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Iams Proactive Health High Protein Review

Iams Dry Cat Food Review

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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.

Iams Proactive Health High Protein includes the following:

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, Iams Proactive Health High Protein's most plentiful ingredient listed is chicken, which is considered a quality protein source. It also contains salmon as additional quality protein sources.

Additionally, Iams Proactive Health High Protein also contains as top ingredients corn grits and ground whole grain corn. 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.

Allergen alert: This product contains salmon, corn grits, ground whole grain corn and dried egg product which may be problematic for cats who suffer from seafood, corn or eggs food allergies.

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Nutritional Analysis*

Compared to the other 2849 cat foods in our database, Iams Proactive Health High Protein has:

• an average amount of protein
• significantly more carbohydrates than average
• significantly less fat than average
• significantly less fiber than average
• 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

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All the product information on this page is based on data collected from the manufacturer's product website as retrieved on November 14, 2021.

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

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Ingredients

Ingredients as published by the cat food manufacturer:

chicken, chicken byproduct meal, corn grits, ground whole grain corn, salmon, chicken meal (source of glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate), dried plain beet pulp, natural flavor, sodium bisulfate, caramel color, brewers dried yeast, dried egg product, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, fructooligosaccharides, calcium carbonate, taurine, vitamins (vitamin e supplement, niacin, ascorbic acid, vitamin a acetate, calcium pantothenate, biotin, thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin b6), vitamin b12 supplement, riboflavin supplement (source of vitamin b2), vitamin d3 supplement, folic acid), minerals (zinc oxide, manganese sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide), l-carnitine.

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*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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