Wet food in the test: six cat foods are "very good"

More than 16 million cats live in German households.

Wet food in the test: six cat foods are "very good"

More than 16 million cats live in German households. Most of them, however, have to eke out an existence in solitary confinement. It's nice when such animals at least like the food. "Öko-Test" reveals which wet food helps against frustration.

The elegance, the individualism and either the cuddly nature or the scratchiness exert a special attraction on cat owners in Germany. In no other Western European country are more cats kept, although the number of cats in this country has almost doubled in the last ten years, as a Statista analysis shows.

But first you have to get fed up with the many roommates. "Öko-Test" examined 6 organic and 15 conventional wet foods for adult cats, at prices between 0.53 and 3.72 euros per day. All products are advertised as complete food, which means they must be healthy even if the cat is given nothing else in the long run. A special laboratory analyzed the composition of the cat food and determined a large number of minerals, amino acids and vitamins.

No cat food was rated worse than "satisfactory", which in these cases was due to an incorrect nutrient composition. Above all, too high levels of individual minerals and vitamin A are the main criticisms of the nutritional report commissioned by "Öko-Test".

Fortunately, the commissioned laboratory only detected traces of toxic heavy metals such as lead and cadmium, which can accumulate in the important feed ingredient liver. The providers have not added sugar to the feed either. The latter is particularly important because almost every second cat in this country is overweight.

The low-priced supermarket own brands "Cat Bonbon Tasty bites with game and turkey in jelly" (Norma, 0.60 euros) and "Gut

The price-performance winner is the "whiskas with lamb in jelly 1" rated "very good" for 1.13 euros. This was followed by the "Zoo Royal Bio Pate rich in beef with liver" (1.50 euros) and "Activa Classic Adult Pate with veal" (1.79 euros), which also received top marks.

(This article was first published on Thursday, February 23, 2023.)