Review of Animonda cat food: types, composition, reviews

What kind of food?

Food for cats and dogs is produced under the Animonda TM. It is impossible to classify products into one class of ready-made diets, according to the accepted international classification. This is natural, because the philosophy of Animonda Petfood GmbH involves covering all market segments.

The Animonda company even declares the absence of artificial components in its economy class food. This means that flavors, dyes and preservatives are not used in the recipe. In addition, cat food does not contain soy or its derivatives. However, this does not mean that all Animond foods are equally beneficial for cats and can boast that they fully satisfy the needs of our small predators.

Company philosophy

According to data from the official website - animonda.de - the manufacturer thinks first of all about the welfare of animals, the company's motto is Füttern mit herz und verstand. Its literal translation from German is “feeding with the mind and heart.” According to the brand owners, Animonda products are manufactured in accordance with the latest scientific developments, with the participation of veterinary nutritionists and experts from leading German and European universities. The manufacturing process takes place at the Saturn Petcare GmbH plant, certified by IFS/BRC quality standards, under the supervision of technologists and other specialists.

Indeed, Animond products do not contain soy, sugar, artificial flavorings or preservatives. But how suitable is it for feeding predators, dogs and cats? You can read our analysis of Animonda food, expert opinion and compare the score of this brand with analogues, including those made in Germany. When reviewing food, we rely on its composition, nevertheless leaving the opportunity for resource users to leave their opinions and reviews.

If your pets have tried any Animonda line, write whether it suited them or not, whether there was any reaction - positive or negative.

Kinds

Animonda's assortment includes wet, dry food and treats. The latest lines are limited:

• dry food Vom Feinsten Deluxe, packaging from 250 g to 10 kg;
• Crispy Cat Snack treats, which are based on a combination of chicken meat (from 98%) and various additions pleasant for the cat: mint, flax seeds, green mussels.

• Animonda has a huge range of canned goods. They are produced in classic cans, aluminum lamisters or cuvettes, and bags of various sizes. Moreover, the contents of canned food have very different characteristics, taste and ratio of ingredients.

Brocconis line. Canned food, 400 g each. Four flavors: poultry with heart, with beef, with game, and chicken with pollock. Animonda insists that these are daily complete diets for cats. However, on the packages of canned food there is information that there is no more than 8% meat products.

The Rafine line consists of pates with flecks of tasty bits.

Canned food is available in three feed options:

• Adult. The basis is animal products and meat. Tasty pieces (4-5%) – fish, rabbit, heart;
• Soupe. Sauce with meat pieces. Six different options for a complete menu that Animonda offers cats. Meat content from 8%;
• Soup Kitten. With poultry (38%) and shrimp or hearts and turkey (20%) with carrots.

Carny line. Packages 80–800 g. Includes 6 types of canned food in broth for every day and treats or additions to the main food.

Including:

• Senior. For older cats. Takes into account the special needs of the aging body and health status. Offers two daily nutrition solutions: Chicken with Cheese and Beef with Turkey Heart. The basis of these Animonda feeds is beef (47-54%, respectively);
• Exotic. Complete food. The canned food is based on beef with various varieties of exotic meat: buffalo, kangaroo, ostrich. Beef at least 48%;
• Kitten. Meets the nutritional needs of active young animals. Each food is based on beef (minimum 42%, including by-products). Animonda offers combinations with turkey heart, chicken and rabbit, poultry, chicken and veal;
• Adult. Eight foods with different tastes for the daily nutrition of cats. Each one is based on at least 44% beef. You can buy a Multi-meat cocktail for your cat, various combinations with chicken, heart, lamb, duck, turkey, shrimp, rabbit, or monoprotein beef;
• Ocean. Recommended as a dietary supplement or treat. Flavor combinations include white tuna meat with shrimp, quail eggs, red cod, beef and seafood. The minimum tuna content in the feed is 45%. There are Ocean canned salmon with sardines (96 and 4% respectively);
• Fisch Menu Adult. Like the Ocean series, the food is designed to complement the main diet. The texture is jelly. Two types of Animonda: Fish menu and Tuna in salmon jelly.

Vom Feinsten food. Six types of Animonda complete nutrition for different categories of cats. The texture is mainly pates, depending on age they are denser or, conversely, tender:

• Baby-Pate. Recommended as complementary food for kittens from four weeks. Has a creamy texture. Meat components 33%;
• Kitten. The line is designed for active young cats and male cats. Three foods with beef, chicken, lamb (up to 63% in different combinations with animal products);
• Senior. Pates for cats that have passed the age mark. Starting from the age of 7, Animonda recommends purchasing beef, lamb, and poultry for pets in different proportions. The specific gravity of the ingredients is the same as in Kitten pates;
• For castrated cats. Changes in hormonal levels in castrated cats also require a change in food. Animonda offers 5 complete foods with broth. The canned food is based on dietary turkey meat (min 44%). In addition to monoprotein food, you can buy it with cheese, trout, tomatoes, salmon;
• Adult. Animonda's nine flavors will help add variety to an adult cat's diet. Combinations of meat, fish and seafood (at least 60%) to exotic additions of pasta and potatoes;
• Select. Six delicacies that are suitable as an addition to the main food: chicken fillet (49%) with tuna, cheese, sea bass, ham, shellfish, eggs and aloe.

