Tiki Pets Stix™ Wet Treats With Chicken In Creamy Gravy

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Tiki PetsStix™ Wet Treats With Chicken In Creamy Gravy

Name: Stix™ Wet Treats With Chicken In Creamy Gravy
Brand: Tiki Pets

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468

kcal/kg

Lower than 78% of treat cat foods with known kcal/kg

Ingredients

Fewer than 59% of treat cat foods with known data

33%

Filler

More than 55% of treat cat foods with known data

MED*

Allergy Risk

This food contains possible allergens for sensitive pets.

Notable Benefits

Ingredients

Numbered in order of predominance by weight, heaviest first. Click any ingredient for details.

Stix™ Wet Treats With Chicken In Creamy Gravy ingredients, explained

The recipe is built on chicken: chicken broth, chicken and chicken natural flavor are three of the first five ingredients. Common cat food allergens on the label: chicken, egg and tuna. Omega-3 comes from salmon oil, the form cats use directly.

What this food is made of

Chicken

The most common protein in pet food, and for dogs one of the most common food allergens, with beef and dairy. If chicken is what your pet reacts to, it hides everywhere: chicken fat, chicken broth, chicken meal, natural flavor. On a label, chicken listed first is weighed with its water still in, so a food leading with fresh chicken often has less chicken protein than one leading with chicken meal. Neither is better; they are different measures.

Egg

A complete, highly digestible protein, which is why formulators like it. It is also a documented allergen in about 4% of dogs with food reactions. Egg allergy does not implicate chicken meat; the proteins are different. Dried egg product is the same thing with the water removed. A good ingredient for most pets and a fine-print one for the allergic few.

Tuna

A fish used mostly in cat foods, where its strong flavor is the point. Tuna is a good protein and a source of omega-3 fats. Two cautions apply to tuna fed often: it is higher in mercury than smaller fish, and cats can become fixated on it and refuse other foods. Both cautions apply to the cat eating tuna every day, and much less to tuna as one ingredient in a complete food fed in rotation.

Salmon oil

Oil pressed from salmon, added for the omega-3 fats EPA and DHA that support skin, coat and joints. It does the same job as generic fish oil but names its source, which helps if your pet reacts to other fish. Like all fish oils it spoils easily and needs a preservative, usually mixed tocopherols. The levels used in food are a modest supplement, well below a therapeutic dose.

Vitamins, minerals and additives (3)

The nutrient pack nearly every complete food carries. Expand to read what each one does.

Xanthan gum

A thickener made by fermenting sugar with a bacterium. It gives wet foods their gravy and keeps ingredients from separating in the can or pouch. It has no nutritional role, is not digested, and is used in very small amounts. Pets on a strict elimination diet may be asked to avoid gums, which is about keeping the diet simple. The gum itself is not a hazard.

Taurine

An amino acid cats cannot make in sufficient quantity and must eat, or they develop heart disease and blindness. It is in every complete cat food by law of nutrition, not by choice. Dogs make their own, but it is added to many dog foods as a precaution after a federal investigation into diet-associated heart disease in dogs. Its presence on a dog food label is a good sign, not a warning.

Salt

Sodium and chloride, both essential, plus a palatability boost. Pets need less than people, and the minimum is set in the nutrient profiles the food is formulated to. Salt high on the list of a treat is a flavor choice; salt near the end of a complete food is nutrition. Ask your vet before choosing a low-sodium food for heart or kidney disease rather than reading labels alone.