Cat Food Review - Blue Spa Select Mature Chicken & Brown Rice Dry

What's in Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food and how it benefits your cat:

High Quality Protein - Cats love to dine on our tasty Deboned Chicken, and it provides the essential amino acids and vital nutrients they need every day.

Wholesome Whole Grains - Hearty whole grains like brown rice, barley and oats will keep your cat supplied with the complex carbohydrates needed for energy.

Healthy Garden Veggies & Fruit - Whole Carrots, sweet potatoes, parsley and cranberries contain phytonutrients that help your cat stay healthy.

Naturally healthy and highly digestable, Spa Select is a delicious way to provide your cat with the complete and balanced nutrition he needs every day.

Important Information

Our unique LifeSource Bits are formulated and processed to do exactly what their name implies. A precise blend of nutrients and antioxidants selected to strengthen your cat's immune system, help offset the negative impact of environmental toxins and provide support for specific life stage requirements.

Ingredients

Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Salmon Meal, Whole Potatoes, Chicken Fat (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Natural Chicken Flavor, Fish Meal, Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Blueberries, Cranberries, Flaxseed (natural source of Omega 6 Fatty Acids), Barley Grass, Dried Parsley, Alfalfa Meal, Kelp Meal, Taurine, L-Lysine, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Turmeric, Salmon Oil (natural source of Omega 3 Fatty Acids), Black Malted Barley, Dried Chicory Root, Rice Bran, Oil of Rosemary, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin C, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Beta-Carotene, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B3), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Folic Acid, Biotin, Choline Chloride, Calcium Chloride, Zinc Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Zinc), Iron Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Iron), Copper Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Copper), Manganese Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Manganese), Potassium Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Potassium), Cobalt Proteinate (source of Chelated Cobalt), Potassium Chloride, Sodium Selenite, Salt, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium thermophilum, Bifidobacterium longum, Enterococcus faecium.

Guaranteed Analysis %:Crude Protein min 32 Crude Fat min 15 Moisture max 10 Ash max 7 Crude Fiber max 4 Omega 6 Fatty Acids* min 2.75 Omega 3 Fatty Acids* min 0.8 Taurine min 0.15 Magnesium max 0.1

Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food Cat Food Rating

Animal Digest - Plus 1 point = No animal digest

Corn - Plus 1 point = No corn

Wheat - Plus 1 point = No wheat

Soy - Plus 1 point = No Soy

Gluten - Plus 1 point = No gluten

Extra Goodies - Minus 1 point = Natural Chicken Flavor

By-Products - Plus 1 point = No by-products

Animal Fat - Minus 1 point = Chicken Fat

Pet Food Recalls - Minus 1 point = Recalls Blue Buffalo

Class Action - Minus 1 point = Class Action Blue Buffalo

Cat Food Rating for Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food

Total Score = 6/10

Ask Susan Peters Cat Food Review

Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food l question the use of "natural flavors". How these "flavors" were created (many companies use manure) and why do they need to be added? With Blue Buffalo's history of recalls and their use of chicken fat to entice cats to eat Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food I would have to pass on this over-priced, average to low quality, cat food as a healthy choice for cat food.

Class action filed against Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food.

Pet food recalls against Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food.

Use of corn, wheat, or soy which cause skin irritation, hair loss, fever, ear infections, kidney failure, liver failure. Dental disease, Obesity, Chronic digestive problems, Bloat, Heart disease, Hyperthyroidism, and Seizures.

Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food does not use corn and other cheap fillers.

Because manufacturers need to ensure that dry foods have a long shelf life (typically 12 months) to remain edible through shipping and storage, fats used in pet foods are preserved with either synthetic or "natural" preservatives. Synthetic preservatives include butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), propyl gallate, propylene glycol (also used as a less-toxic version of automotive antifreeze), and ethoxyquin.

Use of by-products. By-products are ingredients used which are not fit for human consumption. By-products are often floor sweepings from a rendering plant. "Animal by-product" is rendered product from animal tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, horn, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices." Pet food labels contain the words "meal" or "byproduct" on the ingredient label. Inedible byproducts such as bone, fat, heads, hair, feet and condemned offal are used in commercial pet food. These materials are sent to a rendering plant for processing into pet food products.

"Meat" is often rendered dogs and cats as well as other animals such as road-kill. When the source of the meat is known it will be listed as beef, poultry, chicken, turkey, etc. If the source of the meat is not known it is simply called "meat.

Rather than the wholesome pictures shown on the pet food packaging, rendering companies dispose of millions pounds of inedible waste each day including, heads, feet, stomachs, intestines, spinal cords, tails, restaurant grease, feathers, bones and dead or diseased animals rejected from slaughterhouses for use in manufacturing pet food. Amazingly, animals from research laboratories may be rendered into pet food as well.

Total Score = Ol' Roy dog food, which is considered one of the poorest quality dog foods on the market, scored 5 out of 10 Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food scored 6 out of 10.

The life span of your pet should be at least 20 years. Your pet's diet strongly influences your pet's life expectancy. Always look for a quality pet food which scores 10 out of 10.

Blue Spa Select Mature Cat Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Food I consider to be a poor choice in pet foods.

Source: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/597357/cat_food_review_blue_spa_select_mature.html