Natural Balance Original Ultra Premium Dry Cat Food
Saturday, 3. July 2010
- 15-lb bag
Product Description
Natural Balance ”Ultra Premium” is for all breeds and all life stages. This formula has been tested on pregnant queens, countless litters of kittens through fully developed adults, as well as beloved senior cats…all with outstanding results. Made with fresh human grade chicken and duck meat. This unique blend of fresh high quality proteins provide the essential amino acids to help maintain strong muscle tone and a healthy, shiny coat. To maintain freshness, Natural Balance uses only mixed tocopherols (Vitamin E) in all of its formulas and will always be free of artificial flavors, colors and chemical preservatives.
Natural Balance Original Ultra Premium Dry Cat Food
Cheyenne5203 Says:
Expensive pet food doesn’t measure up.
As a biochemist and owner of a new kitten, we tested 14 brands of cat and dog food, and what we found surprised us. Claims of designer pet food being better than generic brand X, are absolutely false. The only difference between brand X and overpriced pet food, is the amount of protein. Any pet food with 25 per cent or+ protein is basically the same, the rest (no matter the brand) is filler, of what ever is cheap or readily available.
Fact is, the pet food industry is not regulated like foods for human consumption. Anything goes. Protein is protein, be it ground bone, fish guts or chicken discard. Let no one tell you expensive designer pet food is any better than (25% protein) generic brands.
Furthermore, if a pet owner wants high (100%) protein, it’s far better for the animal, and half the price of designer pet foods, to offer small treats of hamburger, bacon ends or canned tuna. In fact, Top Sirloin steaks ($2.59lb), Boneless Port Loin ($1.79lb), Hamburger ($1.39lb) or canned Tuna ($0.50), is cheaper than designer ($3.00lb average) pet food and zero waste fillers.
Paying for cute packaging, inflated claims or advertising hype, is as stupid as buying bottled water. My solution? Any generic pet food (25% protein) with a (above mentioned protein) daily training treat.
Sorry if our test results offend stock holders, employee or investor reviews of this product, but our facts speak for themselves.
Jan 2010
Rating: 1 / 5
Sandy Says:
And more importantly, it loves my cat. I am the owner of a new cat that I started out on a supermarket indoor cat formula, since he had been fed dry food while at the shelter. While the cat ate this other food heartily, he soon began vomiting on a daily basis. I did some research on the internet and found that this food, Natural Balance, is considered to be among the best cat foods out there of the dry variety. Since my cat would not really touch wet food at the time, I decided to give it a try. Not only did my cat love it, but all of his problems with vomiting disappeared overnight. I am currently feeding him a combination of Natural Balance Original dry and a variety of wet foods. He is doing great so far…lots of energy…and he really looks forward to mealtime. My cat and I recommend this food!
Rating: 5 / 5
Eva Says:
I got my kitten through a rescue group when he was about 7 months old. He had been a stray and was very thin, had bad breath, diarrhea, poor coat and missing hair on his ears. He has been on this Natural Balance dry food for the last seven months or so and he’s now a very healthy 14 pounds, has a gorgeous shiny coat, no diarrhea, his breath is good and has a great energy level. It’s hard to believe he’s the same cat. I’m very happy with this food and so is he. He loves the taste and never gets tired of it. Yes, it’s a little more costly than buying the generic brand of cat food at the grocery store but I save on vet bills because my cat is never sick. I have tried other brands of food, but he prefers the taste of this one and I’m happy he’s doing so well on it.
Rating: 5 / 5
Peggy Says:
I recently switched to this brand for dry and wet and Castor&Pollux’s dry food. Since they all like the gravy based wet foods, I do add water to the canned food which they then happily devour. My 17 yo cat is very overweight, has bad teeth which cannot be cleaned again due to his age. Otherwise the vet thinks he’s healthy. By accident I stumbled on some web based cat food reviews and was appalled at what I had been feeding my babies. I was naive in thinking Purina was healthy food. Since making the switch they all eat less although there is no change in the litterboxes. For now I’m sticking to these brands and possibly adding Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover’s Soul brand as they really enjoy the sample bag as bedtime treats.
Rating: 5 / 5
Frog Lady Says:
Some time ago I started looking into what is in pet food and was horrified, so I decided to find better food for them. I usually buy one bag of this brand and one bag of AvoDerm and mix them together. I’ve long been a believer that cats should eat fruits and vegetables, and this food has some of both in it, so they get more variety than they would with most cat foods.
I’m not sure of what changes the cats may have had since eating this food, but it does seem like the food lasts longer than it used to. Whatever the case, the cats are all healthy and love this food. One of the cats has gained a few too many pounds since she got spayed a couple years ago, so I’m going to get the reduced calorie formula for her and see if that helps.
Rating: 5 / 5