Know Better Chicken Recipe Premix for Raw Or Cooked Cat Food - Natural Supplies Meal Mix with Taurine for Cats - Indoor Cat Food Meal Completer, Feline Premix for Homemade Cat Food - 4.8 Oz

I have a 16 year old Turkish Van who is still thriving, but I felt he deserved some better food options. I live out in the country and we have many available sources of good meat so I decided to try making him some homemade food. While many reviews note that some cats don't prefer this product, it nonetheless seemed like a quality product. So I bought the small bag and pressure cooked a whole chicken and mixed it per instructions. First note- You DO get 6 lbs of food, but yes the instructions are ambiguous. You add 4 lbs of meat, 1 cup of mix (Its a cup by volume, not weight) and 3 cups of water. This makes 6 lbs by weight. So I did this. Got exactly 6 lbs, portioned it out and gave it to all 4 of our cats to sample. And they all turned up their noses, as others have reported. And I'm not surprised. The mixture was still somewhat warm which they're not used to. Also you could detect a bit of a 'vitamin' sent from the freshly mixed food. It was also somewhat runny from the water content. With all this in mind, I threw it all in the fridge overnight. And what a difference a day makes. Turns out all my cats were sneaky, conniving scoundrels! And it took this food to bring it out of them. When I repeated the taste test the next day, all 4 cats ate it like it was their first time eating food. No licking or nibbling, but rather whole-mouth gobbles like they were eating meat right off a bone. And while my plan was just to give this to my old cat, separately and segregated, the other cats had other ideas. They hawked me, they profiled me, they hid under and behind things, and resorted to every other manner of deviousness in order to steal any quantity of this food they possibly could get when I wasn't looking. I eventually made a second batch, this time with pork, and not only did they love that too, they got even more sneaky. Until I finally gave up and just started feeding it to all of them. Because its actually dirt cheap to make this way. I 5lb whole chicken that costs maybe $8, gives me close to 8 lbs of food, enough to feed all of them for over a week. A 4lb boneless pork loin cost me $5.50 on sale. Over the long haul this puts us at about $20 for a week + of premium human-grade food. Actually cheaper than giving 4 cats our usual mix of cans with dry food for backup and waaaaaayyyyyyyyy cheaper than buying any of the boutique 'Farmer foods'. And they eat it like its the thing they were put here to do. No issues, no vomiting, no weird behaviors. Rather 4 thriving cats, with super shiny coats and super sharp criminal minds, stalking me 24 hours a day trying to get more. Its almost too good for its own good.

One of the premix brands I'm using for my growing kittens. Works great with raw food. Love ingredient list, no unneeded additives. I do use ground with mixed in little chunks of meat and seems they love that texture the best, comparing to all ground with premix. Very easy to make food with different amounts of meat you have available. I always freeze in couple ounce size tupperware (or ice cube trays), for easy rotation. For sure not a rocket science for those who thinks that raw/ gently cooked would be very time consuming and complicated. My kittens are 8 and 7 months old, have lovely coats, no health problems and doing great. Best part, uses litter boxes way less than cats on a dry/ can food diet, and poops every other day. Poops also not as stinky. So no problems with upset stomach's or digestion. Would highly recommend if you care about your pets health and don't wanna live in the vets office 😊

I do raw feeding for my cats, but when I get a kitten in for foster I make sure they get all nutrients esp. if they missed meals due to transitioning to my home or just not in a growth spurt. I also have older cats that are dental-disabled and can't chew any bone. This is good to help the nutrient gap. I usually don't add this for cats that never miss meals or adult cats because they get meat/heart/liver/bone/etc from their regular meals. I've been doing this for awhile since I also have a dog. This is great to have but it's a tad expensive considering kittens on raw eat around 4oz to 8oz or more per day. Also, I wouldn't just use only the same base meat forever esp with this because this pre-made isn't totally complete long-term wise, either. With raw diet I cycle through chicken/turkey/beef/pork along with other organ meats and muscle meats. A complete raw diet with cycling proteins won't have gaps, and many raw feeders use supplements based on their cats needs. Some math for those interested: The trial size says it will make food for 3 weeks, which is 4oz of meat a day for a cat around 10lb. If you buy the 1.5lb bag it's around $13.4 dollars per month instead of 17. If you use chicken meat at 1.89lb for the trial it's about $28 in total for 3 weeks. If you pay about 1.50 a day to feed a cat on fancy feast or more premium brands it would be $45. Maybe $15-20 for the really cheapest stuff from purina on sub and save (but it's cheap for a reason). If a cat eats 4oz of raw meat a day for a month, and you DIY raw feeding yourself without Know Better, you can get it for $2/lb it's 7.5lbs, or $15 cost. Or $22.50 for $3/lb. If you DIY raw yourself it should be same or less than Know Better. Overall, seems like a good product, will run more expensive with a kitten or maine-coon levels of cat. But doesn't seem 100% complete long-term as a raw diet completer, and the diet will need some more protein variety every now and then even with Know Better.

