Felix cat food: reviews, composition analysis, price

While there is a large assortment on store shelves, one of the popular and most widespread is the Purina brand and the Felix food presented to it. It is found both in specialized stores and in supermarkets. The large assortment and variety of this product indicate its popularity among breeders.

Of all the food presented in stores along with Felix, it is perhaps the most optimal. Unlike Friskies, Whiskas and Kitekat, Felix food has the appearance of natural meat. It contains many useful substances and vitamins.

Felix cat food review

Felix wet cat food is produced in Russia, a local division of the American company Purina (Nestle Purina PetCare Company, USA).
The official website is, however, it only contains various advertising information, there is no data on the composition. This food belongs to the economy class. Purina also produces food for cats and dogs under other brands. For example, ProPlan (premium class), One, Darling, Dog Cow, Friskies, Gourmet, Cat Chow.

Composition of Felix food

Let's look at the composition of the Felix food using the example of the "Appetizing Pieces" option. Double deliciousness. With lamb and chicken, in jelly." You can see it in the photo below, click on it to enlarge it for easier reading:

Photo of the composition from the packaging of Felix wet food.

The first ingredient is meat and meat products (of which 4% lamb, 4% chicken). Despite this clarification, it is not known how much meat there is, how much and what kind of meat processing products. The total percentage of this ingredient is also unknown.

In second place is “vegetable protein extract,” a source of plant proteins. How much is not specified. It is followed by “fish and fish by-products”, again the percentage is not specified. Minerals - minerals specified in the paragraph “added substances”.

Dyes - it is not specified what kind of dyes are, but it is clear that this is not a useful and unnecessary ingredient in cat food. “Various sugars” - some kind of flavoring additives. Vitamins are the vitamins indicated in the added substances.

Advantages and disadvantages

The benefits of Felix food include:

• widespread, can be bought almost everywhere;
• low price (several times less than good food costs).

Flaws:

• consists of by-products of unknown quality;
• the percentages of ingredients are not indicated, which is why it is impossible to determine how much of the 11.5% protein indicated in the analysis is of plant origin, and how much of animal origin;
• dyes and flavoring additives are used, but it is not specified which ones.

Felix food for cats

"Felix" is an economy class cat food. This brand belongs to ]Purina[/anchor], founded at the end of the 19th century. The company's founders were George Robinson, Will Andrews and William Danforth, and their first products were created from corn, oats and molasses. The main person who created the largest corporation "Purina" is considered to be William Danforth, since it was he who created the new production after the devastating hurricane in 1896.

In addition to Felix, Purina also produces other products (food, treats, fillers) for cats and dogs. The most popular foods from Purina include Pro Plan (including a veterinary diet), Cat Chow, Purina One, Friskies, Darling. , Gourmet (“Gourmet”).

Brands owned by Purina Corporation occupy leading positions in the Russian market

What class does Felix food belong to?

Cat food is divided not only into types (dry and wet), but also into classes:

1. Economy is the class of the most budget food. They contain little meat, and the meat ingredients are mainly represented by processed products. This food is widely advertised and sold in almost any store that has a display of cat food. Example: “Whiskas”, “Kiteket”, “Friskies”, etc.
2. Premium implies a higher amount of animal protein in the composition, but a lower content of dyes, flavors and flavor enhancers. Examples: Hills, Purina Proplan, Royal Canin, etc.
3. Superpremium is food with a high content of meat, including natural meat. This food can only be purchased at veterinary pharmacies and pet stores. Their price is almost twice as high as that of their economy counterparts.
4. Holistic. This is the highest class of cat food. There can be up to 100% meat in this food. This is the most expensive cat food, it does not contain any synthetic additives, is not advertised, and is difficult to find. Most often, food of this class is ordered from online stores.

"Felix" belongs to the economy class. However, this does not mean that the product of this brand is of inferior quality. Some veterinarians and cat owners, as well as recipe developers, note that the composition of Felix is ​​better than the composition of its analogues. The price of "Felix" is low - a pouch with a volume of 85 grams costs from 20 rubles.

I am an avid cat lady, so I often communicate with breeders and veterinarians. Veterinarians have never recommended budget food to me, but holistic foods are not always available. I prefer to feed my cats healthy, natural food. If I go on a business trip (and this happens every 2-3 months), then my “cat children” stay with the men. Of course, in my absence no one wants to freeze and chop meat, choose the right pink trout or steam rice. That's why I fill the shelf in the refrigerator with store-bought food - usually inexpensive. My older cat has lived with me for about 4 years, but she has never been sick.

