Whiskas Wet Food Range
Mars Whiskas pet food is popular for TV commercials among pet owners. In this article, you will get acquainted with the variety of Whiskas wet food for cats, find out what types it is, and what it contains.
general description
Whiskas soft cat food is well known to customers. Colorful spiders with a variety of flavors can be easily found on the shelves of any supermarket. The weight of the packages is 85 g, their price is quite affordable, and you can store the opened package for a whole day. Many animals eat canned food with great appetite, which pleases the owners very much. Whiskas wet food contains no medicinal lines, food for allergic pets, pet cats that do not leave the apartment. But there is a liquid food recommended for feeding babies and adult cats from 7 years old. The manufacturer paid more attention to the variety of assortment for meowing gourmets. According to the content of vital substances, the product is classified as economy class.
For pets, the company offers the following wet food in various flavors:
- several types of jelly and stew;
- pates and mini-fillets;
- a special treat - a series of mixes in bags with various sauces.
Let's take a closer look at the offered assortment.
Stew overview
The French word for stew means a dish of small pieces of meat with a thick, hearty sauce. This is exactly what, according to the owners, this food looks like in spiders. Canned food has a dense consistency and smell characteristic of cat food. Whiskas offers stews in several flavors.
Kittens from 1 month:
- with lamb;
- with Chiken.
For adult pets:
- with Chiken;
- with lamb;
- with veal;
- with beef and lamb;
- vegetable with beef;
- with rabbit and turkey;
- with salmon;
- with trout.
On the packaging, the manufacturer writes that this food is a complete meat daily diet for pets, which contains as much as 80% meat ingredients. Spider Stews, all flavors, contain ingredients.
- Meat and offal. The meat content for juveniles is indicated at 4%. For older pets over 7 years old in a stew with chicken - 10%, although it is known that older animals need less protein than growing kittens and lactating cats.
- Vegetable oil. The brand does not indicate which one.
- In the composition of fats, protein, vitamins, minerals.
- Cereals, but not specified which ones.
- Fatty acids Omega-6 and Omega 3. They improve heart function and make pets' coat thick and silky.
- The amino acid is taurine. Increases immunity, normalizes blood sugar levels, and is responsible for visual acuity. Its content in the food of domestic cats is extremely important. An animal that does not hunt mice and birds receives a sufficient amount of taurine with the food provided by the owner.
In the stew for pets over 7 years old "with chicken" and "with chicken and turkey", the manufacturer also added glucosamine to the composition for the prevention of joint diseases. Vegetable stew for adult pets contains carrots. Products containing trout and salmon have a fish content of 4%.
Spiders in jelly
Jelly food is thinner in consistency than stews. This is not bad for cats that rarely drink water. Whiskas offers veal jelly for kittens as well as jelly for adult cats with the following tastes:
- beef and lamb;
- Chicken;
- turkeys;
- salmon;
- beef.
In terms of the content of nutrients, jelly differs little from a stew. It contains 4% meat ingredients, Omega-6 fatty acids, cereals, vitamin A, calcium, zinc, taurine, vitamins A and E, ash, fiber, as in sachets with stews.
However, the declared energy value of 85 kcal per 100 g in jelly for kittens and 65 kcal in the product for large cats is questionable, since the indicated feed moisture for a spider weight of 85 g is 82, or even 85%.
- The amount of protein in canned food for adult pets is 7.5 g, fat is 3.5 g.
- For babies: proteins - 8.3 g, fats - 6.0 g.
Veterinarians have suggested that there are ingredients in the feed that the brand does not identify with its products. It is logical to assume that cat jelly contains edible gelatin in its composition. It is not harmful to animals, but it is not beneficial either. This component is completely not assimilated by the body of cats.
Variety of pates
For the smallest favorites from 1 month to a year old, Whiskas offers a tender pate with chicken. In the recipe, chicken meat and offal in an amount of 25%, vitamins A and E, Omega acids, taurine, zinc and calcium. The energy value of the product per 100 g is 70 kcal. The consistency of food is smooth and soft, which is good for babies. For adult cats from 1 to 6 years old, the following have been developed:
- beef pate with liver with a high content of meat ingredients - 16% beef and 10% liver;
- with duck with a content of offal and meat ingredients of about 4%;
- from chicken with turkey, where the meat content is maximum - 20% chicken and 6% turkey.
For older cats over 7 years old, veal pate is recommended. It is interesting that it contains more meat and offal from veal than other feeds - 26%. The brand assures that the food is completely balanced and contains everything for the health of cats. Pates differ from each other only in tastes. The nutrients, vitamins and minerals in the composition are the same as in the previous feed. A small exception is that the pate has no grain components in the recipe.
Its moisture content is slightly less than that of food with jelly or stew - 75%. The calorie content of food for babies and adult cats is exactly the same: 70 kcal per 100 g of product.
Description of mini fillets
The new product is designed for adult pets and comes in two flavors: beef and chicken. It has a soft, homogeneous jelly-like consistency.Mini-fillet is well absorbed in the stomach, having a beneficial effect on its mucous membrane, without causing problems with digestion and stool.
As part of the feed:
- Omega-6;
- taurine;
- phosphorus;
- calcium;
- vitamins A and E,
- calcimin;
- zinc;
- phosphorus;
- cereals.
The meat content in a product with both flavors is only 4% together with offal.
Collection "Appetizing Mix"
To attract customers, Whiskas has created a new collection of dishes. Loving owners will definitely want to treat their pets with a new diet. By advertising the product, the manufacturer promises that the delicate and delicious tastes of the mix will fulfill all the dreams of furry pets.
For cats from year to year, you can choose several options.
- Delicious creamy sauce with prawns and salmon. In addition to meat and fish by-products, the composition contains milk-containing ingredients, vegetable oil, a vitamin-mineral complex, fatty acids, ash and cereals.
- Tomato jelly with poultry and beef. The feed consists of meat and fish products. Includes minerals and vitamins, tomato powder, fiber.
- Creamy lamb and beef sauce consists of lamb, beef and offal, dairy products, taurine, vitamins, cereals.
- Chicken and duck cheese sauce with beef and lamb, with vitamins, minerals and fatty acids.
The energy value of the feed remains unchanged for 100 g - 70 kcal. The protein content in all types of mixes is 8 g per 100 g of product, and the fat content is 3.5 g.
The fact that Whiskas wet food is not complete, despite the manufacturer's claims, is evidenced by research data from Roskachestvo. The Mars company manufactures a soft diet according to its own standard, which does not in all correspond to the GOST adopted in Russia. According to it, wet food does not reach the required content of microminerals and B vitamins, important amino acids. On the other hand, wet food contains more fiber than is necessary for domestic cats.
The main advantages of the product are that it fully complies with eco-criteria. The food is absolutely safe for animals, does not contain GMOs, pesticides, antibiotics and other harmful substances. To replenish the pet's diet, leading veterinarians advise alternating wet food with dry food, which, thanks to manufacturing technologies, contains more vitamins, minerals and amino acids necessary for a healthy and happy life for pets.