Today I started the Organix canned food introduction, chicken pate. I am posting it in Mazy cat's thread because it is Mazy cat who is the issue. I am sure Jennie and Queen Eva could handle any canned food, any time (not that I would give them just "any")
As I have mentioned here and there, I need a canned food Mazy cat can eat, for emergencies (such as a power outage). Even after a year or more without it, she could eat the By Nature Organic, without re-introduction, because her body had always been able to handle it. Since that is gone, I have been searching for years for something else.
Organix recently revised their recipes and have gotten two certifications, USDA Organic, and equally, if not more, important (to Mazy cat) non-GMO Project Verified. They still include things I would rather not feed, the food is very pea heavy, and has other fruits and veg in smaller amounts. But no gums, no carrageenan no menadione sodium bisulfate.
I have got to have something.
I've been talking to Feline Natural by the way. While they are not certified organic or non-GMO Project Verified, they are a New Zealand company and that is where their ingredients come from, and they have confirmed their foods are non-GMO (I think GMO is mainly a problem in the USA)
I haven't turned to their canned foods to try because they don't have single source proteins. however in a recent conversation with them they told me they are planning a new line with single source proteins. So that may be a better option, in the future.
Organix isn't ideal. it is pea heavy (as was the By Nature so I know Mazy cat can handle it), has other ingredients I don't like, and is owned by Purina, which galls me. But (they claim) they operate independently, and they HAVE gone through the rigorous and expensive steps to become USDA Certified Organic and non-GMO Project Verified.
Jennie and Queen Eva each had half an ounce today and Mazy cat had 0.2 oz. In a couple of days I will slip her another 0.2 ounces and continue that way for a couple of weeks, every few days. Once I am sure it's not going to bother her (
) I will try her with a bigger serving every few days. If that stays down consistently I will consider her transitioned and just have it here for emergencies.
Incidentally, they all went berserk over it.