Felix food for cats occupy the same positions on store shelves as cheaper analogues

Advantages and disadvantages of Felix feed

The main advantages of the food:

• affordable price;
• You can buy “Felix” in any supermarket (“Atak”, “Magnit”, “Karavan”, etc.).
• the food contains natural meat or fish (at least 4%);
• The brand’s assortment includes not only wet food, but also dry food, as well as treats;
• there is a separate line for kittens;
• a wide variety of tastes.

The disadvantages of Felix food include the following factors:

• Some Felix foods contain flavorings and taste enhancers;
• many Felix food series contain allergenic components (for example, brewer's yeast);
• a veterinary line has not been developed (there are no preventive feeds either);
• the composition is not described in sufficient detail;
• Some cat owners complain that the food becomes addictive.

The main disadvantage of Felix food is its imperfect and incomplete composition

Felix cat food - reviews

Felix wet cat food is sold not only in pet stores, but also in regular supermarkets. Therefore, they cannot take away their popularity and, accordingly, there are also a lot of reviews from customers. We've rounded up a few of the newest ones below.

Reviews from veterinarians

Alexandra Viktorovna writes in response to a question about Felix food:

Good afternoon. Felix is ​​not the best food, but with a balanced diet it is unlikely to harm. Canned food and spiders can make up a maximum of 30% of the diet, and the remaining 70% is high-quality super premium dry food.

Customer Reviews

Valya writes:

My cat has been very selective about food since childhood, that is, it’s bad, she’ll sniff it and leave. So I turned my nose up at many foods, but not at Felix. She liked him so much that she immediately begs him when he sees me going into the kitchen. He eats with pleasure, I don’t know whether it’s the ingredients, or the cute kitten on the bag that looks very much like my cat?

I usually buy several bags of Felix at once, with different flavors (I tried them all, and never refused a single one). Of course, I don’t give these pieces every day, but mostly I feed the cat natural food. After all, it is clear that although it is tasty, there is nothing normal in its composition. This applies to any prepared food.

In general, I recommend these wet pieces as a treat for pampering your pet. But do not forget that the main food should be natural and truly healthy.

Every housewife thinks about what to feed her cat. My Pussy eats natural food, but sometimes there are situations when I don’t have time to cook for him. In such cases, I go to the store and buy commercial food. I don’t have any preferences regarding manufacturers, I went to the supermarket, went to the pet food, and took any that was for cats.

I remembered that I already took KiteKat, Whiskas, and recently I came across Felix, and I’ll tell you about it. The packaging is ordinary, bright, with large inscriptions on the front about the merits of this food, and on the back in small letters about the composition. Easy to open, the contents of the package are very different from what came in KiteKat and Whiskas. They contained pieces in a thin sauce, but here it looks more like jellied meat with chicken. The pieces themselves are more reminiscent of meat rather than swollen dry food.

The smell of the food is like chicken broth, even appetizing compared to other wet foods. The cat really liked the new food and gobbled it up on both cheeks. The advantages of the food would include convenient packaging, availability, price, delicious aroma, and the fact that the cat liked it. The only drawback is the composition, which contains only 4% meat and for some reason contains sugar.

We fed the cat Felix (as an additive to Pro Plan drying) for almost a year, there was a clear dependence, as soon as the cat heard the crunch of the packaging, he ran and screamed like crazy and demanded this food. But a month ago, on the advice of a veterinarian, we had to give it up, because... The cat began to have blood in his stool, there were fears that he was sick, but as it turned out it was all from Felix.

Now the cat is drying, occasionally I give him Four-Legged Gourmet pate, which he of course does not eat with such enthusiasm, but still eats. The stool improved almost instantly, the cat feels great)

Assortment and features of feed

"Felix" is dry and wet food, as well as treats.

Dry food "Felix"

“Drying” of this brand is represented by only one line - “Double Yummy”. It is a combination of crunchy crickets and soft snacks in one package. This food comes in plastic bags with a tear-off line. Possible volumes: 300 and 750 grams. “Double Yummy” food is available in 3 flavors: meat, fish and chicken. The average price for a 300 gram package of Felix is ​​90 rubles.

Composition of the food “Double Yummy” from Felix:

• cereals;
• meat components (at least 4% meat);
• sources of vegetable protein;
• animal fats and glycerin;
• minerals (iron, iodine, copper, zinc, selenium and manganese);
• sugars, preservatives and brewer's yeast;
• dyes and flavors;
• antioxidants and vitamins (A, D3, E, etc.).

