Canagan Free-Run Chicken Dry Cat Food 1.5kg

Canagan Free-Run Chicken Dry Cat Food – 1.5kg

Canagan's dry cat food leads on chicken: 35% freshly prepared free-range chicken with a further 26% dried, and chicken fat and chicken gravy on top of that, which is how Canagan arrive at their over-65% figure. Crude protein is 34.5% and crude fat 20%, at 406 kcal per 100g — a dense food, which is what an obligate carnivore is built for.

Taurine is added at 1,300 mg/kg and vitamin A at 17,000 IU per kg, both above the dog recipes, as a cat needs them from the diet. At 1.5kg the bag suits one cat: a 4kg adult eating 45–60g a day will take roughly a month over it. Canagan also make 375g, 4kg and 8kg.

Performance & Benefits

• 61% chicken meat — 35% freshly prepared free-range and 26% dried — before chicken fat and gravy.
• Crude protein 34.5% with crude fat 20% and crude fibre only 2%.
• 406 kcal per 100g, so portions stay small.
• Taurine added at 1,300 mg/kg and vitamin A at 17,000 IU per kg.
• Mannanoligosaccharides and fructooligosaccharides as prebiotics, with psyllium for fibre.
• Grain free, using sweet potato and potato rather than wheat, maize or rice.

Suitable For

• Adult cats and kittens; Canagan label it for both.
• One-cat households — 1.5kg is about a month for a 4kg cat.
• Cats moving off a cereal-based dry food onto something meat-led.
• Not suitable for a cat that reacts to chicken or egg: dried egg is in at 4%. Canagan Scottish Salmon Dry Cat Food is the alternative.
• A cat that drinks little does better with some wet food alongside; Canagan's cat cans and the Ocean Fish Soup both help with fluid intake.

Feeding

• Adult cats: 25–35g a day under 2.5kg bodyweight, 35–45g at 2.5–3.5kg, 45–60g at 3.5–4.5kg, 60g and above over 4.5kg.
• Kittens: 20–30g a day under two months, 30–55g at two to four months, 55–75g at four to six months, 75g and above from six to twelve months.
• Split the ration across the day or leave it down to graze — cats eat in small amounts.
• Introduce over a week: a quarter Canagan on day one, half by day three, three-quarters by day five, all of it by day seven.
• Always keep fresh water available, and adjust the amount by 10% either way to hold condition.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: freshly prepared free-range chicken (35%), dried chicken (26%), sweet potato, potato, chicken fat (4.3%), dried egg (4%), chicken gravy (2.3%), salmon oil (1.2%), alfalfa, mannanoligosaccharides, apple, fructooligosaccharides, psyllium, spinach, seaweed, carrot, cranberry, camomile, marigold, peppermint, aniseed and fenugreek.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 34.5%, crude fat 20%, crude fibre 2%, crude ash 8.5%, omega 6 3.4%, omega 3 0.5%, calcium 1.7%, phosphorus 1%.
• Metabolisable energy 406 kcal per 100g.
• Nutritional additives per kg: vitamin A 17,000 IU, vitamin D3 1,500 IU, vitamin E 150 mg, taurine 1,300 mg.
• Trace elements per kg: iodine 2 mg, copper 10 mg, zinc chelate hydrate 40 mg, zinc oxide 30 mg, selenium 0.2 mg.
• A protein figure of 37% has appeared on this listing. Canagan declare 34.5%, and that is the figure given here. Canagan pack the recipe in 375g, 1.5kg, 4kg and 8kg.