What will you learn from the article?
- Types of cat food Pro Plan
- Which food should you choose for your pet?
- Reviews of cat food Pro Plan Prices
Do you have a beloved cat whose health you are no less concerned about than your own and you want him to eat not only healthy, but also tasty food? “How to choose the right food for your pet?” – the question that doesn’t let you sleep peacefully? Stop looking for the answer - it has already been found. Pro Plan dry and wet cat food is something that fully meets the requirements for healthy and tasty food for your pet.
CHARACTERISTICS AND COMPOSITION
The ProPlan series of cat food from Purina (France) is a premium product, has a balanced composition and is quite affordable. Unlike the Purina Cat Chow line, Proplan food is of higher quality and contains beneficial probiotics and enzymes that promote the animal’s digestion.
Thanks to the correct balance of food ingredients, Proplan food fully satisfies all the cat’s needs for proteins, carbohydrates, vitamins and microelements, has optimal energy value and is minimally allergenic
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It was found out experimentally:
good tests in an animal after two weeks of feeding these foods are proof that Proplan can continue to be the basis of a cat’s diet and does not require any additional supplements. In other words, Purina ProPlan may well be the main and only cat food.
!But, as with many commercial foods, there are also pitfalls that cat owners need to be aware of. Let's look at them in order.
1. Purina Proplan contains a fairly high protein content (up to 40%). This is very good for a healthy animal, but not so good for sick or neutered cats. The quality of the protein component is determined by the nature of the protein sources from which this 40% is made up. Thus, natural chicken meat dominates in Proplan food. The label may indicate that the food contains duck or salmon, but this is nothing more than an advertising ploy. The true role of these products is to be a flavoring agent (no more than 3% of the total amount of meat), and the rest is chicken.
2. Also, these foods contain rice, which is the most beneficial plant ingredient for cats. But corn and soy, on the contrary, are completely unnecessary for the cat’s body and can cause allergies, hair loss, bald spots, etc. Poultry by-product meal is undoubtedly a harmful component. This is a derivative not from poultry meat or its internal organs, but from ground paws, heads and even feathers, which cannot be beneficial in any way.
3. Among the harmful components of Proplan, animal fat and liver can also be noted. The last ingredient, in principle, is undesirable for cats, and the true origin of animal fat is generally not indicated by the manufacturer.
4. Brewer's yeast and cellulose powder, found in some Purina Proplan foods, can provoke allergies. However, these foods still contain more useful components. For example, minerals and vitamins with high concentrations of magnesium, phosphorus or calcium help the cat's kidneys function properly.
Manufacturer
The manufacturer of Pro Plan food is Nestle Purina PetCare Company.
It has existed for more than 80 years, and currently its team consists of approximately 18,000 employees and several hundred scientists. And it all started with horse meat. Yes, yes, ordinary horse meat! Horses that died of old age (or for other reasons) were fed to dogs, and a little later - in 1860 - the American James Spratt began producing the first commercial food.
The first company was founded in 1894: it was renamed several times, expanded, and production was modernized. Eventually the Nestle Purina PetCare Company was formed.
The head office was made in St. Louis, America, and the divisions were “scattered” all over the world: Oceania, Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe...
Manufacturers assure that in their work they are guided exclusively by the interests of animals and work for their benefit. Experts in the field of nutrition, veterinary medicine, formulation developers and even animal psychologists are involved in the work.
FEED RANGE
Dry food Proplan
- For adult animals: chicken with rice, duck with rice, salmon with rice. Protein-36%, fat-16%.
- For adult animals: chicken and brown rice, salmon and brown rice. Protein-40%, fat-16%.
- For adult animals: chicken with rice, turkey with rice. Protein-40%, fat-13.5%.
Wet food
- For adult animals: Adult with turkey, Adult with salmon, Adult with lamb, Adult with chicken, Adult with sea fish – spiders 85 grams each.
Proplan for kittens
- “Junior” line: dry food with various fillings. Packages from 0.4 kg to 10 kg. When feeding a kitten, it is advisable to mix this food with water.
Therapeutic dietary feeds
- Hairball Management: prevention of hairballs in the stomach.
- Indoor Care: for cats that are constantly indoors.
- Sensitive Skin & Stomach: for animals with weak digestive systems and sensitive skin.
- Urinary Tract Health: For cats with urinary tract diseases.
- Weight Management: for cats prone to obesity.
Food for sterilized cats
- After Care: for spayed and neutered male cats.
Big choice
The company maintains the diversity of its product range by constantly developing new options for nutritious and tasty diets for pets.
The company's product line includes more than 30 types of feed. This also includes therapeutic specialized nutrition programs. There are foods optimized for small breeds, or only for large dogs.
All age groups of animals are provided with rational and healthy nutrition:
- puppies up to a year
- mature dogs up to 7 years old
- older animals after 7 years.
If a dog has health problems, the owner of the animal can easily and simply select from the Pro Plan assortment exactly the daily food composition that suits the pet most:
- for liver failure
- heart problems
- obesity
- allergic sensitivity
- poor digestion.
What to buy for a puppy
Baby food includes colostrum, which strengthens the natural immune system and helps the puppy grow strong and healthy.
- For decorative breed puppies – Small&Mini Puppy
- For medium-sized babies - Medium Puppy
- For funny toys that will grow into powerful giants - Lardge Puppy Robust, Lardge Puppy Athletic.
