feeding him 4 cans a day?
Great question! Since each can of the Chicken Feast has 99 calories, you should probably be feeding closer to two cans per day. You can find your cat's actual calorie needs by using this calculator: www.petnutritionalliance.org/cat.php
Your orange boy is always so picky in videos, but of course he goes crazy for the dry fancy feast that’s probably the worst thing he could eat 🤣 please tell me you saved it for treats for him haha
I have never had a cat that did not prefer fancy feast over all other brands. All four of my current cats love it.If I cheap out and get friskies or if fancy feast is not available they are not happy kitties.
Cats are not Carnivores in the wild cats sat grasses seeds / insects and other interesting things some times not so good but live well in to there adult life and really never get to old age the cat is homes with a good wide amount of things to eat live 10 to 20 years the Key here in that cats need to eat many things not just Dry foods this video is interesting and no cats do not do well with carbs. Thank you
I've been a cat person my whole life but this is the first time I've bought fancy feast dry. My cats just not eating it. Or the wet. He loves beechnut & gerber baby meats.
Love All About Cats!! Thanks for all your information. Can you please do one on Dental cat treats? Do they work? Or are they like any other treat?? Thanks!!
I noticed that you were feeding your cat in a plastic bowl. I feed my cats on ceramic plates that I bought at our Good Will for only .50 cents a plate. That way they don't get any allergies from the plastic. Also they drink water from metal bowls like stainless steel.
I guess the TLDR is don't feed your cat fancy feast wet food but if the alternative is only dry food, it's better than that. I was also surprised that it's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Hey Jacqueline, thank you for your comment! We're planning to cover a broad variety of brands in the future and will certainly consider reviewing the Naturals line.
Interesting review. However, I do not agree on recall history score. With no recall, you should have given 10 out 10, not 6. Also, I wonder how you can give 3 out of 10 for quality of ingredients if you don't know the ingredients used.
Could you do a review specific to kittens please ? Like the best kitten foods/brands . First time cat mom just trying to get the best for my fur baby !!
Did anything in this Fancy Feast review surprise you? Let us know in the comments!
It is so refreshing to see a review of commonly available pet foods that isn't artificially biased against 'BIG PET FOOD'. Thank you for delivering the facts.
Yes, I thought I was making a good choice, but now I’m gonna look into different brands. Watched some reviews and plan on looking into what my cat would enjoy. She throws up dry chicken Fancy Feast quite some. And she doesn’t like pate, loves flaked chicken recipes I also buy salmon... My previous cats ate a lot of human food. Last cat had diabetes and it broke my heart when the doctor said we had to put him to sleep, so I stopped feeding my cats human food. None of my family members ever researched cat food and even gave cats milk as a treat :( I am definitely very grateful for your channel and experience with expertise!
I thought their grain free was supposed to be good. And yes, I was surprised by your review. I know it's expensive, my 3 indoor cats eat only dry food. But I had been feeding it to 2 feral cats I care for.
I'm surprised that you didn't review the gravy meals. They contains wheat gluten.
That it wasn't overpriced fancy labels vs the even cheaper options. It remains competitive.
I ate a crispy chicken sandwitch and $2 mc double along with a mcflurry and here i am looking up the healthiest food for my cats....yeah...
lmao i feel you
Lmao ikr
Same omg😣
Haha, right? We take care of our pets but sometimes ourselves eat junky food. Well my cat throws us once in a while and that’s why I started doubting her food... I know when I eat hunk my tummy reacts
I'm eating a hit pocket lmao
I had a cat who lived for 20 years. He was very active up until the last few weeks of his life. I picked him up at a shelter when he was a kitten. After trying a few products recommended by a vet, I bought some Fancy Feast tins. My cat loved them. It got to the point where he could recognize the sound of the Fancy Feast tins being opened and not other tins like the small tins of tuna. Every year the vet said the same thing. Cat's healthy and his weight is good so keep feeding him that good vet food. I never told him that I fed him Fancy Feast. And my cat didn't rat me out, either. His favourite was the one with ocean fish. Second was the salmon pate. But he would eat any of them without having digestive issues.
My vet said Fancy Feast is a actually a really good choice. My cats were on it from the rescue and there was no going back. I would prefer they leave out the artificial colorants in some flavors and any artificial flavor. And animal by products aren’t bad. Animals eat everything in the wild except maybe the bones. Humans are the ones that have an issue with them. Organs have tremendous nutritional value.
I have tried so many wet cat foods, because my cat would only eat dry, I gave her fancy feast and boom, she will eat it🤷
I'm in poverty. While I wish I could afford higher quality meats ,it's better I feel feed this than just dry food. My cat loves the gravy lovers. I'll occasionally buy some higher end foods, but with inflation, I can barely afford to feed myself organic, quality foods. I appreciate the you don't shame people for not feeding super expensive foods, as some channels do. There's a lot of people barely getting by and doing their best. As a disabled person, in isolation, in a low income apartment, my cat is my only reason to live. I shouldn't be shamed for no longer being able to afford raw
You're doing really well, it seems. Wishing you and your cat all the best.
