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W vs GW Wellness food
Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the other
silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and neither of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in the basement). Anyone else encountered this? |
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I suggest that you call Old Mother Hubbard at 1-800-225-0904 and ask
them. Have the best by dates on hand when you call. If your cats won't eat it you can return the rest of the case. ---MIKE--- |
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I was looking over the bottom of Wellness cans to sort out non GW from GW
for my cats and I noticed that some of the GW cans appeared rather rusty and old on the bottom. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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"Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01... Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the other silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and neither of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in the basement). Anyone else encountered this? I have several cases of Wellness 5.5oz and 3oz cans in different flavors on hand. Some are GW and some are W. All of the 5.5oz cans are silver colored and the 3oz cans are gold. My cats have been eating all of them with no problem. I usually split a 5.5oz can between the two in the morning, and split a 3oz can in the evening. I used to do another 5.5oz in the evening but they'd usually leave half of it. They both gobble up the Wellness no matter the flavor, can size or code. -- Liz |
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"Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01... Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the other silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and neither of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in the basement). Anyone else encountered this? The difference between the "G" and "GW" is brown rice. I think the "GW" contains the rice - not sure. |
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Looks like W or GW is the plant where it is made. Here's an excerpt from
the food tables at http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/jmpeerson/canfood.html: November 17, 2003. Warning on Wellness canned food: The customer service department at Wellness has confirmed that the company has been adding brown rice to their canned foods without changing the label or their website to reflect this difference. Although they say that this only occurred with a "test batch" of Beef & Chicken flavor, I have seen reports that all flavors have been affected, and the problem is geographically widespread in the USA. People who do not want to feed grain to their cats, or whose cats are objecting to the altered formula, should avoid purchasing any cans with a batch number beginning with "GW". UPDATE, mid-December: Wellness has seen the error of their ways and has told people that they will be returning to the original formula. Cans with the GW label with an expiration date after December, 2005 should be okay. Some people are reporting that their cat does not care for the food made at this plant; others have no problem. Rhonda Phil P. wrote: "Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01... Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the other silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and neither of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in the basement). Anyone else encountered this? The difference between the "G" and "GW" is brown rice. I think the "GW" contains the rice - not sure. |
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"Rob" wrote in message news:j13ld.4313$Bj2.356@trndny01... Today I opened two cans of Wellness. I noticed one can was gold, the other silver and the consistancy of the food looked different. The silver can looked normal and smoother. I checked the labels on the bottom and neither of them appeared to have a GW. The cats get a half can each and the two cats I gave the gold can to refused to eat their food. I'm just wondering if something might have happened again. I have at least a case of this stuff, possibly more (I bought 10 cases at once, the rest are stacked in the basement). Anyone else encountered this? The rest of my cases are all silver cans (with directions printed on how to open them), they definitely don't like the gold 5oz cans (which have nothing printed on them). The stamp on the bottom is very difficult to read. They are all smeared or missing the top half of the letters. There is no expiration date (unlike on the silver cans which all start with W). The old cans could be a W an O or a V I think. I'll call OMH on Monday. |
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"Elizabeth Blake" wrote in message
link.net... I have several cases of Wellness 5.5oz and 3oz cans in different flavors on hand. Some are GW and some are W. All of the 5.5oz cans are silver colored and the 3oz cans are gold. My cats have been eating all of them with no problem. I usually split a 5.5oz can between the two in the morning, and split a 3oz can in the evening. I used to do another 5.5oz in the evening but they'd usually leave half of it. They both gobble up the Wellness no matter the flavor, can size or code. My cats also eat Wellness, any flavor, W and GW, with no problem. Any foster cats I've had also eat Wellness with no problem. I'm always surprised when I read that people have trouble getting their cats to eat it. Anyway, I haven't totally been following the W/GW situation, because none of my cats have a grain allergy. However, we have a cat at the shelter with persistent diarrhea and nothing (tried 8 different foods and several medications) has been working. Now I'm starting to think maybe it's a grain allergy. Is it only the GW Wellness with expiration date of 12/05 that has the rice, or all GW? -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net www.kelltek.com Check out www.snittens.com |
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Now Gaubster, you have destroyed your credibility. Your unfounded
attack on Old Mother Hubbard is not warranted. They did add rice to their formula briefly (the GW cans) but quickly realized their mistake and stopped. They were also willing to take back any cans that the cats wouldn't eat. Other than that I have not noticed any change in the product (and neither have my cats - one of which (Amber) is very fussy. You should be more careful in the future. ---MIKE--- |
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