Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul Dry Cat Food for Adult Cat

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I bet you're wondering with such an ingredients list how a pet food could be less than exceptional. The truth is, Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers' Soul is a great food to feed your cat, but maybe not ideal.

I have tested several different pet foods on my felines (everything from Special Kitty to Innova). We have three beautiful cats, a Calico DSH, a Blue Russian, and a beautiful Persian. I have found some pros and cons to Chicken Soup.

First off, the ingredients are fantastic, no doubt. From fresh Turkey to spinach and blueberries, the list is sure to impress any conscious shopper. I have no problem feeding this food, if it were simply for the ingredients alone, and at at least a dollar cheaper and a pound more than the nearest competition, it really seems like a great deal up front.

Our cats love the taste of it and most any cat I've encountered has never refused this food. They love it.

My cons with Chicken Soup is that all of our felines develop a deficiency of vitamin E, obviously noted in their coats. With other foods, their coat is silky, shiny, and just a joy to pet. When we switch to Chicken Soup, their coats feel firmer, rougher, and more matted. Their eyes are not as bright. We've tried this switch a couple of times and it happens each time we switch to Chicken Soup.

And even though our cats adore the taste of Chicken Soup, their energy levels aren't quite as competent as normal, compared to when they are being fed holistic, grain-free foods (Taste Of The Wild, Blue, Innova)

So to wrap it up,

PROS

Value

Wonderful, fresh ingredients

Cats love the taste

CONS

Grains

Vitamin deficient

Decrease in energy level and coat texture

Also, the ingredients list on Amazon.com is no longer applicable. Here is what the current product's ingredients are :

Chicken, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, turkey meal, powdered cellulose, white rice, potatoes, oatmeal, millet, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), natural chicken flavor, salmon, turkey, duck, ocean fish meal, flaxseed, sodium bisulfate, egg product, potassium chloride, DL-methionine, choline chloride, dried chicory root, taurine, dried kelp, carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberries, rosemary extract, parsley flake, yucca schidigera extract, L-Carnitine, dried fermentation products of Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus plantarum, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, zinc proteinate, vitamin E supplement, niacin, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, zinc sulfate, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, potassium iodide, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

Thanks for reading.

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