My situation is basically the same. I agree with you.
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This! I've been on poverty my whole life and taken care of cats on pretty cheap foods we just rotate them and my parents use any food bank meats they don't want to eat or can't use in time to feed the cats fish, lamb, chicken, ham etc. With their rotating foods, and it's never been something I thought a lot about because we couldn't afford to go to the vet and usually adopted our indoor cats already with shots and spayed/neutered (or took them ourselves and the neuter clinic would give them shots as an add on)
And I always feel like crap when a channel shames me for not being able to afford the science diet stuff that's up to 60$-85$ for a big bag when it comes to dry! I try to buy the fancy feast combo packs at least because I don't like to give my cat a lot of dry food myself (I always mix it with some water anyways)
Don’t feel ashamed of anything. As you all face your daily struggles, take comfort in the presence of your noble companions. I know they are comforted by you! Treasure the blessing of a cat, every minute of every day. However daunting your physical problems, may you always be sustained spiritually. God bless!
Fancy Feast wet food came out a lot better than I expected. I’m very happy about that, since I feed it to my 7 cats. No more guilt because I don’t spend a fortune on wet cat food. I’ll skip the dry food, tho. I’m glad I subscribed your channel!
I'm so happy to hear that it's working for you! Thanks for being here.
I was actually surprised to know that fancy feast isn’t as bad I thought it was lol B- grade is way better than I thought and so is there ingredient list. Happy to know that with how cheap they are, they aren’t that bad compared to some pricier options I’ve seen that aren’t good at all.
My kitty is very picky and only likes salmon and shimp pate from Fancy feast. She doesn't like the chicken, turkey or beef. She does not like flaky or gravy wet foods. I tried to get her to eat mom and me cat foods, or the natural brans I just ended up wasting my money. She just looks at me like mom why you know this does not work for me.
Yeah same I just want to make sure it's reasonable food
@@christineperez7562 My cat is very similar. Hates most expensive stuff. Loves the cheap stuff best. She'll eat some fancy feast tho, like yours. Primavera is her fav. But the shrimp ones are doing well, and healthier thanks to this channels info.
Just don't get friskies. My cat got a stroke episode from it. I quickly switched to blue buffalo tastefuls and she never had a prob. I do buy fancy feast sometimes cause it's few bucks cheaper
@@flint9889 your cat had a stroke from eating friskies? How do you know?
Fancy Feast helped get our boy into diabetic remission. He’s now diet controlled with Fancy Feast Classic pates. I know some people dislike the cheaper store brands due to by products and what not. I believe even Dr. Lisa Pearson argues that by products have gotten a worse reputation than it deserves. While we don’t know the quality, by products typically are parts of an animal that humans wouldn’t eat but a obligate carnivore would.
Mine is as well... tried the science diabetic and she was still high. Now she did fancy feast and her diabetes is in remission . Her fur is also so soft like silk.
I have a diabetic cat, too. Fancy Feast classic has helped with remission with her. Feline Diabetes Message Board, FDMB... so helpful!
@@missbrat711 hi can you let me know what do you mean with remission.. sorry my first language is not English but for what I understand I helps for your diabetic cat?
Yes. It helped the cat improve.
Right. Byproducts could contain organ meats, which are very nutritious.
My cat swore on their ocean whitefish & tuna, eating it almost every day for almost 16 1/2 years. Obviously he liked it. Also, he was healthy right to the end. Take care.
My cat is the opposite! Anything but the fish. I only feed her FF canned food. I wouldn't touch the dry with a 10 foot poll, and the review on here confirms it.
Interesting, the small amount of kibble she eats is Open Farm Pet wild caught salmon, ethically sourced.
I have to wonder how true it is for cats to develop dental issues when they get cut off from dry. I am talking about cats who were pretty much used to it their entire lives.
@@liveyouryoga My cat ate hard food every day also. I think the thing is that the hard bits help scrape the plaque from their teeth.
Cats are supposed to only have fish one day a week..
Surviving isn't thriving. Your pet won't thrive on cheap quality food.
@@VARY78 Except that the more expensive foods have done nothing but line the garbage bin! I have tried everything, spent hundreds of dollars. She even balks at treats, other than Churu. FF has increased her hydration tremendously.
I really like your deep dive reviews on cat food brands. This helps me make more informed choices at the pet store.
That's awesome! I'm delighted to hear that you find them so helpful. We'll be producing more in the future, so stay tuned. :)
More reviews like this pls! Could we get a review on Hill’s, Crave, & Whole Earth Farms in the future?
Joseph, we'll consider reviewing all of those brands! Glad to hear that you want more.
