Thread: Kitten Vs Adult MC biscuits

Originally Posted by Miss Kitty

I have heard that RC isn't that great but it appears commonly used. What brand/s of dry biscuits do you feed your MCs?

The two "issues" with the RC MC food are: (1) it is 31% protein which is not as high as the best dry foods, and (2) its meat content comes from "chicken meal" (rather than chicken). Since these are both pretty common for even the cheap cat foods, a key question is why one should pay more for the RC name. For example, if I look up Purina Cat Chow, which you can buy in big bags at Walmart and is very cheap, it is actually 34% protein, though it is using poultry by-product meal which is a slightly cheaper ingredient.

Here are some ingredient-related sites:
AAFCO DEFINITIONS OF DOG FOOD INGREDIENTS
Cat Food Glossary - AAFCO Definitions of Cat Food Ingredients

The dry food that most of our cats eat is Purina Pro Plan Selects and the dry that one eats is Blue Wilderness. Both are 40% protein with plain chicken as first ingredient.

Like I have said before, you need to also see what your particular cat(s) like, as different cats have different tastes. We have tried the RC MC food and ended up throwing most of it out as ours wouldn't eat it, but other people here are obviously using it successfully. The reason we have two main dry foods now is we bought a small bag of the Blue to try and our younger male completely switched to it within a couple of days. The other three, though, continue to either exclusively or mainly eat the Pro Plan. We have also recently tried Wellness Core, but nobody seems too interested in it. The Core is 50% protein.