No one has mentioned 9 Lives cat food, which is the former Del Monte line (before that, Heinz) and is owned by Smuckers now. My old toothless gray tuxedo loves canned 9 Lives and seems to thrive on it.
There was some nasty publicity about certain types of Purina cat food being contaminated several years ago. Some pets actually died from it.
Nine Lives Complete Cat Food
Barely contains any animal protein of quality except way down the list some Salmon Meal.
Its mostly all corn. Chicken by products are every part of the chicken not fit for human consumption, also has "animal digest"
en.wikipedia.org
and it doesnt even label from what kind of animal.
Ingredients =
WHOLE GROUND CORN, CHICKEN BY-PRODUCT MEAL, CORN GLUTEN MEAL, SOYBEAN MEAL, WHOLE WHEAT, MEAT & BONE MEAL, ANIMAL FAT (PRESERVED WITH MIXED TOCOPHEROLS), ANIMAL DIGEST, SOYBEAN HULLS, SALMON MEAL, DEHYDRATED ALFALFA PELLETS, SALT, PHOSPHORIC ACID, TITANIUM DIOXIDE (COLOR), CHOLINE CHLORIDE, VITAMINS (VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENT, NIACIN, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENT, MENADIONE SODIUM BISULFITE COMPLEX (SOURCE OF VITAMIN K ACTIVITY), VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN), POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MINERALS (FERROUS SULFATE, ZINC OXIDE, MANGANOUS OXIDE, COPPER SULFATE, CALCIUM IODATE, SODIUM SELENITE), TAURINE, RED 40, LACTIC ACID, BHA (USED AS PRESERVATIVE), YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1, ROSEMARY EXTRACT.
Now compare the above (9Lives) to the superior ingredients of well priced low cost Evolve Pet Food below mentioned by Mr_Luke =
DEBONED CHICKEN, CHICKEN MEAL, TURKEY MEAL, WHOLE GROUND BROWN RICE, PEAS, OAT GROATS, CHICKEN FAT (PRESERVED WITH MIXED TOCOPHEROLS), DRIED PLAIN BEET PULP, NATURAL CHICKEN FLAVOR, FISH MEAL, DRIED EGG PRODUCT, TAURINE, CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, DL-METHIONINE, DRIED KELP, DRIED CRANBERRIES, DRIED BLUEBERRIES, VITAMINS (CHOLINE CHLORIDE, NIACIN, VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [SOURCE OF VITAMIN B6], RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENT, MENADIONE SODIUM BISULFITE COMPLEX, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN), MINERALS (COPPER SULFATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE, IRON SULFATE, CALCIUM IODATE, SODIUM SELENITE), DRIED LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS FERMENTATION PRODUCT, DRIED LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM FERMENTATION PRODUCT, DRIED LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI FERMENTATION PRODUCT, DRIED BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS FERMENTATION PRODUCT, DRIED ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM FERMENTATION PRODUCT.