@@AllAboutCatsYT I’d be pretty interested in seeing hills if you haven’t already
Vita was eating the more expensive brands of canned cat food, but the results were so variable in terms of quantity she was eating per day, that it wasn’t really benefiting her health. She developed struvite crystals recently because she was also still on kibble (although a small amount). I ended up giving away the remainder of my expensive cans to another pet parent whose bengal kitty really appreciated it. I went out to purchase a variety of Fancy Feast, including pates, that did not include fish as a main ingredient (she doesn’t like fish in wet food). These cans were about a dollar per can. I also continue to purchase Churu tubes for an extra .5 ounce of hydration per tube. I also started to weigh the cat food using a digital kitchen scale before and after she consumed it. She must consume at least 4.5 ounces of wet food per day before she can have even a little bit of dry food (barely grazing the bottom of her kitten sized bowl.). This means that I often give her at least 2 cans of FF, 2 Churu tubes per day because she doesn’t usually eat the entire contents of the can. I also have, as another backup, Whiskas kitten replacement milk. Well, no more blood, no more cat accidents. Her clumps are totally normal, for the fourth day in a row. She seems more energetic, although that is hard to measure.
It seems like she has gone from a low to medium maintenance cat. I am constantly worrying about her hydration levels and I feel anxious going away at Christmas 🎄for 5 days to Montreal to visit family. My options for reliable pet sitters aren't very good.
My cats have been eating FF for a few years now. I used to purchase Wellness until the cost, for me, was too much. They don't like the medley at all won't go near any of that. They love,love the Chunky Chicken, it's a favorite. One cat is an outdoor friendly feral and a senior indoor cat both will eat FF with no issues. Senior cats usually have plenty of issues but eating FF isn't one of them. I've tried the toppers and they wouldn't touch that either. I've donated a lot of food to the local shelter over the years. Sometimes it comes down to what is affordable and FF fills that bill in my household for the kitties.
I’m trying to transition my cats on to wet food & Fancy Feast is the only brand thus far that they absolutely love. I really wanted them to like some healthier options but they weren’t crazy for it. So they are currently eating the gourmet naturals line from fancy feast.
Im really interested in the fancy feast naturals since the price doesn't seem so bad for the quality.. would you recommend them?
@@snowchips9596 I would recommend a brand that can actually identify what meat is in the food and something without dyes (there's absolutely no reason for them). Brands like these cause allergies and cancer. If you're on a budget there's great affordable brands out there like Taste of the Wild (99 cent cans), Weruva, or FirstMate. You can even do Wellness, I personally don't like them much but they are acceptable.
My cat is almost 20 he can't chew kibble anymore, and he has digestion issues, I can only give him one little teaspoon of fancy feast every 20 minutes to an hour apart till he gets through at least a 3 ounce and 1/2 can a day, or he will throw it up, he won't even eat the half rice and chicken breast I prepare for him even though I cook the rice in chicken stock, but he absolutely loves fancy feast, and tuna juce on the side, it may not be ideal, but he's living a long happy life, he loves us and can't bear to be separated from us for long, he's a clingy affectionate boy.
I never would have ever considered this brand but I had to take over care of my Dad's senior cat when he went into memory care. I basically had to bring her back from the brink of death and diabetes. I couldn't afford the Vet wet food and tried so many types at Petsmart and my vet told me to try the kitten version seafood pates along with a bit of dry of Taste of the Wild. Her glucose levels went down enough to discontinue shots and her muscle atrophy disappeared.
Our two older girls enjoy Taste of the Wild, and one of them also feeds on local wildlife - mice, rats, squirrels, rabbits, birds, frogs etc.
This helps a lot. I give my cats the classic formula pate mixed with American Journey wet food. I have 3-4 cats at any one time, 2 dogs and feed a few feral cats so there is no way I can afford boutique brands as much as I'd like to. They are healthy and happy so far.
Both of my cats came to me from Rescues. I tried switching them to Weruva or Tiki Cat but we compromised with Fancy Feast Medleys Shredded Chicken, Turkey and Tuna, also Trout. I’m allowed to add a can of Weruva or Tiki Cat three times a week as a topper over the same meat in two cans of Fancy Feast. They don’t want pate!
"I'm allowed" - Ha, ha, I love it! I know what you mean!
My cats won't touch Wiki canned food. It looks and smells good enough to me and is considered a quality food, but they walk away from it.
For the most part I feed my cats fancy feast and Sheba. From all about cats they seem the best quality for a reasonable price. You can usually get 24 cans pack for about $10-11
One of my cats LOVES Sheba. She refuses almost anything else, but she will eat some of Fancy Feast’s lines, like the broths.
My other cat only eats Simply Nourish wet food. My girls are picky.
It's the brand my cat will eat most consistently. He is the finicky-est of finicky cats.
Same here.
I was hoping for a breakdown of the fancy feast broths. For a while I had to give them to my cat for extra water. I would put extra water in the packet and mix it together and he would get a lot of hydration that way.
