FYI, this was the gist of my reply to the member. I didn't notice that the food is carageenan/guar-gum/xantham gum-free until after I sent the reply
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While no canned food is perfect, which is why most of us on the forum recommend rotating brands and proteins, this looks fine. I do have some concerns when I see ingredients like kale, dandelion greens, and parsley, because they may be high in oxalate and that can cause bladder stones. Spinach (not in the ingredients) definitely can. I'm not sure why they include porcine plasma . I think things like fenugreek seeds, chickpeas, etc. are more to appeal to the human buyer than anything. Cats don't need plant matter.
I also see they have a can of kangaroo. Personally, I don't know if that's something I would feed, but if you have a cat that really needs some novel proteins, it might be worth a try. I didn't look at the ingredients for it.
I'll be happy to start a thread for you so the others can weigh in. They are very educated about feline nutrition as well and can discuss this further.
Just so y'all don't have to go back and forth between sites, this is the ingredient list for the Chicken Stew Wet Cat Food:
INGREDIENTS
Chicken, Chicken Broth, Vegetable Broth, Chicken Liver, Dried Egg Product, Porcine Plasma, Dehydrated Chicken Liver, Fenugreek Seeds, Chickpeas, Calcium Carbonate, Parsley, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Kale, Dandelion Greens, Taurine, Potassium Chloride, Cranberries, Pumpkin, Turmeric, Ginger, New Zealand Green Mussel, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Magnesium Proteinate, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Ethylenediamine Dihydroiodide, Folic Acid
EDIT #1: Ok, I just looked at the ingredients for the other cat foods, at least the "stews." If I still had a kitty, I think I would add these to the rotation (maybe not the 'roo). If the other canned foods don't contain spinach or other high oxalate ingredients, that might balance out what's in this brand. And the fact that there's no starches, carageenan or gums is a major plus.
EDIT #2: Then I checked out the chicken pate cat food and saw agar-agar on the list.
Well, like I said to the member, no canned food is perfect. But the stews at least might be something to include in the rotation. And now I'm going to stop looking at their products because I don't feel like making any more edits.
But please feel free to check out what they have and comment on it. They have Limited Ingredient Recipes, Stew Recipes, and Roo Recipes.