Purina One cat food: reviews and composition analysis

Manufacturer

The manufacturer of Purina One is the American company Nestle Purina PetCare Company. The history of this brand dates back to 1829: the company’s founder, Joel Spiller, first traded grain, then built the second steam mill in the UK, and a little later, having organized the first joint-stock company, began producing specialized food for animals. Initially food was produced exclusively for dogs, but in the 1950s. a version of soft canned food for cats was developed. The Spillers Nutrition Center and a unit to study feeding and behavior in domestic animals were created.

A lot of specialists are involved in the work: veterinarians, zoopsychologists, nutritionists. All products undergo strict veterinary control and are safe for consumption not only by animals, but also by humans.

Who produces food under the Purina brand?

]Purina[/anchor] today unites three companies known as manufacturers of pet products: PURINA, Spillers and Friskies. These firms became the founders of the pet food industry. The first dog treats were produced in 1856 by Spiller and Co. Robinson-Danforth (the ancestor of PURINA) began producing the first animal products in 1894. The Carnation Corporation (predecessor of Friskies) opened the Canine Nutrition Research Center in 1920.

The development of these firms has a long history, but the final merger occurred in 1998, resulting in the creation of one of the world's largest pet food companies. Since 2001, it has been called Nestle Purina Pet Care. This company not only produces food, but also actively influences the lives of pets: it sponsors the “Pets for You” charity program to work with homeless animals, it opened the world’s first Dog DNA Distribution Center and created the largest Event Center in which hosts international cat and dog exhibitions.

What brands are produced under the Purina brand?

Extensive experience in creating animal feed allows the company to offer a diverse range of its products. Cat food is represented by a number of well-known brands, each of which is popular in the modern market.

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Felix food is an inexpensive food, presented in the form of jelly and sauces of various flavors.

Inexpensive dry and wet food, has a line of products for cats of different ages and living conditions

Purina One - dry and wet food for cats of different ages, including a medicinal variety; characterized by high protein content

Darling food is inexpensive and contains omega fatty acids.

Gourmet food is offered only in wet form and is packaged for one serving

ProPlan food is a high-quality food, contains only easily digestible ingredients and has a good taste.

presents a line of therapeutic food for cats

Premium food "Cat Chow" is presented in dry form for cats of different ages and contains a lot of protein.

Range

Now let's look at the Purina One range (Purina Van). It's wide enough.

2 options for kittens: with chicken and carrots (wet), and with chicken and whole grains (dry). Fiber in the composition improves the health of the digestive system, protein promotes the development of muscles and skeletal bones. The composition contains amino acids, minerals and vitamins. Babies aged 6 to 12 weeks can be fed 1-4 bags of wet food per day, older kittens (up to 52 weeks) - up to 6 bags.

For adults (up to 11 years of age), the following options are offered:

Canned food: with beef and carrots; with chicken and carrots (for sensitive digestion and for animals that are not allowed outside the house); with chicken and green beans (for spayed and neutered individuals).

Dry:

• high in chicken content;
• with a high beef content (for castrated and sterilized);
• high in chicken and whole grains;
• high in beef and whole grains;
• with turkey and rice (for gentle digestion);
• with turkey and grains;
• with salmon and wheat (for a capricious stomach);
• with beef and wheat (for cats that have undergone sterilization);
• with chicken meat and whole grains (to remove excess hair from the stomach and maintain a beautiful coat);
• with Actilea formula (on three components: prebiotics, yeast and antioxidants to improve immunity).

Do not give cold or hot food to animals. Canned food from the refrigerator must be heated, but the food should not burn the cat’s mouth. Keep an eye on that. so that the drinking bowl is always filled with clean, fresh water (purified using a household filter or distilled).

For cats over 11 years of age, only one option is offered: dry granules with a high Omega-6 content, a double immune protection formula, and an optimal balance of proteins and fats.

Compound

Components of Purina One (Purina Van):

• meat and meat ingredients (chicken, beef, poultry);
• fish and processed fish products;
• wheat, soy flour, corn, wheat and corn gluten;
• animal, fish and chicken fat;
• vegetable protein extracts;
• dried chicory root, dried beet pulp, carrots, beans;
• natural flavoring additive;
• yeast;
• antioxidants, minerals, vitamins, preservatives.

Conclusions about Purina Van food

There are both positive and negative reviews about Purina One cat food. The composition raises fewer questions than many economy class foods, but still remains relatively poor. The PetObzor website does not recommend this food as the main diet for your cats.

