Biologically Specie Appropriate Cuisine for Cats

At Raw Food for Pets, we only source formulas' that are produced using only the freshest, 100% human-grade ingredients. Our poultry, meat and game are antibiotic and steroid free without added hormones. Our suppliers incorporate organic produce, organic minerals and unrefined vitamins to fortify our complete and balanced diets. All our suppliers' formulas contain fresh ground bone for calcium supplementation. This combination of ingredients offers optimum levels of the amino acids (protein), essential fatty acids, natural-occurring enzymes, and necessary vitamins and minerals that are the building blocks for your pet's healthy biological functions.

Why a biologically specie appropriate raw diet for cats? Cats are predators. Cats evolved eating a prey based diet, and more importantly, eating that diet raw. Cooking degrades nutrients in meat, causing losses of vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Meat used in highly processed pet food is cooked at high temperatures and the nutrients lost must then be added back in. This supplementation is not exact, and there are nutrient losses which aren't always replaced.

Cats in the wild eat often eat the entire prey animal if it is small and will eat nearly everything except the intestines of a larger prey animal. This includes the bones of their prey, as raw bone is highly digestible and is their primary source of calcium. Cooking bone not only reduces the nutrients available but also makes the bone brittle and dangerous to ingest.

Providing your cats with a diet that is modelled on what they would eat in the wild has many benefits, for you and your cat:

• Improved digestion
• Greatly reduced stool odour and volume
• Healthy coat, less shedding, fewer hairballs
• Increased energy
• Weight loss, if overweight
• Better dental health
• Better urinary health
  

Pet parents and guardians are so used to seeing cat food in tins, pouches and sachets that it often does not occur to them that it can come frozen. This has a number of conveniences, not just for your fur kids, but for you as well.

Why freeze cat food? First of all, frozen food does not need any kind of preservative in order to keep it fresh. This means that there is no need to preserve the food in jelly or biscuit form: you can feed your fur kids high-quality, fresh meat tailored to their nutritional needs. Frozen food also can contain plenty of natural meat juices and blood. While this may make some people squeamish, for our feline family members, it is a delicious treat. It is also one of the ways cats in the wild would stay hydrated, so your fur kids will not need to gulp down litres of water every day.

Frozen food is not cooked like most standard cat foods. Cooking food removes a large amount of its nutrients, and alters the levels of others. This makes it blander and less healthy than frozen raw pet cuisine, which is raw and so contains all the nutritional goodness of fresh meat in the wild.

Finally, frozen cat food is easier for you as the pet parent and/or guardian. This is especially true if you are feeding your fur kids in accordance with the BARF or Frankenprey diets. Rather than planning out meals full of fresh meat, you can just feed your fur kids a portion of frozen cat food. All you need to do is defrost or thaw it, and your cat's dinner is ready to eat, paw-licious!

We have selected our suppliers to ensure that we can offer you the convenience and benefits of a well-balanced, safe and wholesome raw-food diet without having to grind, chop, measure or mix the ingredients yourself. At Raw Food for Pets, we have taken the time to carefully research and test each suppliers' formula to ensure that they offer a nutritious, fresh-food diet that is easy for you to serve and delectable for pets to devour. The proof is watching them lick the bowl clean while thriving happily and healthfully!

If you are not sure about the feeding guidelines associated with raw pet cuisine, please review our notes here. Alternatively, your can download our quick guide poster here.