Rufus received some samples of Addiction and he was thrilled at the prospect of trying some holistic and all natural, hypoallergenic game meat. How exotic!
Rufus gobbled it up with the gusto he reserves for wet food. The stinky goodness was a different texture than the stuff I usually get Rufus. There were meaty chunks rather than a meat paste which made me feel the meat was less processed. (I like that!) The first two ingredients were meat and not processed grains. (I love that!)
Ok but let me point out that the New Zealand Brushtail is a fancy way of saying possum. I didn't realize until after everything was eaten up. It striked me as a little odd but I know Rufus would not hesitate to eat possum or any other meat for that matter. The company states that this type of meat contains more omega fatty acids than traditional wet food meat, which makes for better skin and fur health.
I love the all natural and health aspect of this food. But the one downside I found was the carbon footprint that exporting this could have on the environment. Trucking food from New Zealand all the way to California is a long way to go for one cat's dinner!
Rufus gobbled it up with the gusto he reserves for wet food. The stinky goodness was a different texture than the stuff I usually get Rufus. There were meaty chunks rather than a meat paste which made me feel the meat was less processed. (I like that!) The first two ingredients were meat and not processed grains. (I love that!)
Ok but let me point out that the New Zealand Brushtail is a fancy way of saying possum. I didn't realize until after everything was eaten up. It striked me as a little odd but I know Rufus would not hesitate to eat possum or any other meat for that matter. The company states that this type of meat contains more omega fatty acids than traditional wet food meat, which makes for better skin and fur health.
I love the all natural and health aspect of this food. But the one downside I found was the carbon footprint that exporting this could have on the environment. Trucking food from New Zealand all the way to California is a long way to go for one cat's dinner!
Rufus getting on his hind legs for a taste.
Smacking his furry lips!Overall, this is a good product. It passed Rufus' taste test and offers all natural ingredients with health benefits.
Rufie Rating: Three Paws!
Hey Rufus,
ReplyDeleteWhy do you eat from a fork?
Possum. Hmmm. Sounds interesting.
That's all well and good for you but we live in the US and don't have any chance of ebber buyin' some of that☺
ReplyDeleteWe love the Salmon Bleu dry food and King Salmon and Sweet Potatoes wet food!
ReplyDeleteWe want to try this...all we've been hearing is good things about it!
ReplyDeleteI wondered what Brushtail was! There are people around here that eat possum, so I guess it's OK for cats too :)!
ReplyDeleteWe are sold on the Viva La Venison dry food from Addiction - it's been good for all three cats - but we haven't tried any wet food yet.
P.S. That is a good point about the carbon footprint. I know that ingredients from some North American-made cat-foods come from overseas too, though. Plus the cats eat far less Addiction as compared to supermarket cat food - I think because it's a higher quality food - so that factors in also. But it's a good thing to think about.
I love Addiction cat food! The Salmon Bleu is great! I haven't tried even of the wet food though because Jen is evil and doesn't give it to me...
ReplyDeleteWe got to try both the wet and the dry foods! We love the King Salmon canned food and both the Venison and Salmom dry foods!! We even liked the ugani...which is eel!! The only problem we have with the Addiction is getting it...we hafta mail order it. We hear that the Addiction people are trying to get Petfooddirect.com to carry their foods...that would be really great!!!
ReplyDeleteWe have heard a lot of good things about this but have not tried it. Does it have gravy? Angel only likes the gravy on soft food.
ReplyDeleteOh noes! Just when we get switched to prescription foods! That is No Fair!
ReplyDeleteWe want it!
ReplyDeleteCould I just say, that in New Zealand Possums are a pest. There are about 70million of them here (and only 4 million people). They were introduced in the 1800s from Australia, where they live happily. In New Zealand however they destroy our native bush, wildlife and birds, and have no natural enemies except humans.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually hard for us to find this brand of food here in New Zealand, and we wonder if the New Zealand name is just used to give an image of clean and green? We feel guilty about air miles for our food too, but we ate American asparagus last week and it was yummy (well mum did, I didn't).
Seen it is so yummy we might have to try some!!
POSSUM?!?!?!? Egads, here in Texas that's road kill! POSSUM? Well, it passed the taste test...but..uh...
ReplyDeleteYou really seem to like it!
ReplyDeletethank for your info..:) its looks delicious..
ReplyDeletePossums are a pest here in New Zealand because they endanger our native birds, but I've never seen Possum cat food here! Although we do have some possum tail toys...
ReplyDeleteWe live in North Carolina USA and the local pet food store sells this brand. Our cats love it. Has anyone noticed sometimes there are very dark, almost black chunks in it? Do you know what causes it?
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