This is the new line from Nature's Variety, which makes the Instinct line, which my cat really likes. This is a new line, with variants among the protein sources like this Tuna is said to be flaked, while the other is minced. That goes for the Salmon line too, one flaked, one minced.
Honestly, the tuna in these looks pretty mincey to me, but I haven't really compared the two.
The tuna inside is not the solid block of pate type stuff. It is clearly actual stuff, though it does seem mincey. It comes out of the can kind of oatmeal-level, texture-wise, but looser. You can also see bits of vegetable matter, but not entire peas or anything, which I prefer, as my cat avoids the peas found in other tinned foods. She snarfs all of this and licks the plate.
Seems very consistent so far.
No by-products, human-grade food. Places that manufacture pet foods aren't allowed to say human grade, but the meat and fish they use is USDA-level.
Made and sourced in the U.S.* I've found a few places and products that either source some ingredients from other countries, manufacture in other countries, or, kind of worse, say 'made in the USA' but actually source from the US, ship to China for processing and ship back for packaging.
*Nature's Variety does source their rabbit meat for both dry and canned goods from China they say so right on their webpage in the FAQ but not the fish and other things.
It's not cheap, but nor is it really expensive for the quality, U.S.-made foods. When you compare to the cheap crap that's like $.60 a can, this works out to about $1/can. The larger are cheaper per oz., but these are convenient if you only serve the amt. in one small can at a time.
The flaked salmon, which I've gotten a few individual cans of at the local pet store (Amazon only had the tuna in stock when I ordered), seems to have larger chunks of fish than the tuna. That's the only downside I've noticed could be more flakey.
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