Halo Holistic Cage Free Chicken Cat Food, Grain Free Dry Cat Food, For Healthy Weight Support, Kibble for Indoor Cats, 10 lb Bag

Nice to land on another brand to rotate in.

My senior cat with several ailments did well on this dry food (this was just a supplement for when he doesn't eat his regular home-cooked food). He liked the taste, this didn't have the chemicals/low quality meat meals that other dry foods include. He ate this for almost 4 years until his passing due to age. As a hyper protective cat mom (I even hired a vet dietitian for my cat), this made the cut.

I was going to cancel but not now.

The first 5 ingredients are basically what most pet food critics use to review kibble.Above average content and appears to be recall free, not chemical free and no guarantee that the sourcing of products is clear of problems. That is something I watch since the 2007 recall. The largest recall of pet food in the history of the World revealed almost all pet food companies were using the same sources for their protein booster. The melamine used to inflate the rate of protein in pet food months later also caused a recall in baby formulas. I've followed the many lawsuits against pet food companies and the one woman criticizing the Pet Food Industry and AAFCO for their lack of regulatory control over pet food ingredients Susan Thixton. Her Truth about Pet Food, Petsumer Reports caught HALO using some cans that were not BPA free. I rate a food on the overall production quality of the company as well as the individual food because unknown factors are what killed 2 of my pets. It was a long slow death.I have one mom and her grown kindle. First, they all loved it.Second, I have UTI's amongst the group. To fight the cost of feeding all soft food I moisten kibble, then use a topper. The topper is often home cooked, even that has chemical problems. The issues of food safety for pets is so complex that I've come to think it very important that a company reveal the source that provided their extra food additives. Halo does not do that. In that regards they don't make me feel any more confident about their product than some of the formerly recalled companies.Halo is quick to become soft when distilled water is poured on it. I refrigerate it for the process and then pour something warm over it. That is a good thing for feeding a group of cats where more than one has repeat urinary tract problems.I purchased mine at a discount, again one reason I could afford it. I find it pricey. At full price this is in a price range that I can also buy Honest Kitchen. A company that does publicly post where all their ingredients are sourced. Their cat food is chemical free, to the extent any food is chemical free.Thumbs up but with precautions.

*Update 11/30/18*My cats are still healthy, playful, with super soft and shiny coats. My two adopted kitties just turned 3 years old. No health issues, coats are beautiful and they all still prefer Halo grain free for indoor cats. I tried a few other brands when I ran out of Halo and my delivery wasn't arriving soon enough. They ate it, but returned immediately back to the Halo went the foods were in separate dishes.Check the ingredients. Your cats (and dogs) are worth it. And you save on vet bills. And my senior kitty is pushing 13 and still healthy and gorgeous.The healthiest cat food, hands down. Using cruelty-free farming for the companion animals is extremely important to me, as well as non-GMO products.I've been feeding my cats Halo Spots Stew for years with no health issues, and my almost 12 year old 'baby' is as feisty as ever. They love the new recipe, small bites, and now grain-free option.I adopted 2 shelter cats, brothers, 2 months ago and they love the food as well. I can see visible changes in the fullest and shine in their long coats as well as healthy weight gain that they needed after over 500 days in the shelters open roaming room. They are turning 2 years old on 11/28/17, and are doing great adjusting to having a home for the first time.I am a lifetime Halo customer as my cats are my kids and deserve the best!

My 18 year cat has CKD and this food is rated to have pretty low phosphorus levels. I'd rather feed him only wet food, but he's a food licker (vs. taking bites) and has a hard time finishing a full daily serving wet food. When he started losing too much weight, I gave in and began supplementing his diet with this dry food. So far, so good. Between his weekly IV fluids, a little daily lactulose (buy from dr. foster and smith) and some miralax in his wet food, he's had no serious constipation issues, which I'm so happy about. I know WAY too much about cat poop and cat enemas at this point and I was terrified that he'd be pooping dry little rocks with the introduction of kibble into his diet. PHEW. I'd actually say this food has improved his stool. .... Aaaaaanyhoo, enough about poo. Totally suggest giving this a try if you need to add some calories into your CKD kitty's diet.If you're cat is not CKD, you can afford a bit more and your cat will eat it, I highly suggest just feeding wet food though. It's believed that most older kitties suffer from CKD due to eating a kibble diet for most their lives, which does not provide enough hydration. Without hydration, their kidneys pay the price in the long run and they wind up needing to be on a special wet diet and/or need to be hydrated by IV with sub-q fluids daily/weekly... this can get all get pricey and stressful. My cat's health is worth it and it keeps him healthy and happy... but it's still a stress that could have possibly been avoided for the both of us.

Very over priced - more than double the cost of what you would pay at PET SMARTI wanted to return the over priced item and it says not eligible for return.don't waste money on this product