Wellness CORE Grain-Free Signature Selects Wet Cat Food, Natural Pet Food Made with Real Meat (Shredded Chicken & Beef Entrée, 2.8 Ounces, Pack of 12)

This is about the only cat fruit or cats will eat. Apparently they love the taste. The container is easy to use. I split half between the two cats. It’s just a little more expensive than I would like for it to be.

Good food my picky cats actually eat. Well, after trying to bury it first, but eventually she comes back to eat it, unlike other food she leaves to rot. One of the few wet foods that has gravy the cat can lick off. Many cats turn up their noses at paté. One of the few cat foods I do not fear is filled with ash.

It is understandable that a thickener would have to be used in cat food to keep shredded meat and broth equally mixed; otherwise, the meat, being heavier, will all sink leaving broth on top. Because of that this cat food has THREE (3) thickeners in it: tapioca starch, potato starch and guar gum. The cat parent's question should be why three different thickeners? This is the first cat food I've bought for my little guy with tapioca starch in it. He loved the food and for the first time licked his bowl clean. Then got really soft stools and more volume that usual. This seems to be a common complaint with this food, cats either tolerate it or throw-up or have stool problems. The starch question is valid and if looked at closely perhaps this could be the problem and if so a solution is easy--just leave out the tapioca starch. Since I feed my cat top quality foods, the major difference between this Wellness and other foods I buy is the tapioca starch. I called the company to inquire about why this starch is in the food and why couldn't just potato starch and guar gum suffice. The agent pointed out that the AAFCO (kind-of the FDA for pet food) has determined that tapioca starch is okay to feed animals. Well the FDA allows a lot of stuff in food that I refuse to eat and so does the AAFCO for pets. In fact the AAFCO does not note any difference between feed and food. Animals need quality FOOD, like human quality meat while cats doubtless should never have tapioca starch. Imagine what a lion or tiger, my cat's ancestors, would do with such an ingredient! I'm saddened by this situation since he really liked the food and prefers shredded meat. He will not eat pates. I may buy a case and just feed him a can now and then as a treat but if something could be done about all that starch, then he'd be over the moon getting Wellness CORE Signature every meal, alternating the chicken/turkey and the chicken/beef. BTW even the most minor of changes can turn a cat away from a particular food since s/he goes by smell. Still, leaving out tapioca starch couldn't possibly be a negative. Hope someone at Wellness listens . . .

One of my cat’s favorite. On the pricey side, but very high quality.

My very picky cats love it. The consistency is always the same.