| What is the best all natural kitten food? There are | | | | Companies unfortunately are allowed to use these by |
| many kitten foods on the market but not all are | | | | products in their foods. |
| created equally so it pays to do your research. | | | | Is it made with human grade ingredients? |
| Be sure and carefully read the ingredient list on the | | | | A food claiming to be natural will be made with whole |
| bag of kitten food. It will tell a story about the | | | | foods and should have human grade ingredients in it. |
| quality of the food. | | | | Human grade ingredients come from foods that are |
| What are the first 5 ingredients? | | | | made for human consumption. Many companies put |
| The first five ingredients on the bag make up the | | | | foods that are not for human consumption in their |
| majority of the food. The first ingredient should be a | | | | foods. They are usually in the form of by products. |
| quality meat protein like chicken meal or catfish meal. | | | | 4. Does it have preservatives or artificial flavors or |
| Other things to look for are dried egg, dried beet | | | | colors? |
| pulp, and ground brown rice. | | | | The best all natural kitten food should have NO |
| Does it have any by products? | | | | preservatives, artificial flavors or colors. Preservatives |
| The best all natural kitten food should not have ANY | | | | can cause health problems in humans and animals |
| "by products". By products are the leftovers from | | | | alike. Artificial flavors and colors have no nutritional |
| protein sources, either animal or vegetable. It could | | | | value. |
| be anything from chicken heads to husks. Not good! | | | | |