9Lives Indoor Complete Review

9Lives Dry Cat Food Review


Quick Analysis

Ingredients:

Nutrition:

Potential Allergens: seafood, corn, soy and artifical colors

Est. Calories: 318 cal/100g

Price: $


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Overall, 9Lives Indoor Complete is a significantly below average cat food, earning 2 out of a possible 10 paws based on its nutritional analysis and ingredient list. For more information on our cat food analysis techniques, please click here.


Ingredient Analysis

When evaluating a cat food, the first five ingredients can tell you a lot about the quality of a product as they make up the bulk of the product. Ideally, you're looking for quality protein sources with a minimum of cheap starches, fillers or by-products. Continuing down the ingredient list, look for ingredients that resemble real food with a minimal number of unpronounceable chemicals - the same as you would for human food.

9Lives Indoor Complete includes the following:

Quality Ingredients

  • salmon meal

Questionable Ingredients

  • whole ground corn
  • chicken by-product meal
  • corn gluten meal
  • soybean meal
  • whole wheat
  • soybean hulls
  • bha

Potential Allergens

  • whole ground corn
  • corn gluten meal
  • soybean meal
  • soybean hulls
  • salmon meal
  • red 40
  • yellow 5

Note - a bolded ingredient in the above tables indicates it is one of the first five ingredients listed by the product manufacturer.

In this case, 9Lives Indoor Complete includes chicken by-product meal. By-products are typically considered an inferior, lesser quality ingredient in cat food.

Additionally, 9Lives Indoor Complete also contains as top ingredients whole ground corn, corn gluten meal, soybean meal and whole wheat. These types of ingredients are typically used as bulk-adding fillers and are not required in your cat's diet. However, they are sometimes used to help maintain the kibble shape in dry foods.

Please also be aware that this product contains bha, which is a preservative that some experts claim may be a possible contributor to certain medical conditions in cats.

Allergen alert: This product contains salmon meal, whole ground corn, corn gluten meal, soybean meal, soybean hulls, red 40 and yellow 5 which may be problematic for cats who suffer from seafood, corn, soy or artifical colors food allergies.



Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 2877 cat foods in our database, 9Lives Indoor Complete has:

  • significantly less protein than average
  • significantly more carbohydrates than average
  • significantly less fat than average
  • an average amount of fiber
  • significantly less moisture than an equivalent wet food
In general, cats have been shown to do better with a higher protein, medium fat, lower carb diet with sufficient moisture. However, specialty diets as recommended by your veterinarian may prioritize a different nutritional breakdown.

Calorie Breakdown

Using the calculations provided by the AAFCO, 9Lives Indoor Complete has approximately 318 calories per 100g (90 calories/ounce), which is considerably fewer calories compared to the average of the other dry cat foods in the CatFoodDB.


All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on January 6, 2023.

The authoritative source for ingredient lists and nutritional analysis for any pet food is always the pet food manufacturer.


Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the cat food manufacturer:

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.


Guaranteed Analysis

Nutritional information as published by the cat food manufacturer.*

Protein: (min)
31.0%
Fat: (min)
9.0%
Fiber: (max)
4.0%
Carbs: (est)
38.0%
Ash: (est)
6.0%
Moisture: (max)
12.0%

Dry Matter Analysis

The manufacturer's published guaranteed analysis values normalized for moisture content.

Protein: (min)
35%
Fat: (min)
10%
Fiber: (max)
5%
Carbs: (est)
43%
Ash: (est)
7%
Calories: (est)
318/100g

*Note that nutritional percentages reported are only estimated values, and are indicated as such as (est). Each cat food manufacturer is required by law to publish a Guaranteed Analysis, which defines each product's maximum values of fiber and moisture in addition to the minimum values of protein and fat contained within. Optionally, manufacturers may also publish a product's ash content. When they are not published an average of 3% ash for wet food, and 6% ash for dry food, will be used. Because exact nutritional percentages are not available and all calculated values (including carbohydrate percentages and calorie amounts) are determined using these minimum and maximum published values and therefore may differ from actual values. Any other manufacturer published values in a product's Guaranteed Analysis is done at the manufacture's discretion, and is not used in any of the calculations done by CatFoodDB.

Although a high score may be indicative of a higher-quality product it is not a guarantee. Similarly, a low score may or may not indicate an inferior product. The best food for your cat is the one that meets their individual needs.


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