Thanks for muting the opening of the cans...my cat runs to me when she hears a can being opened. She loves Fancy Feast with gravy and the Sheba products including the Tender Sticks. Great informative videos!
xD Glad you appreciated it, Michael! It's always difficult to decide between including and excluding b-roll audio, so it's good to know that you appreciated the decision here.
It is so refreshing to see a review of commonly available pet foods that isn't artificially biased against 'BIG PET FOOD'. Thank you for delivering the facts.
So glad you appreciated it! Thanks for stopping by.
Thank you Mallory. Cats love Fancy Feast. I never knew the hard foods were not as beneficial as the wet. Appreciate the insight.
My kitty is addicted to Fancy Feast dry food, and I'm having a hell of a time getting him switched to a higher value, high-protein, low carb kibble. It's like getting him to pull out his own whiskers, and I'm sorry I ever started feeding it to him. 😥
Try mixing it with the higher quality dry food slowly, and also mix in some wet food he likes as well , I feel like all cats eventually eat whatever is given to them lol
@@snowchips9596 Eventually. I'm having the same problems my cats only want Fancy Feast nothing else is good enough
thank you Mallory for all the research that you do so we can take good care of our cats. I just adopted two kittens and I was completely at a loss as to what to feed them. but your segments are full of great information now I feel like I make an informed decision on what to feed my cats.
Can you do a review on Royal Canin? Vets always recommend it and I wanna see how it actually stands in the market.
I agree with you. I currently have my kitten on Royal Canin kitten food and so far no issues and I’ve noticed his coat is shiny as well.
Yes me too. I am considering getting the royal canin urinary tract food. To be truthful, my cats dont seem to like any food much. I have tried quite a few brands. No luck yet. They do tend to like the blue wilderness chicken/indoor and earthborn hollistic chicken dry food. Can foods they treat all the same.
My snob cat has been fixated on the thin slices in gravy variety since he was a kitten.
I think they have been called out for marketing very similar products as breed or sensitivity specific.
Still high quality products though
Yes, and they are so expensive!
I was considering fancy feast as a cat food for when I get a cat in a few months and I was kinda worried if it was the best for a cat. I’m thankful for all your videos!
i want to get my kitten those broths but they’re so expensive. he loves all their food and the kitten formula has a lot of animal protein and it’s pretty cheap. he looks so cute eating his lil fancy meals 🥺
They have coupons for those broths on their website! I haven't tried them but I remember seeing the coupons on there
@@snowchips9596 i bought mine the broth and it was just a gel with small chunks of fish…. a rip off lol
Our cat Boogie absolutely LOVES the Nulo squeeze treats, he has to get one every morning
All 3 of my cats love FF wet food.
I have two new rescue kittens and my 9 year old adult cat. I primarily buy the kitten variety for them all and top with a lot of goat milk or bone broth. They eat happily and eagerly every meal so that’s a win. 😊
Thank you so much. This explains why my sister's cat has put so much weight on since he started eating this very same dry food.
My 4 cats have been eating Fancy Feast wet food for their whole lives and they seem to be thriving, including my one cat who seems to have an issue with chicken based foods (he gets terrible diarrhea. He gets the turkey varieties that FF has). I feed the Purina True Instinct grain free dry food free choice and canned several times a day. Having one very picky cat and 3 not very picky ones, I find that FF is cheap and good enough for everyone. I am a licensed vet tech, and believe that cats should be fed a primarily wet food diet and I've never had an issue with FF ever, including w clients at the Animal Hospital. I find that most cats like at least a few of the flavors and will readily eat it. I can't really recommend the dry food, but for a decent, cheaper spectrum cat food, you can't really go too wrong with FF.
I'm aware vets don't know too much about nutrition but you should use common sense here. As a pet nutritionist, I've never seen a pet "thrive" on Fancy Feast. It's cheap quality and they can't even name what animal source the meat is because it's poor quality cuts thrown into a blender. I've only seen cheap food like this only and frankly, anything Purina, cause allergies. Looking for cheap price food that's still decent? Look at Taste of the Wild, FirstMate and Weruva. But if you really care about your pet why are you feeding it low quality grocery store food in the first place? Would you feed your human child unidentified meats that are dyed? Didn't think so.
@@VARY78 You are not a vet trained in nutrition. You are a self professed pet nutritionist lol
Purina is one of the BEST brand foods to feed. Boutique brands are garbage. But the current pushed narrative makes people believe the top brands with the most research are BAD (Purina, Hills, Iams, Royal Canin)
By-products are FINE. Carbs as 30% or less in cat food is also fine. Boutique brands are not extensively researched, tested, etc. Do proper research. Peer reviews studies by nutrition trained vets!
@@forfam1992 Those who are "self professed" didn't spend years and thousands of dollars on college educations and receive certifications earned afterwards lol. I'm pretty sure that I would have been caught by the better business bureau by now if I was fake.
