Imagine my horror when I found that Purina bought Merrick and Castor & Pollux, two of the best foods out there.
[well, used to be, anyway]
Merrick *swears* they’re still the same old down home, family company they always were and always will be, but in the two short years since the buy out people are already noticing the difference in the quality.
[*how* the owner of the company, famous for being deeply concerned with proper nutrition and safe sources reconciled selling the rights to “Putrina”, the absolute antithesis to everything he stood for, I’ll never know]
I did not discover this until *after* I bought 3 bags of Merrick Beef at crazy savings, just because Pet Valu was not carrying some flavors anymore.
I cannot return it, or I would.
When it’s gone, there will be no more Merrick or C&P here.
Even *if* they are true to their word, I will NOT knowingly put a penny into Purina’s pocket, ever.
I can get Victor Salmon and Earthborn Holistic locally so screw ‘em.
Ugh, did not know that.
I think of the commercial products, Weruva canned is the most nutritious. They have a long spread of differently priced lines, the most expensive being the fullest nutrition, but you can buy from all lines and save a little $ by switching daily from the highest to the others. The only thing it is missing for cats is enough healthy fat, because good fats are pricy and would raise the price of retail too much. But easy for we owners to add a bit of coconut oil, or, what I do now, is smear a bit of grassfed butter on a paper towel near the dish for her to lick up. Really helps re fur balls too.