What canned food "Animonda" looks like?

The packaging of Animonda Carni states that the canned food is produced in Germany and is a complete food for adult cats. The word “select” was added to the beef label, and we left it in the name of the diet, although in fact, we believe that, as a rule, there is nothing behind such words.

The jar features a picture of a cute hunting cat, as well as chopped pieces of fresh meat. Note that, unlike various canned food in the pouch format, this jar does not contain “dough” molded in a certain way and cut into equal pieces, but rather coarsely ground minced meat.

Compound

Before choosing, you should take a close look at the composition and, preferably, not the analytical one. Despite its popularity and naturalness, Animonda cat food is not always made from pure meat. In some cases there is very little of it.

Dry food is not the most balanced option for cats. In the composition of Vom Feinsten Deluxe, poultry comes first, but the specific gravity is not declared, but the use of corn and its gluten, animal and fish fats in the base creates the preconditions for an imbalance in the cat’s digestion from the use of Animonda.

There are no complaints about Cat Snack dry treats. Animonda makes its crispy bites from real chicken with minor (0.5–2%) additions of green mussels, flax seeds and mint.

Brocconis, despite its balanced analytical composition, is at odds with the needs of cats as predators. The 8% stated by Animonda of animal protein sources is clearly not enough for them. Cereals, sugar and unknown vegetable protein extracts make you think about your cat’s health.

Rafine foods have heterogeneous characteristics. Petit from Animonda is distinguished by an opaque list of ingredients, the use of plant products, fats and oils. The quality and quantity of proteins is not monitored. Soupe Adult also includes products of plant origin, and the vital source of animal protein that cats need in this Animonda series is a maximum of 30%. Soupe Kitten has a more transparent composition, but the amount of different meat is no more than 42%; in addition, Animonda actively uses cereals or grains in food.

Canned food Carny can confidently be considered one of Animonda's super premium foods. With a minimum of 42% animal protein sources stated on the packaging, no additives in broths and jellies - this is a great option for cats that don't drink much.

On the same level as Carny is the Vom Feinsten line. The minimum content of meat products in Baby-Pate kitten food is 33%. The remaining Animonda rations in this range contain more than 44%. For wet canned food, and pates are one of them, this level allows you to occupy a stable position in the super premium.

Animonda cat food - reviews

Wet food of this brand is present on the shelves of many Russian pet stores, and this is not the first year. Therefore, quite a few reviews about “Animond” for cats have been written on the Internet. Below we share a few of the newest ones.

Reviews from veterinarians

Some cat owners report that their vet has responded well to Animonda foods. However, we were unable to find direct reviews of this food from veterinarians.

Customer Reviews

Yulia Gennadievna writes:

Mmm, Animondushka is our love?? aroma, taste, composition - excellent. The minced meat is tender, juicy (not dry), with fat.

At first (when I switched the cat from drying completely to canning) it was hard. Kote never ate Animonda, he was hungry and on strike. But when he realized what he was refusing (and that he didn’t have much choice) did he change his taste preferences?

Turkey only loves the taste - rabbit, others - never liked it.

I decided to buy these canned foods as a supplement to dry food. I chose the complete ones, since I don’t give canned food as a treat, but replace one full feeding with it, most often in the morning.

I really like that the manufacturer is Germany, it gives more respect to quality. There are several flavors in the line for castrati, I bought turkey, my cat really loves to feast on all kinds of birds. Canned food is sold in 100-gram lamisters, just for one meal. Judging by the specified standards, a cat weighing 5 kg needs 250 grams of food, exactly two and a half lamisters. Therefore, one feeding should definitely be enough.

You can see what a lamister with food looks like in the photo. Contains only turkey (57%), calcium carbonate and sodium chloride. Salt is added to canned food for castrates specifically so that cats drink and pee more, urine will not concentrate and stagnate, this helps avoid problems with kidneys and urolithiasis in the future.

Inside is a delicate, homogeneous pate without any impurities. By the way, it doesn’t taste salty, I tried it, so they add very, very little salt. Before serving it to the cat, I knead the pate a little with a spoon, because otherwise the cat will take it all out of the bowl (the piece is quite elastic) and roll it all over the floor.

In general, I plan to continue to buy canned food from this brand when I have money to periodically feed my cat wet food. And I want to pick up some even more budget-friendly ones, because the price of 89 rubles per jar can sometimes be stressful. But he eats it with great pleasure.

Review of Animonda vom Feinsten turkey with trout for castrated cats. Ingredients: meat and animal by-products (turkey 84%), fish and fish by-products (trout 15%), vitamins and minerals, moisture 82%.

An incredibly delicious pate that smells like fish, which my boys eat until their plates are perfectly clean (do I just want to spread the pate on my sandwich?). True, the youngest (1 year old) needs 40% of a pack to eat, but sometimes 60% is not enough for the older one (he loves fish).