Have you seen the recall history on those brands? They have been contaminated with literal poison. Brands like Purina literally been found to contain PENTOBARBITOL. Do you know what that is used for? EUTHANIZING CATS AND DOGS. They also use completely unnamed meats in their food. That is dangerous for dogs with allergies and also very suspicious considering they have no idea what the meat even is. Would you eat completely unidentified meats? Didn't think so, so why feed such low quality to your pet if you love them? I find it so hilarious you mention one of the worst brands of foods to claim they're so great. Iam's for example, worst of all, has had 7 recalls in 6 years for unsafe and unsanitary practices from salmonella to literal mold and toxin contaminations. You're okay with that? You're deluded.
Now let's look at good brands you say are unbacked and are garbage. The ones I've mentioned in the previous comment are decent, not a big fan of TOTW but it's better than any grocery store food. Farmina, works with the oldest pet nutrition college in the world, completely vet made, not a single recall since they started in the 60's. Nulo, another started by a vet, recall free and uses extremely high quality ingredients. Instinct is a brand that works with the University of Helsinki and Dr. Anna Björkman and has a vets make all their recipes. My vet literally feeds Open Farm (another recall free btw) which is a super ethical company that you can trace your single bag of food back to it's farm it came from. You know where your brands would trace back to? The floor of a disgusting unethical factory in CHINA.
You said it yourself, "do proper research." You're a nobody. Wake up, you're brainwashed. Also look up what a monopoly is because that should explain everything. Royal Canin (M&M company) literally owns VCA, Bluepearl, and Banfield. Candy companies own your vet and the food. K?
@@forfam1992 So are you gonna reply or what? Been waiting over a week for your response. You're gonna insult me and have nothing else to say?
@@VARY78 Nope because all your points are BS. Sorry. I follow science, and tested, tried and true, peer reviewed, CERTIFIED veterinarian nutritionists (extra program after FULL Vet program), the only proper info on pet nutrition. If you feel insulted by facts, can't help you.
You do a great job, thank you for all the great information you provide!
Thanks, Colleen!
This review was of great help to me and Blackie, as he has decreed that this be his wet food choice for the last couple of years. Prior to that he'd been on a kidney stress formula food that I got from the vet. I am somewhat relieved that it received at least a decent grade, although I would prefer that he get on something better! But so far Blackie will not stand for it! Thanks for the review!
Glad you found it helpful. All the best to you and Blackie.
Fancy feast has changed their food I think. My cat loves grilled gravy lovers. I noticed the cans now have big pieces that isn’t cut very well like before. Also noticed beef feast grilled in gravy is no longer a dark color. Even the label is different,it used to say turkey feast in gravy in one sentence but now it says turkey feast on top and gravy on bottom.
Also I got savory craving chocolate looking pieces. The pieces are hard as rocks. I had to crush them up because my cat had trouble trying to eat them. Ridiculous
They stopped using artificial coloring so that's why the color of their food changed
I have fed my four year old cat fancy feast her whole life and they have definitely changed something. This last year it makes her sick! I've tried to find other food to replace fancy feast but she won't eat it. Have you had any complaints on fancy feast from other people?
Be careful with the vaguely named ingredients guys, I have fed my cat Hills wet food and he has been suffering from diarrhea since Monday :( Pray for my little angel Simon.
Hey Eda, we're hoping that Simon feels better soon.
Hopefully little Simon is better now I feed both my dogs and cats blue wilderness they love it and are Healthy as ever I mix wet food with Hard. I'd recommend it if your looking for a new Cat food brand
@@Hrgrvvsgirl Hi Trinity, thank you for your kind words, Simon is so much better now. Unfortunately we do not have blue wilderness brand in Turkey, if there were I would definitely try. Now I have been using Acana Wild Prairie for almost a month and he seems to be doing well on it.
I literally got a fancy feast ad while watching this-
My two love Fancy Feast wet! I have a hard time getting them to eat anything else. I don’t feed them the dry.
mine are not picky about food. but they too enjoy fancy feast wet. I just got new fancy feast medlleys and purina in door dry. They seem not to be having touble and enjoy thir food
Our Cat Boris was diagnosed with diabetes. We took him off ALL dry food gave him Fancy Feast classic pate only and with in a month and a half he went into remission.
The thing is cats love it
Very informative. I recently fed my cat Fancy Feast and I noticed it had a very strong aroma. Generally, my cat doesn't do well with the more liquidy gravy foods. She throws them up sometimes. I stick with the firmer pate varieties regardless of the brand.
Subscribed! Very fair and well articulated review. I wouldn't have been as generous as your rating; condemned meat not fit for human consumption is not good for cats, I don't care what these hardcore FF customers say. There are plenty of human grade products with better ingredients out there. My friend's father worked at a rendering plant and you will be shocked to learn what they used animal waste products for and what ccondition they come in.
