Purr Cat Food Review

One of the most inappropriate ingredients in a food for your pet carnivorous cat is wheat and sorghum, and you’ll find that in the Purr dry cat foods.

When I assess the ingredients of cat foods such as this it comes as no surprise so many cats suffer renal failure in their mid to senior years. Being fed cereal grains every day must take a real toll on their kidneys and digestive system which is biologically designed to digest animal products.

Yes it’s cheap – good old Coles – but it’s not surprising as wheat and sorghum are cheap ingredients to make a cat food from.

What I find the most laughable about Purr cat food is how it’s marketed – gourmet.

Seriously!

This review is mostly for Purr cat food, but if you’re interested in the wet foods then a good quote from the comments is “I cannot believe the quality of this watery disgusting crap” (Thanks Jodie for that one).

Purr cat food review

What the marketing says

The packaging of Purr cat food states “Spoil your feline friend with a wide selection of flavours, a delicious meal they’ll be sure to love”.

I find that a bit far fetched. I don’t know about your cat, but my cat seems to love chicken necks much more than cereal grains.

Using the word gourmet on the front of the bag probably shouldn’t be legal, but I don’t believe there’s any regulations preventing this. There isn’t much in the way of pet food regulations in Australia anyway, which is why such a food can use such a word. This is more to hook you in and give you, what I would call, a very misleading view of the product.

I remember seeing a kebab van once with “Gourmet Kebabs” in big bold letters. Would you consider greasy spinning doner kebab meat “gourmet”?

The chicken breast and piece of fish on the front of the bag aren’t representative of what the product is actually made of either, as the first two ingredients of Purr cat food are ambiguous poultry and fish meals which could be any (sub)standard leftovers of those groups of animal.

What the labelling really says

Poultry meal, fish meal, and wholegrain cereals (wheat and/or sorghum) don’t scream quality when it comes to cat foods, but they’re the three main ingredients.

Wheat is one of the most problematic grains we feed dogs and cats, and often results in weight gain, itchy skin, and likely a precursor to all manner of illnesses which will cost you $$$$s to try and rectify at the vets.

Cats are obligate carnivores and shouldn’t have grains in their diet whatsoever, especially problematic grains like wheat.

We also find tapioca as the 6th ingredient, which combined with the cereal grains serve to keep production costs down, not offer nutrition.

Ambiguous meal ingredients are often a tell-tale sign of cheap inclusions, and often the stuff that gets thrown out of a factory which takes the prime “gourmet” cuts to sell to us humans. The same applies to poultry oil as yet another ambiguous ingredient. Salmon oil further down the ingredients is the better inclusion, but likely in a small amount.

There are a few positives about Purr cat food which are worth mentioning. Flaxseeds are good for heart health and wellbeing, and there’s a natural prebiotic in there in some small amount (and again we find this to be completely ambiguous and we have to question the quality).

Purr cat food is preserved naturally rather than potentially carcinogenic chemicals, so that’s possibly the most positive aspect of the product.

Sadly it’s not the worst cat food on the supermarket shelves, but I wouldn’t call it a gourmet meal for your cat who depends on you to feed him or her.

If you want something better, these are our best rated cat foods in Australia.

Do you feed Purr cat food, dry or wet? If so, tell me what you think in the comments.

Where to buy Purr cat food

Purr cat food is available in Coles.

Purr cat food ingredients

Ingredients of Purr dry cat food (Chicken & Ocean Fish):

Poultry Meal, Fish Meal, Wholegrain Cereals (Wheat and/or Sorghum), Poultry Oil, Tapioca, Beet Pulp, Salmon Oil, Flax Seeds, Salt, Natural Prebiotic, Yucca Schidigera, Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols, Rosemary Extract, Vitamins and Minerals, Lutein, Carrots, Blueberries, Cranberries, Garlic, Kelp.

Purr cat food guaranteed analysis

Guaranteed analysis of Purr dry cat food (Chicken & Ocean Fish):

Recalls of Purr cat food

There are no known recalls at the current time.