Buddy wrote:
Has anyone tried the new Fancy Feast "Elegant Medley" yet? There are
several flavors - but the are 89 cents for a small can!!! I bought one
today and my boy liked it.

People really love McDonald's - loving food does not equate always with
what's good on a daily basis.

My own experience with Fancy Feast has been rather negative on the
whole. Purina seems more intent on advertising ploys, fonts and what
not, instead of making available exactly what is the analysis of the
food inside.

My main "beef" with them is the rather high to intolerably high
phosphorus levels. This is akin to humans and McDonald's and the sky
high fat and salt contents of those junk foods.

I'm concerned that high phosphorus level may shorten the life of the
cat in the long run. And may be why most cats die around 15 years of
age and die of renal failure.

I prefer moderate phosphorus levels of less than 0.80% on a dry matter
basis. That is 0.80% not "as fed" or "guaranteed" but a "dry matter
basis."

Try getting that information out of Purina / Nestle who make Fancy
Feasts.
It's like pulling teeth and it's not updated so it's not really tracked
that I can determine. In any case, out of the 60 varieties or so, there
are only 2 that I would buy for my cat, Marinated Morsels, Chicken or
Salmon, in Gravy. The other 58 types, give or take a few, they keep
adding and subtracting, I consider expensive garbage. But ubiquitous
garbage, like McDonald's. Clean garbage. Packaged prettily garbage but
garbage for the most part, in my opinion.

Any opinions?