@@Lisa-cn2uu What are the 4 D's?
Thank you for making these informative videos. I like how you try to give an objective review for the products which is really helpful.
I have fed Fancy Feast for years, primarily the chicken pate'. They seem addicted to it. I reached out to Purina to get the full break down on the artificial ingredients in their flavor enhancer is considered a "proprietary blend" and they will NOT disclose this to you as the consumer/pet owner. I find this most disturbing. They will tell my vet but not me. My cat is having some issues and I need the full ingredient list but Purina cares not. I will never buy another Purina product again due to their lack of transparency.
If your vet doesn't tell you, I'd fire the vet.
Biproducts aren’t bad. Animals in the wild would eat them. They are highly nutritious compared to the whole meat products we eat.
My cats LOVE Fancy Feast!
My cat does as well.. which is saying something as she is pretty finicky ... Cat food does no good if your cat will not eat it.. right ... : )
She almost cut off his fiskers trying to open that dry food bag lol
Seeing as how my cats will eat a spider or a miller moth I don't worry about Fancy Feast. They love the moisture and I also mix it with Fresh Pet Select.
A spider or moth is probably pretty healthy.
Can you do a review on the different Purina lines?
Certainly! We plan to go in depth on this in the near future. Thanks for your recommendation!
I would ask that you review Gourmet Naturals White Meat Chicken Pate or any Pate in the Gourmet Naturals canned cat food.
Your video is very helpful esp for me as a first timer cat slave. Helps me in purchasing cat essential things/food!
So glad to hear that! It's an honor.
I'm convinced Fancy Feast has one or two addictive ingredients that make cats only eat that brand! My cat does not eat unless I give her the FF treats, she loves their broth...then gets picky on their grilled variety. She won't even consider any other variety. I spent $55 in Pet Smart trying to wean her from FF. The broth seems good quality. But that's about it.
Thank you for educating us 😽 Im wondering if our lively cats can differentiate the different brands ❤
How cute cat!! So lovely 🧡
Would love a more in-depth look at Solid Gold as a brand. We're switching from BB to Solid Gold Winged Tiger and so far our cats love it (maybe a little too much 😅)
Current feeding my cats soils good for about 6 months now but they don’t eat it so I had to start introduce them to this and get eat it up and still look good.
I give my cat Fancy Feast Petites Cuts in Gravy-half a container in the morning, half in the evening(she also has Cat Chow Indoor available all day). Salmon is her absolute favorite.
All three of my cats eat this Hills prescription diet dry food because one of my cats kept having a UTI problem. Since they have been eating the Hills dry prescription food, I've had no more UTI problems. Also my cats love Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers Turkey or Chicken wet food.
My male cat Buster seems to turn away from anything with fish in it. He loves Fancy Feast chicken and liver canned food because its the only thing that doesn't have fish mixed into it. My kitty Whiskers ate Fancy Feast beef canned food and lived to be 18 1/2 years. Friskies canned catfood made my outside cat Callie deathly ill but survived. Now I only feed her Fancy Feast canned. She likes the Fish Variety .
Could we compare Hills vs Royal Canin? They appear to be relatively similar. Also, could you show us how to calculate protein percentages on a dry matter basis? Thank you!
Hey Emily, such great requests! We will absolutely keep them in mind. Thank you!
My cat is picky and will only eat wet food. Her favorite is the creamy salmon, I get the more high end purina packets and alternate between that and Rachel Ray's wet food. I feed her 3 packets a day since the portions are kinda meh, and then for dinner I cook her some chicken breast on top of the creamy chicken. The more natural products the better.
My cat Chester had to be on a special diet all of his life for bladder stones. When he turned eighteen he got to eat Fancy Feast his favorite chicken hearts and liver. He lived until he was nineteen when an emergency room vet put him to sleep without my permission
@@Lisa-cn2uu RCF the one for bladder stones. Plus I made him boiled chicken meat with organic rice. He always cheated ended up eating my other cat Leo food. Leo ate Chester's not always when I couldn't watch every second. Leo got intestinal Lymphoma at age fourteen chemo didn't help that dreaded day when I gave the okay to out him to sleep. Chester grieved for Leo slept with Leos collar in Leos spot. Chester would look out the window for him both were indoor only cats.
@@Lisa-cn2uu Thank you, Lisa. I am so sorry for your loss of your kitty. It seems like a lot of cats get lymphoma? Tongue cancer for is that rare or do some breeds get it more than others? I miss my Leo and Chester so much. I have two other cats they are rescue cats Audie and Billy. Love them too but I hold a special place in my heart for Leo and my Chester.
@@Lisa-cn2uu I agree with you Lisa. We will meet our babies again.
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My mom and sister feed their cats Fancy Feast they lived to be 16, 17, and 21 years old.