Great idea, thats it. My cats, who usually eat anything, would not go anywhere near it. The one that ate a little of it, had explosive vomiting all over my house last night. I wish it had worked as advertised. It sure is expensive enough.

The company was very responsive when I thought I had lost my package and quickly offered to replace it -- which turned out not to be necessary when I was able to locate the package. But they were fast to respond and willing to make right any problems with shipping. As to the product, I have just started using it. But it is very easy to use -- much easier than mixing everything yourself. The whole process took less than 3 minutes. So far, we are transitioning to the new food. She would not eat it alone -- but she had no trouble once we put a bit into her regular wet food. We're now up to half and half, and so far it's working very well. The ingredients are all human quality, and limited to the essentials....the rest is what I put in (ground turkey). I'm very happy to know exactly what my cat is eating. UPDATE: OK, she loves this stuff. We were feeding her primo commercial stuff before, but always a few crumbs left. Now, she licks the plate clean and comes back later to make sure. We're done with transitioning -- especially after I didn't mix a batch thoroughly enough and the chunks left by her were clearly from her old food. So, we're done with that. Very economical too, on Turkey. But, I'm gonna try to rotate in different meats, chicken next which will cost more, then maybe lamb. I'd love to find a good place for ground rabbit. I hope by varying the meats to also vary the nutrients slightly, but I'll update later when I see how other meats work out. But, at this point -- couldn't be happier with her improved appetite and energy, and I think her coat is looking richer/glossier, but that could just be winter coming.

A species appropriate diet needs to be balanced. If homemade raw is ground with raw bone the nutrition panel/ ingredients ex:calcium content etc, should be different than meat without bone. This trial package is for only 4lbs of meat (6pbs of catfood ) at a hefty price. I bought this because i forgot to reorder my usual Alnutrin, and prime delivered this quick. My usual brand makes more than 30lbs for the same price but one needs a kitchen scale to carefully measure dosage. Anyway this worked as a last resort and my cats ate it contently so it served its purpose. If you have one or two cats it may be cost effective , but i have more. Have been feeding my cats and dog raw since 1990 when most vets scoffed at the idea. But my holistic vet changed my then IBD cats life by starting on raw. I never went back to canned.

I've been very pleased with this product. When we adopted our cat from the Humane Society we knew commercial dry food was out of the question. Our previous cat was a diabetic that we were able to correct with food. The only thing I didn't like about our previous raw food diet was it was time consuming and I worried about proper nutrients. I would grind up whole chicken with organ meat. This makes it so much easier and I don't have to worry about nutrient ratios. Our kitty loves it and we've noticed huge improvements in her since we adopted her. Great energy levels, less shedding, softer coat, less stinky litter box. Our meal prep takes 10 minutes max and I've got about 12 days worth of food. I use one pound of ground chicken and one pound of ground turkey. I think meat type can vary. We tried to mix in beef twice and she threw it up both time so we just stuck with poultry. The powder dissolves real easy and mixes in the meat well. At first it seemed like a lot of water and the meat was soupy but as you mix thoroughly it gets thicker. I put single servings in reusable jars marketed for homemade baby food. One jar is perfect for one serving. I've also used the baby food ice cube tray method but prefer the jars. I pull out 2 at a time to defrost in the fridge for her daily meals. Super easy.

I was hoping this product would work; we introduced it very slowly, but neither of our cats could tolerate it...they both vomited it back up almost immediately. We double checked to make sure it was the supplement and it was..no vomiting without it, add a tiny bit and mix well and it came right back up. Quite a bummer, but at least the dog is enjoying the (very expensive) chicken mixed with her normal food. Seems like a great product if your cats can tolerate the ingredients.