Review on 🐱 Premium Quality Against The Grain Chicken Pumpkin Samba Canned Cat Food - 24 Packs of 2.8 oz Each by Beth Clark

This food is causing one of my cats to have severe diarrhea and another has severe feces. The ingredient I think is the causative based on feeding tests is tapioca. Tapioca is a type of carbohydrate. Cats often don't digest carbohydrates well because their digestive tracts are shorter and they are obligate carnivores. What is likely to happen to my very sensitive cat is osmotic diarrhea and carbohydrate malabsorption. After giving up potato starch and tapioca foods, she began to gain back the weight she had lost from her diarrhea (it took me a while to figure this out with feeding tests). Cats with IBD often achieve remission by eliminating grains AND other carbohydrate sources from their diet. In addition to tapioca, I found potato starch (in other foods that causes diarrhea). What cat in the wild would eat tapioca or potatoes? Wysong, a pet food manufacturer, has spoken out strongly against tapioca. They say it's a "bad grain substitute," high in sugar and also linked to toxins. They say pet food manufacturers often advertise "grain-free" to "imply imply that the grain has been replaced with a higher-quality ingredient," while Wysong maintains that this is not the case. Note. I don't feed my cats Wysong food because their canned food contains foods like corn and rice. (I do not feed kibble as it is problematic for cats with IBD and usually contains the excess carbohydrates that kibble needs to hold its shape.) I believe many cats will tolerate this food. I have no problem with other ingredients. The chicken looks beautiful and is in a sauce (made with tapioca). There are pumpkin pieces that can be used to treat diarrhea and/or constipation. I think (if the cat tolerates this food) the long-term exposure to carbohydrates should be considered in terms of an increased risk of IBD and diabetes. Both diseases are on the rise in domestic cats. Given the anatomy of a cat and the many foods cats eat, how can we be surprised? This food (like most pet foods) is formulated in accordance with AAFCO nutritional guidelines. Many pet owners are surprised to learn that most pet foods have not been clinically tested. - They are only formulated. It's cheaper. This food, like many others nowadays, is made in Thailand. I think the manufacturer should consider products like TikiCat which are similar and made with broth instead of sauce. Tapioca or potato starch are not needed to prepare the broth.