I would like my cat's to enjoy what he eats not sniffing and walk away
Thank You
My cat lived until 19. She ate a prescription dry food, but would not touch the prescription wet food. The only wet food she would eat, is Fancy Feast. She would not eat any of the ones with vegetables.
@@Lisa-cn2uu she started eating it at the age of 12. It was the Hills, I believe. If I would change anything in her upbringing, I would have gotten her on a mix of wet and dry foods sooner.
@@Lisa-cn2uu yes. My kitty had Kidney disease and Hyperthyroidism.
Cats are obligate carnivores and don't need vegetables.
This is fantastic! I adopted my rescue on 7-22-22. He was eating science diet kibble & wet food. When we got home he wouldn't touch the SD wet at all. I tried friskies & he only licked the gravy. Vet said to try pate, again he wouldn't entertain it. I got him fancy feast medalys & he's eating 1/3 - 1/2 a can. At least it's a start. Any advice or suggestions from anyone would be greatly appreciated 😁. I also tried Authority chix & pumpkin, he licked up the sauce & had a few bites. I even heat up his food😩
You might have more success with some of the chunkier recipes from Nulo-that's a good alternative that lines up with the price range you seem to be looking at. I'd also consider some freeze-dried foods, which will have a bit more of a luscious texture your cat might like.
@@AllAboutCatsYT I tried the fancy feast medley shredded turkey "fare", he ate it! I free feed him kibble 24/7. Do you think that might be why he's not eating the whole can, because he's grazing his kibble?
@@AllAboutCatsYT Thank you!
I really dig in to your reviews, you explained every detail very clearly! I would love it if you make a review of Happy Cat, a German-made cat food which I found zero reviews on the net but quite popular here in Asia, thank you so much!
Hello Rizka, thank you for the kind comment! We will consider reviewing Happy Cat at some point in the future.
@@AllAboutCatsYT thanks a lot! notification already turned on so I won't miss em
I have been using fancy feast for 3-5 years now what i realised the dry gourmet has artificial coloring and almost every products from fancy feast have by products thinking of changing brands by end of year!Good: fancy feast is its cheap.Bad:Quality of food
My little guy healing from lock jaw ,I can only give him kitty soup
All my cats have always enjoyed this brand ... they get very smoochy 😘
Their purely flaked trays have an amazing and limited ingredients list but I agree the price that comes along with that for the calorie content is not the best. My cats do really love them, though, and I always feel good about giving them the trays especially since Purina does have a great track record for research and development and experts employed with their company. But affordability to feed the highest quality trays version of FF is not great so I can't feed it exclusively to my cat as his only food 😭
Wish fancy feast would come out with a duck recipe or rabbit recipe. I think that All the medleys like chicken Florentine etc made to sound like a human restaurant dishes are ridiculous.
Really enjoy ur content 😺
Glad you enjoy it!
Another great video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, KJM Carl!
You have something in common with Scotty Kilmer - cat pillows!
I love buying fancy feast for my cat. Both wet food and dry food but the dry fancy feast is hard to find. I've gone to Walmart, Petsmart, Petco looking for the dry food so i don't always buy it. I did notice my cat is now gaining weight over this quarantine so i might just be feeding him to much.
Thank you so much for all the valuable details. I've been using FF wet food, pate for over 10 years because of the low carb content. My kitty loves it and it's always wet food only. I'm thinking about trying Smalls wet food. We do give our kitty steak, chicken and turkey so she does have human food and loves it, however, not sure it has the entire nutrients she needs. She also loves eggs and we are happy to see her enjoy them. Thanks again for the informative video and I will be back to gain/confirm additional information. Best, Rose
Hey Mallory! Great video! I love your channel and it's focus!
Thank you!
My Siamese cat 🐈 is not a big eater (she's small), but I just discovered that she LOVES the Fancy Feast Creamy Delights flavors. Especially Tuna in a touch of real milk. But she also likes the 2 chicken varieties (both in real milk & in a Creamy sauce).
Thank you for this review. I have a 4 year old rescue kitty, but not feral. I can’t afford the high dollar foods, but wanted to get away from kibble and this is the only one she will eat. She is super picky and while I tried others when we first got her a month ago, she just sniffed and walked away. And even with FF, she will only eat the classic Pate. She won’t touch any of the others kinds.
I wasted a lot of money when we first got her. :( But this is what she will eat, so I hope she will stay healthy until “our ship comes in” and we can buy the better foods. :)
I would recommend a brand that can actually identify what meat is in the food and something without dyes (there's absolutely no reason for them). Brands like these cause allergies and cancer. If you're on a budget there's great affordable brands out there like Taste of the Wild (99 cent cans), Weruva, or FirstMate. You can even do Wellness, I personally don't like them much but they are acceptable.
@@VARY78 I tried Taste of the Wild and Weruva when I first got her. She wouldn't touch them, I had to toss them. 😢 I've never heard of the other one.... I'll look into it.
