The Good: Very nutritious, Gollum enjoys it, Made with good ingredients, Generally affordable!
The Bad: Does nothing for urinary tract health.
The Basics: Gollum shows a clear preference for Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food, which I love for him for everything but its lack of urinary tract health benefits.
Following on the heels of Gollum, my black house cat who is now almost ten years old, falling in love with Meow Mix Tender Centers Salmon & White Meat Chicken cat food (reviewed here!), I decided to do a minor shake-up with his diet. After picking up the Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish cat food, I was very glad that I still had some of the other Tender Centers around for comparison. By having both types of Tender Centers around, I discovered that for as much as Gollum loved the former, he had a clear preference for the Tuna & Whitefish flavor. In fact, one of the cutest moments involving Gollum in recent memory was when he actually woke up to enjoy some of the Tuna & Whitefish cat food!
Basics
Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food is a cat food formulated for adult cats. The Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food catfood regularly comes in a three pound reinforced paper bag that is priced in stores around $4.50. As a cheapskate and poor person, this is one of the more affordable cat foods, but I recommend bulking up by getting the thirteen pound bag instead.
The Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food food comes with two different pieces. The red fish shapes are 1/2” long, 1/4" wide and a thickness of around 3/16”. They are hard and red with a softer brown center. The brown fish pieces are the same size and have a less noticeable soft center than the red fish pieces.
Ease Of Preparation
Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food is a hard catfood that comes in a large bag, so preparation only involves opening the bag and measuring out the proper serving size for your cat, as determined by its weight. For Gollum, that means a 1 - 1 1/2 cup serving and that lasts about two months at that rate of consumption.
Gollum’s Reaction
This cat food smells very mealy, with almost no smell of meat. In fact, I was surprised that this had a saltier smell that reminded me much more of dog food than cat food. Ironically, Myah (our Siberian Husky) showed no interest in the Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food, but Gollum did.
Every time I open the bag of Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food catfood, Gollum comes running and when I placed a few pieces near his nose as he slept, he woke up within minutes and began eating the food, only to fall back asleep after eating them. Gollum never left any of the Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food in his bowl; he eats this food up entirely.
Nutrition
The Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food is a rather nutritious cat food. The guaranteed analysis of it indicates that it has a minimum of 31% crude protein and 11% crude fat. With no more than 4% crude fiber and 12% moisture, this is a food that is very balanced. Always have adequate water near your cat’s feeding area!
As well, those who are concerned about what goes into their pets will be pleased by how this is a mostly natural cat food this is, with only the bottom half of the ingredients are chemicals. The main ingredients, however, are ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, and corn gluten meal. While only the end of ingredient list is a chemistry equation I can barely read, the primary ingredients are recognizable. Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food could be a lot worse. It does is hard enough to have the basic dental benefits of physically scraping plaque and tartar off cat’s teeth. There are not, however, any urinary tract benefits built into the formula.
Overview
Meow Mix Tender Centers Tuna & Whitefish Cat Food is a wonderful food that Gollum wants me to bulk up on, so that is how I recommend cat lovers buy it!
For other cat foods, please visit my reviews (with Gollum's help!) of:
Purina Cat Chow Healthy Weight Cat Food
NutriSource Cat Senior/Weight Management Chicken & Rice Formula
Fromm Surf & Turf Cat Food
9/10
For other cat products, please be sure to visit my Pet Review Index Page for an organized listing!
© 2013 W.L. Swarts. May not be reprinted without permission.
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