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First Mate canned
« on: July 29, 2013, 02:13:41 PM »
Just found this food in the pet store, will let you know how it goes. Looks good and simple
http://www.firstmate.com/cat-food/canned-limited-ingredient/turkey-formula/

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Ingredients:
Turkey, chicken liver, water sufficient for processing, potato, potassium chloride, choline chloride, minerals: (sodium chloride, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, manganese proteinate, iodine), vitamins: (niacin, vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate,d-pantothenic acid, riboavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, vitamin A supplement, folic acid, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement), taurine, parsley

*TurkeySourced From Within British Columbia
 97% of Protein From Free Run Turkey & Chicken
3% of Protein From Potatoes
« Last Edit: September 08, 2013, 07:29:50 PM by Lola, Reason: Added the ingredients list for the one in the link »
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Re: First Mate canned
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2013, 04:22:52 PM »
LOL.... the thread title made me think that someone's "first mate" had been fired ("canned").   Glad that's not the case.   ;)
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Re: First Mate canned
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2013, 06:42:37 PM »
Ah, I was wondering if we had a thread on this food.  I've been involved in a discussion elsewhere about this one.  I can't get around the potatoes in it, myself, but others may not mind them so much, since there is little else to object to.

I have found out some things about it by emailing them here are the replies I got:

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Thank you for your inquiry and your interest in FirstMate products.

We have listed the carbohydrate content of our canned cat food diets on an as fed basis below.

Canned Salmon formula 2.3%

Canned Turkey formula 1.5%

Canned Chicken formula 1.5%

It seems like you have also discovered a typo on our Guaranteed Analysis.  The taurine content should read 0.2%.  We appreciate you bringing that to our attention and we will correct it as soon as possible.

Of course the carb info has to be converted to dry matter for accuracy

then I wrote back and asked about sourcing and their cans and got this info:

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FirstMate is actually manufactured at our facility in British Columbia, Canada. We source our ingredients from within North America with the exception of our Lamb (used in our dry diets) which comes from Australia.

Our canned products are also manufactured in British Columbia using BPA or Epoxy free cans.



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Re: First Mate canned
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2013, 07:12:06 PM »
Sorry forgot to update this thread. I bought a case of this I bought the Salmon, chicken and the turkey flavours. Do not feed this food any longer. My cats started to drink way more water only when fed this food. So what does that tell me? look at the ingredients, way too much salt for my liking. :(
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Re: First Mate canned
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2013, 07:31:15 PM »
No carrageenan. 

I would "trade" a little potato for no carrageenan. 

It does look a bit salty though.  ??
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