RSCPA Kitten Food is any good?

atb1983

Hi all, I came across this brand on Amazon, RSPCA stands for The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is a charity so I assume the quality should be quite good. but my worry is about the low 18.5% of chicken in their kitten cat food's composition.
for instance IAMS (which is not a high end brand) in their kitten cat food has a 41% minimum for a similar price. am I missing something?

Details
Composition: UK Sourced Chicken Meal (18.5%), Maize, Rice, Prairie Meal, UK Sourced Chicken Fat (11%), Fish Meal, Sugar Beet Pulp, UK Sourced Free Range Egg (2%), Minerals, Salmon Oil, Chicken Gravy, Linseeds, Yeast Digest, Vitamins, Brewer’s Yeast, Mannanoligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS), Fructooligosaccharides (Prebiotic FOS)Nutritional Additives: Vitamins; Vitamin A (as retinyl acetate) 31,500 IU/kg, Vitamin D3 (as cholecalciferol) 2,187 IU/kg; Trace Elements: Zinc Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate 342 mg/kg, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 285 mg/kg, Ferrous Sulphate Monohydrate 309 mg/kg, Ferrous Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate 21 mg/kg, Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate 112 mg/kg, Cupric Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate 51 mg/kg, Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate 41 mg/kg, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 1.58 mg/kg, Sodium Selenite 0.53 mg/kg; Amino Acids: Taurine 1,122 mg/kg, DL-Methionine 1,075 mg/kg

With UK sourced chicken - formulated with UK sourced chicken meal and fat and UK sourced free range egg.
Contains beet pulp a good source of soluble and insoluble dietary fibre for maintaining normal intestinal transit time and motility
Prebiotics Mannanoligosaccharides and Fructooligosaccharides to promote the growth of healthy gut bacteria and thus aid digestion
Contains omega 3 and 6 essential fatty acids and for a healthy skin and coat. Added taurine to help maintain a healthy heart and vision
No wheat, wheat gluten, beef, pork, dairy or soya. Contains vitamins and minerals for health and vitality. Crunchy kibbles for oral health
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wort

This looks like a very poor kitten feed. I personally only feed raw cat food to my kitten so I know what he's getting. There's far too much fillers in it, cats are obligate carnivores and don't need rice and veg etc.so to only have 18% meat if you can call chicken meal "meat".

atb1983

I'm disappointed I was expecting that RSPCA's food was at average/good quality.
Thanks for the advice, I read about that raw diet, it's something to consider.

wort

Raw can be bought complete which I do from kiezebrink, or you can prepare your own 80% meat 10%organ 10% bone, my kitten has the softest fur, his poos are small and not smelly. It also gives a good moisture content which cats are notorious for not drinking enough which is another reason not to feed dry. Boys are particularly at risk of uti infections. Even if you don't feed raw please look into high meat content wet food, I think zooplus do these. Kittens are easier to transition to raw, my kitten came from the rescue on dry and wouldn't eat wet but he stopped to raw straight off. Good luck.:T

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Prairie Meal is gluten derived from corn/maize as a cheap protein source, compared to meat. Gluten isn't something cats tend to be particularly good with.

It's fairly standard animal crap with a licensed logo to convince people it's kinder (and make the RSPCA Central Office a nice extra income source).

usernameisvalid

The rspca is a money making machine who don't give a fiddlers for the poor pet in the street unless they have a big name in front of a camera

There are plenty of better foods out there. Even lidis is better, and cheaper

atb1983

Thanks for all your reply guys