@@sabrinac4092 Make sure you're swapping very gradually! Don't swap cold turkey. 25% new and 75% old. You can try toppers to increase palatablility too like goats milk, bone broth, freeze dried raw and treats. Tripe is also really awesome. Tripe is stinky but with cats it's important to note that stinkier is better and can increase appetite and appeal of food. You can even gently warm the food in the microwave to bring out the smell. Cat's have around 500 taste buds (we have almost 10,000!) they mostly taste with their nose.
Note that FirstMate does not sell to big commercial retailers because they have quality standards. Check their site to find retailers near you
Good luck
Lovely Mallory...so thorough in details.😻
My Vet introduced us to Catinfo.org, check it out. She also says cat food should not be more than 7% carbs.
I follow this info for my diabetic girl. She came home with me when she was 8 to 10 years old. About a year later, she was diagnosed as type 2. I go to FDMB often. That's where I found catinfo.org.
My cat has been fed fancy feast since the day I found him stumbling around on one broken leg with four good legs as a very very small kitten after a hurricane he is now approximately 18 years old he still plays he still jumps he still runs on three legs any appears healthy admittedly at night I give both of my cats pure human tunafish which they seem to enjoy but not as much as fancy feast so I really don’t know what the answer is but I have had no written request for other meals from my cats so I’m gonna leave it alone
I feed my cats fancy feast and one of them has digestive problems. All these cat and dog food on the market they are saying are bad for various reasons. What is a person suppose to feed their animals and feel good about it and food they can afford.
My cats love fancy feast everything turkey or chicken must have gravy or sauce they will not touch pate of any kind or brand. Glad to see its not really bad.
Excellent review!
Thank you! Glad you appreciated it. :)
Can you please do the wellness and wellness core brand! I love this brand and would love for others to learn about it.
Monisha, we do plan to produce a Wellness review in the near future! Thank you for your request!
Wow! Thank you so much for such an in-depth analysis? I had a question about portions while feeding. On the can, it says you should feed one can per 3lbs of cat. My cat is 12 lbs (and already very chubby!), so should I really be feeding him 4 cans a day?
Great question! Since each can of the Chicken Feast has 99 calories, you should probably be feeding closer to two cans per day. You can find your cat's actual calorie needs by using this calculator: www.petnutritionalliance.org/cat.php
@@AllAboutCatsYT THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was wondering if that was all just a clever marketing scheme to get people to buy more lol.
My active one year old does well with maybe 3 cans of FF or 2 traditional 5.5 oz cans.
Your orange boy is always so picky in videos, but of course he goes crazy for the dry fancy feast that’s probably the worst thing he could eat 🤣 please tell me you saved it for treats for him haha
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I skip the dry food but all 3 of mine love the wet food and my female cat is PICKY!
I have never had a cat that did not prefer fancy feast over all other brands. All four of my current cats love it.If I cheap out and get friskies or if fancy feast is not available they are not happy kitties.
Cats are not Carnivores in the wild cats sat grasses seeds / insects and other interesting things some times not so good but live well in to there adult life and
really never get to old age the cat is homes with a good wide amount of things to
eat live 10 to 20 years the Key here in that cats need to eat many things not just
Dry foods this video is interesting and no cats do not do well with carbs.
Thank you
Great review thanks!
I've been a cat person my whole life but this is the first time I've bought fancy feast dry. My cats just not eating it. Or the wet. He loves beechnut & gerber baby meats.
Lots of cats do, but make sure it's not your cat's sole source of nutrition-baby food is not nutritionally complete for cats.
I’ve tried very expensive and the best rated cat food out there but my cat only likes this one 🥲
Love All About Cats!! Thanks for all your information. Can you please do one on Dental cat treats? Do they work? Or are they like any other treat?? Thanks!!
I noticed that you were feeding your cat in a plastic bowl. I feed my cats on ceramic plates that I bought at our Good Will for only .50 cents a plate. That way they don't get any allergies from the plastic. Also they drink water from metal bowls like stainless steel.
Yes! Plastic can also cause kitty acne 🐱
I guess the TLDR is don't feed your cat fancy feast wet food but if the alternative is only dry food, it's better than that. I was also surprised that it's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Would you do a review of Fancy Feast Naturals ? That seems to be their healthier line of food.
Hey Jacqueline, thank you for your comment! We're planning to cover a broad variety of brands in the future and will certainly consider reviewing the Naturals line.
@@AllAboutCatsYT Yay thank you for considering
Interesting review. However, I do not agree on recall history score. With no recall, you should have given 10 out 10, not 6. Also, I wonder how you can give 3 out of 10 for quality of ingredients if you don't know the ingredients used.
Hi Mikhail, good critiques. We'll consider this for future reviews.
Could you do a review specific to kittens please ? Like the best kitten foods/brands . First time cat mom just trying to get the best for my fur baby !!
Hey there! Looks like you found our video on the best kitten food. Let me know if you have any more questions!