However, we note: if it is not possible to keep your pet on a natural diet, and better food is not affordable, then “Purina Van” is perhaps the best that you can choose from the economy class.

Verdict: not recommended (?)

• Purina
• Economy class food for cats

Advantages and disadvantages

• Purina One food (Purina Van) is popular and is sold not only in specialized stores with goods for cats, but also in many supermarkets.
• This food is inexpensive and can be purchased on an ongoing basis by many members of the middle class.
• It contains meat and fish products, vegetables, and a vitamin and mineral complex.

• Sugar is found in wet canned food: not only in packages for adults, but also for children. This is not just an undesirable, but a harmful component: it contains a lot of calories, but no minerals or vitamins. Added to enhance taste.
• Components not specified. For example, wet kitten food uses a thickener, but what kind is unknown. There is no information not only on the package, but also on the website. Also, the fats, oils, processed plant products, and antioxidants used are not indicated. The official website says that the flavors and antioxidants used comply with the requirements of Russian legislation and are safe for animals, but why there are no names on the packages is a mystery.
• The proportions are not specified: the packs only list the components, and how much of this or that ingredient is added is a closely guarded secret.
• It contains vegetable protein, which is much less digestible than animal protein, as well as corn and wheat (and they are not good for animals).
• There is meat and fish, but there is little of it, firstly, and secondly, the quality of the raw materials is low. Vague formulations like “processed products” and “dry protein” do not inspire confidence.
• There are very few minerals and vitamins.

Purina One food contains a certain amount of dyes: small, as the manufacturer assures, and is approved for use not only in the Russian Federation, but also in EU countries.

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Purina One cat food reviews

At the moment, there are many reviews about dry food of this brand on cat owner forums and specialized review sites. Below, for completeness of the review, we have collected several of them.

Reviews from veterinarians

Unfortunately, we were unable to find veterinarian reviews on the Internet about Purina Van food. If you are a veterinarian, do not hesitate to share your opinion about this food in the comments.

Customer Reviews

Nastya writes:

Hello to all owners of four-legged furry cats. Today I want to share a review about One food, which I recently came across. Usually they tried Brit Premium, and before that Royal Canin and Perfect Fit, but these are separate stories. So, one day I forgot to buy a new package of the usual food on time, and in the morning it turned out that there was nothing to feed the cat. Delivery from the online store is carried out only the next day after ordering, so I ran to the nearest supermarket to choose something temporary from what was available there.

The best thing was Purina's One food, it's certainly worse than Brit, but at least it's not Whiskas. The food has a pleasant aroma, small triangular granules, the price is very low (90 rubles per 200 g). Among the shortcomings, it is necessary to highlight the quality of raw materials and composition. Also, after this food, the smell from the cat’s toilet is more unpleasant than usual.

As for the cat’s reaction, he didn’t turn up his nose and ate no worse than usual. In general, I would not feed this food, except in unforeseen situations. I recommend that everyone who loves their pets buy premium food, and I recommend One food only to those who do not have the opportunity to buy more expensive professional food.

About a month ago we started thinking about feeding our pet dry food; before that, we fed her “from the table” for almost 10 years. Recently, the stool has become a little thinner, so we added dry food to the diet. The most attractive composition turned out to be in Purina One, unlike Whiskas, meat and more vitamins come first here.

The cat eats the food with pleasure and drinks a lot of water after it. The stool has become more formed, no other problems are observed. True, we have not completely switched to dry food, in addition to it we give chicken breast, beef, liver, and fermented baked milk.

Many people write that dry food should not be mixed with natural food, but we have excellent results from such mixing. The cat's fur is soft and silky, and despite its age it is quite active. Therefore, we recommend this diet.

Elena writes:

Do not under any circumstances feed your pets this food, now I’ll tell you why. My cat only eats beef and fish from homemade food, so I have to feed her dry food. I always took Leonardo Adult 32/16, but due to financial problems I had to save even on a cat. So I bought Purina One.

The cat liked this food, she ate well, but trouble happened - after a week I noticed that the cat was going to the toilet less and less. I thought maybe it was because of the change in food that everything would soon return to normal, but the constipation only got worse, the cat basically only walked once every couple of days!

As a treatment, I fed her some raw meat, and when the constipation went away, she went back to her previous food. Now everything is normal. I recommend Leonardo food and do not recommend Purina One food.