Photo gallery: “Felix” food from the “Double Yummy” series

The “Double Yummy” series food contains at least 30% protein

The “Double Yummy” series food contains at least 8% raw ash and 11% fat

Felix dry food bags are also made in blue colors

Felix wet food

Felix canned food is available in 85 gram bags. There are 5 series of this product:

1. Sensations with crunchy topping.
2. “Appetizing pieces. Double yummy” (2 types of meat in jelly).
3. “Appetizing pieces” (classic wet food).
4. “Sensation” with sauce (pieces of meat in liquid sauce).
5. "Sensations" with jelly.

The most unusual series of this brand is “Sensations”. This is a classic wet food (3 types of meat pieces in a thick sauce) with topping (small crickets in a separate bag). The product is produced in packages weighing 267 grams (3x85 and topping - 12 grams), and the price ranges from 100 rubles per package. Sensations with topping is the newest development from Felix, so for now this food is available in the form of two mixes:

1. “Appetizing fish platter” (cod, salmon, trout).
2. “Tasty assortment” (chicken, duck, liver).

Table: composition of Sensation food with topping

“Sensations” with topping is the newest development from Felix, so for now this food is available in only two flavors

“Appetizing pieces. Double Yummy" is a classic wet food with double flavor. The standard volume of a pouch is 85 grams, the price ranges from 20 rubles per bag. Flavors of food from the “Double Yummy” series:

• lamb/chicken;
• beef/poultry;
• trout/salmon;
• turkey/liver.

The “Appetizing Pieces” series food is available in the following (“single”) flavor variations:

• fish: salmon or trout;
• meat: lamb, beef or rabbit;
• chicken, chicken/tomatoes, turkey.

The same series produces single-serve pouches for kittens with the taste of chicken in jelly. “Baby food” has almost the same composition, but with more fiber, vitamins and minerals.

It should be understood that kittens are cats that have not reached one year of age. I couldn’t find options for kittens in nearby stores, and I had to go to a distant pet store. Among other economy-class products, there are no “baby” foods available in specialized stores. Our veterinarian says that giving a kitten food intended for adults is extremely dangerous. The baby’s digestive system may not be able to cope with such a load, and this threatens severe disruptions in the functioning of the entire body. Some owners have had kittens die after eating adult food.

“Children’s” food from “Felix” is packaged in dense pouches of standard size (bag volume - 85 grams)

“Mouthwatering Bites” and “Double Yummy” contain the following ingredients:

• meat and fish components (fillets and offal of poultry, beef, rabbit, lamb or fish);
• vegetable protein (including vegetable concentrates: tomatoes, carrots, beans);
• minerals, vitamins (A, D3, E, taurine);
• dyes, sugars, amino acids (Omega-6 fatty acids);
• trace elements (iodine, iron, manganese, copper, zinc).

Photo gallery: “Appetizing Pieces” food from “Felix”

All Purina Felix brand products are available in blue packaging

Each bag of Felix food has a stripe, the color of which indicates the taste of the canned food (for example, blue - sea fish, pink - chicken, etc.)

The composition and guaranteed indicators are indicated on the back of the package

On the back of the spider there are recommendations for feeding your cat Felix canned food.

Manufacturers place great emphasis on the content of beneficial amino acids and vitamins in the feed.

“Felix” has 2 more series of “Sensations” - with sauce and with jelly. These options are available in the same bags as other foods of this brand (volume - 85 grams, average price - 20 rubles per bag). Both are soft pieces of meat or fish, but with one difference - the food contains liquid sauce or transparent jelly as a flavorful component. Sensations in sauce is available in unusual flavors:

• beef with tomatoes;
• cod with tomatoes;
• turkey with bacon;
• duck with carrots.

Often the name of the food on the packaging is just an advertising ploy. For example, the product “Sensation, cod in sauce with tomatoes” is a standard Felix brand food, in which cod (or its processed products) can contain up to 4%. And the same number of tomatoes can be contained in the sauce. Additives in the form of herbs or vegetables are not visible, since the sauce liquid has a uniform consistency.

Photo gallery: Sensations food in sauce

Felix Sensations in sauce contains 79% moisture

"Felix Sensations" sauce contains more than 13% protein and more than 3% fat

Felix Sensations food contains 0.1% crude fiber in sauce

The energy value of Felix Sensations food in sauce is 81 kcal per 100 grams

Sensations food with jelly is available in the following flavors:

• beef with tomatoes;
• chicken with carrots;
• duck with spinach;
• salmon and cod.