I am really pleased that my cat children eat such high-quality and impeccable food.

Advantages and disadvantages

Animonda cat diets are very popular. They are found almost everywhere. However, due to the very large variation in characteristics, these feeds may not have the same benefits.

The Brocconis, Rafine canned food lines and a separate offer in the form of Vom Feinsten Deluxe are objectively an economical option for cat food. However, Animonda does not hide what its products are made from, and the choice is up to the cat owner. Of course, they are less digestible, but due to the lack of artificial additives, they are definitely better than other foods in this class.

Dry treats, the Carny and Vom Feinsten lines are Animonda's absolute favorites. They are openly recommended in their reviews by veterinarians and experienced breeders. Pros:

• variety, availability of offers for kittens even the smallest;
• no artificial additives;
• quality;
• transparent composition.

Overall, Animonda's advantages outweigh any possible disadvantages. Among the most common factors of dissatisfaction:

• lack of a treatment line;
• Despite the wide range, cheaper Animonda food is easier to find. The rest can only be ordered online.

Price and where to buy

You can buy food of this brand in online pet stores:

1. "Yandex Market" ():
   Canned food Animonda Carny 200 g - from 118 rubles;
2. Canned food Animonda Carny 400 g - from 237 rubles;
3. Canned food Animonda Vom Feinsten 100 g - from 84 rubles;
4. Animonda Rafine spiders 100 g - from 98 rubles;
5. Canned food Animonda Integra Protect 100 g - from 133 rub.
6. "Zoopassage" ().

The prices indicated are current as of early September 2022 and may change significantly over time. For the exact cost, see the pet store websites using the links above.

Rafine – seven grain soup

This category of food is in turn divided into Rafine Petit, Rafine Soupe Adult, Rafine Soupe Kitten.

Rafine Petit

Rafine Petit is a pate in a funny shaped lamister packaging with a cute cat face, weighing 85 g.
Its average cost is about 100 rubles. per package. But is it worth the money? In the composition, in first place... yes, yes, and again “meat and products of animal origin”, and 4% of more or less real meat lurks next to it.

Next are the laconic and unknown “oils and fats”, “minerals” and the boring “products of plant origin”. There are only three flavors: rabbit, heart and fish.

The 4% monkfish is intriguing, but damn it, forgive the involuntary pun, I personally don’t want to pay 100 wooden ones for 4% noble fish, and I hope you don’t either.

Guaranteed analysis: proteins 10.5%, fats 6.8%, ash 1.8%, moisture 79.5% - considering that proteins and fats are boiled from unknown husks and boots, we will simply close our eyes to it and move on to next product.

Rafine Soupe Kitten

Rafine Soupe Kitten – meat “sticks” for kittens in 85 g packets. It is rare in Russia, but the average price is about 80 rubles.

Includes only two flavors: poultry cocktail with shrimp and turkey with heart and carrots.

The composition, in general, doesn’t make you want to rip your hair out: meat and meat by-products (the key word is “meat”), a decent amount of meat products (for example, 15% chicken, 15% turkey, 8% duck + 4% shrimp) , but again, further “no name” cereals and cereals with minerals.

Guaranteed analysis: proteins 8%, fats 8%, ash 2.5%, moisture 80%. Overall - better than Royal Canin, and the money is the same.

Rafine Soupe Adult

Rafine Soupe Adult – pouches, packaged in 85 g, which are mouth-watering pieces in Schleck sauce. The average cost is approximately 75-80 rubles.

With the composition, the story is more interesting. In first place is “meat and meat by-products.” Please note that the offal is meat, which means that not skins and intestines were used, but valuable liver.

Meat products with animal origin are already in more decent quantities: 20% duck, chicken, pork (8-10%) veal, rabbit, goose. There are also delicacies (4-8%): cheese, ham and mortadella. There is an option containing 4% paste, and even 0.1% curry!

But, sadly, the next ingredient is an unidentified “plant product” or “grain”, and that ruins the mood created by mortadella. “Minerals” are also shrouded in a veil of terrible secrecy.

Guaranteed analysis is in order: proteins 8%, fats 5%, moisture 81%.

Our verdict: if the store already has a promotion on these spiders or all the chezir in the world has run out, buying a couple of packages will not be a crime, especially if you choose the option with more meat. The quality of such spiders is clearly superior to any premium-class moisturizer. But overall, better pay attention to the following two products!

Brocconis Cat – Canned Sorrow

Complete wet canned food is sold in 400 g packs; it is not found very often in Russia, and this is great.

As a filling, we see the inscription “meat and animal by-products” in the first place. Mmmm, my favorite horns and hooves! And the modest “4% beef and 4% poultry” in parentheses. Already disappointing, isn't it? Next on the list are cereals, vegetable protein extract, vitamins, minerals and “various sugars” - what kind of mysterious beast it is is not at all clear.

Guaranteed analysis of this hide-and-hoof splendor: proteins 7.5%, fats 4%, ash 2.5, moisture 81% - everything is normal, but after such a composition - thank you, the kitty’s appetite has disappeared!