When we buy food, do we always choose carefully, choose green, healthy, pollution-free, high nutritional value! When buying food, we must look at the place of origin, nutritional value table, production date, etc. Series of things, hee hee, so do we need to pay special attention when buying food for our dear cats? Let's take a look at it below!
1. Look at the top five highest ingredients in the ingredients
(1) If there are meat or poultry by-products, then Out is out, no need to consider. In this place, the three words by-products are the key. The so-called meat and additional products, to put it bluntly, the best part must have been used up, and you can imagine what is left.
(2) If grains account for most of the five ingredients (for example, there are 3 items), Out is out. Obviously, do we spend money to eat so many grains for our cat? How much is the grain worth?
(3) For meat, it must be specified what kind of meat, if only what poultry meat is specified , animal meat, Out is out. Do you dare to give cats and cats meat, which are not understood, snakes?
(4) Among the cereals, brown rice is more beneficial , and oats are also rich in natural fiber.
2. Look at the Fat in the ingredients—fat
(1) The fat must indicate what kind of animal or poultry (such as chicken fat, tallow), if only animal fat and poultry are indicated Grease, sorry, the ghosts and monsters are here again. OUT is out
(2) In addition to animal and poultry fats, some cat food manufacturers use vegetable oils. In fact, vegetable oils with good quality and good for cat health are also good choices.
3. Look at the preservatives in the ingredients
(1) If the preservatives are BHA, BHT or Ethozyquin, Out is absolutely out! (The safety reports of BHA and BHT on animals are still insufficient , even veterinarians do not recommend its use. As for Ethozyquin, this preservative has been banned from being used in human food.)
(2) Try to buy dry cat food that uses natural preservatives, such as vitamins C and E. , rosemary oil, etc.
(3) Certain ingredients, such as fish chunks, and some vitamin-mineral mixtures require separate preservative treatment, while vitamin-mineral Chemical preservatives are often used in substances mixed with ingredients, so the ingredient list may include more than one preservative, so look carefully.
4. Look at the nutritional analysis (Guaranteed Analysis)
(1) Basically, each brand of different cat food has a different nutritional ratio. Know the situation before making a choice. For example, if the cat is relatively thin, you can choose some cat food with a higher proportion of protein and fat.
5. Look at special needs
(1) Each cat's physical condition is different, and some cats may have special needs (such as veterinary prescription cat food), when purchasing must be considered together.
(3) Now the cat food is becoming more and more diversified, regardless of whether your cat has such needs, (such as anti-uric calculus, anti-calculus, anti-allergic) cat food vendors will also sell them well Advertising, so that you can subtly affirm the need for the cat food, but whether your cat has these needs, and whether the cat food can achieve the effect stated in the advertisement or label, please consider it carefully. Buy.