This version of Felix food is good because the jelly is a transparent substance in which pieces of vegetables and herbs are visible. Although the percentage of these additives is the same as in the sauce.

Photo gallery: Sensations canned food with jelly

Sensations canned chicken contains 17% meat components, of which 4% is chicken

The energy value of Sensations wet food with jelly is 75.6 kcal per 100 grams of product

Fish Sensation with Sauce contains more than 17% animal protein, but only 5% of this is fish

In duck food, greens are contained only in jelly (at least 4%), but its pieces are visible to the naked eye

Table: composition of Sensations food with sauce and jelly

Felix brand treats

Felix treats are available in the Party Mix series. This is a dry, non-complete food that can only be used as an additive to the main food. The delicacy consists of 3 types of crickets in one package weighing 20 or 60 grams (a small package costs 65 rubles). 4 types of this product have been developed:

• sea ​​(salmon, cod and trout);
• cheese (cheddar, gouda, edam);
• original (chicken, liver and turkey);
• grill (beef, chicken and salmon).

Photo gallery: treats from Felix

It is advisable to adjust the usual daily diet in accordance with the amount of treat used

Felix Party Mix treats contain at least 35% protein (including up to 35% meat components)

Delicacies from "Felix" are packaged in convenient bags made of foil film that does not allow moisture to pass through.

The Grill Mix delicacy contains 2% reconstituted fish and offal, of which 0.5% salmon

Ingredients of the Party Mix treat:

• meat ingredients (up to 35%);
• fish ingredients;
• cereals;
• fats and oils;
• herbal ingredients;
• minerals and sugars;
• dyes, vitamins and antioxidants.

Does Felix have medicinal food?

The Felix brand does not have veterinary or preventive lines.

How does Felix differ from other Purina brands?

"Felix" is a unique cat food from Purina in the cheapest price segment. “Felix” is cheaper than “Proplan” and veterinary diets, “meatier” than its analogues and more complete than “Gourmet”. You can feed your pet canned food and Felix crickets every day (however, some veterinarians do not recommend feeding your cat economy food at all).

"Felix" differs from other economy class foods in that it contains meat (albeit a small amount)

Pros and cons of Felix

The advantages include:

• optimal cost;
• availability of food, which is sold in all chain stores, so there is no need to go somewhere special;
• they contain natural meat and fish;
• Felix food has many different flavors;
• The assortment includes wet and dry options, a variety of delicacies;
• The manufacturer offers a separate series for kittens of different ages.

Disadvantages of feed:

• the presence of odor and taste enhancers that are addictive in cats;
• Some types of food contain ingredients that cause allergies (beer shakes);
• there are no preventative products;
• there is no detailed description of the composition.

Veterinarians' opinion

According to veterinarians, the food from the manufacturer Purina is sufficiently enriched with minerals necessary for the health of the pet. It is not uncommon to hear a recommendation to feed your cat Felix.

But first of all, it is advised to give your pet food of different consistencies, combining dry with wet. Dry food can be used as pampering and reward. But you shouldn’t feed your cat only this.

The second fundamental tip is to combine dry and wet products from the same manufacturer, since their components are the same products, in the same proportions, which means they will not cause complications in the pet’s digestion.

Feed classification

Cat foods don't just vary in type (dry or wet). They are divided into classes:

• Economy
  - budget, cheapest food.
  They do not contain much meat; they are replaced by processed meat ingredients. And artificial colors, odor and taste enhancers give them an appetizing appearance. Such foods are widely advertised and are available even in small stores. This class includes the products "Kiteket", "Whiskas" or "Friskies"
  .
• Premium
  – more expensive food.
  They contain a normal amount of natural animal proteins and a much smaller percentage of artificial additives. For example, food "Proplan", "Hills"
  .
• Super premium
  – products with a high content of natural meat. They cost twice as much as economy class products. Sold in pet stores or specialized veterinary pharmacies.
• Holistic
  is the highest class cat food. They are distinguished by their 100% natural meat content and the complete absence of synthetic additives. Feeds of this class are expensive and it is quite difficult to find them on sale.

"Felix" is an economy class food. Which in no way means lower quality. This can be judged by reviews from veterinarians, breeders and owners. They claim that Felix food is in no way inferior in quality to other brands, and in some characteristics and balanced formulation it even surpasses its analogues. The food also has a lower price. On average, one bag costs twenty rubles, which distinguishes Felix from other foods.