For adults
Food for adult dogs contains vitamin B in a special patented form - for the activity of the pet throughout its life. The diets include special components, also developed by the company for the health of joints and teeth. All food is saturated with bioactive additives and microelements that prevent obesity.
- Small&Mini – for the smallest breeds.
- Medium – for medium-sized ones
- Lardge Robust, Lardge Athletic - for large and gigantic ones.
Each food group has options for older dogs.
VETERINARIAN REVIEWS
According to most veterinarians, Purina ProPlan is suitable for completely healthy cats, but not ideal for sick or neutered cats. For the latter, there are better foods of the same class. Some veterinarians are so radical in their assessment of ProPlan foods that they do not recommend them and consider them harmful to the health of cats. However, it is necessary to separate ProPlan food from France and ProPlan food, which has recently been produced in Russia. Products from domestic manufacturers are of significantly lower quality.
Price difference
Most often, buyers are interested in market prices for feed and wonder whether ProPlan or Royal Canin is more expensive. And this is not surprising - most often they are overpriced and differ from the average in this segment.
| ProPlan | Royal Canin |
| A package of dry food from ProPlan without discounts and promotions will cost 4,500-5,000 rubles per 10 kg, depending on the region of purchase and its distance from the factory. | The price of Royal Canin is slightly higher, but the difference is not that great. 10 kilograms of dry food can be bought for 4800-5200 rubles. The exact cost also depends on the policy of the pet store and the distance between the point of sale and the Royal Canin plant. |
| The veterinary diet from ProPlan, which takes into account the nuances of health, is more expensive. The price of medicinal dry food weighing three kilograms starts from 2390 rubles. | Royal Canin medicinal food can only be ordered through veterinary clinics or nurseries. It is sold in packages of 80 grams or 3.5 kilograms. The price is rarely lower than 1990 rubles for the second packaging option. But a discount is possible if the seller cooperates with the company. |
| A package of pouch-shaped treats weighing 150 grams will cost the buyer 290 rubles. When purchasing offline, this price can rise to 350 rubles. | The brand does not have treats as such, but can be compared to pates for small breeds. One pack weighing 85 grams will cost about 58 rubles. Accordingly, the brand wins in the price of additional food. |
Video: review of Royal Canin dog food
OWNERS' REVIEWS
The opinions of cat breeders regarding ProPlan food are absolutely diametrical. Below are a few such reviews found on the Internet:
Irina (owner of a British breed cat):
“After eating this food, my Plush started to have gas, the cat suffered from constipation, and then he vomited”...
Another review contained suspicions that ProPlan contained attractants (addictive substances).
Elena (breeder of Siberian cats):
“The cat attacked this food with unnatural greed and refused to eat anything else...
Other owners, on the contrary, praise these products in every possible way and note the improvement in the well-being of their pets, their healthy appearance and high activity.
Most likely, such discrepancies in the “testimonies” once again confirm the opinion that nothing ideal exists.
Before you finally make your choice in favor of this food, visit a veterinary clinic with your cat and make sure that such food will not harm it.
Let's sum it up
All we have to do is tell you about the reviews about ProPlan cat food. Most owners who decide to switch to ready-made food approach this procedure with caution, and rightly so. You need to choose the right composition that is ideal for your pet. Among the abundance of options, ProPlan food has the best price-quality ratio. Many owners note that from the first days of switching to this food, the cat became more active, cheerful, and its fur shinier than ever. At the same time, veterinarians often note an improvement in the condition of pets suffering from chronic diseases. Based on everything said above, we can conclude that such nutrition is an excellent alternative to natural food.
How to choose the best food, what should you pay attention to when buying it?
It is necessary to read on the front side of the package for whom the product is intended - a kitten, an adult animal, an elderly animal. On the reverse side there is information about the composition and nutritional content.
Be sure to read: What kind of porridge can be given to cats and at what age? You need to find out what percentage of meat and meat ingredients in the diet, what plant components and in what quantities are contained in the feed mixture. Conscientious manufacturers indicate which biologically active substances are added and in what quantities.
They inform you about it. what preservatives and antioxidants are included in the feed mixture. You should not purchase food that has no specific information about its composition.
1st Choice
1st Choice is a super premium food made in Canada. 1st Choice has a high-quality and balanced composition. It consists of one third animal protein, which is optimal for a healthy diet. The food contains dietary poultry meat, as well as chicken eggs and fish oil, which are sources of amino acids necessary for a balanced diet. The composition contains only natural flavors that promote better pet appetite. The 1st Choice line also contains hypoallergenic food, which is recommended by experts for the treatment of allergies in pets.
Feeding dosage for kittens
If you have chosen Proplan Junior for your pet, you do not need to further expand the diet with other products, since the nutrition of this line is balanced.
The feeding rate for kittens per day will be as follows:
- from 1.5 to 3 months – 20-75 g;
- from 3 to 6.5 months – 45-100 g;
- from 7 months to a year – 100-150 g.
When feeding very small kittens, under 4 months, the daily dose will need to be divided into 5-6 times. For older animals, the number of feedings can be gradually reduced to 2-3.
It is allowed to use both dry and wet food in the diet, it is best if they are of the same brand and manufacturer.
When transferring a kitten from mother's milk to dry food, you will need to soak the granules in warm, clean water for the first time, gradually reducing the amount of liquid until the complete transition to the new food.
When using medicinal line products, it is better to consult a doctor to calculate the optimal dosage of food for the day.
