All about PURINA ONE

Depending on the type of animal - a cat or a dog, - as well as on the breed (there are dozens of them), the Purina One food line from the manufacturer of the same name differs in composition. Although they are all manufactured using technologies from Cargill's factories in many countries, significant differences are due to the needs and diet of dogs and cats separately.

Purina One is an intermediate cat and dog nutritional class that sits between the low budget and premium formulations.

The advantages of dry food are as follows:

• long storage in heat in conditions of moderate relative humidity;
• large bag volume: up to 2 kg for cats and up to 10 kg for dogs.

The more expensive the food, the more useful it is - it contains more natural additives and less artificial ones. In a closed form, such food is stored for up to six months, in an open form - no more than 20 days. Accordingly, you can immediately buy at the wholesale warehouse, saving yourself the need to go for it again.

Disadvantages:

• the animal is forced to drink a lot of water;
• it is not recommended to leave this feed in unlimited access.

The last point requires clarification: there were cases when cats and dogs systematically overeat - and acquired urolithiasis and liver disease. Therefore, for constantly busy owners, manufacturers produce autosamplers - automatic feeders.

Wet food also has a number of advantages and disadvantages. Advantages of wet food: if you forgot to pour fresh water into the drinking bowl for your pet before leaving for work, then such irregular cases are not afraid of serious consequences. Wet food, unlike dry food, contains not 10, but 70 percent water by weight.

Disadvantages:

• it is not profitable to buy a box of such bags;
• limited (up to a day) storage time open (even in the refrigerator).

"Feline" composition is determined by the age of the pet, the fact of deprivation of its organs that produce sex cells. It is produced in a volume of 200 g to 3 kg - it is more profitable to buy the largest packages, it is advisable to stock up for future use, since it is stored closed for up to several months, open - no more than 20 days. The causal modifiers of the composition are the maintenance of the healthy state of the coat, assistance in the treatment of diseases of the digestive and genitourinary systems. And there are also feeds optimized for pets weakened by diseases of the cardiovascular system. Based on these recommendations, the amount of meat, cereal and fruit and vegetable additives varies significantly.

Specific names are examples.

• Purina One for cats and cats, which underwent surgical intervention in the reproductive system, contains salmon fillet (up to 15%) and crushed wheat (the same amount) as the main ingredients. Available in 1.5 kg packages, it aims to maintain a healthy metabolism in pets. The optimal combination of minerals will prevent the appearance of malfunctions of the urinary system. Tartar is formed much less often - the risk of its occurrence is reduced by 40%. The second meat supplement is beef fillet. Protein and fat - in terms of mass fraction - are balanced. Not suitable for kittens. The feed contains corn and soy flour containing gluten, beet cake, chicory root, dry fish protein concentrate, fiber (4%), yeast microorganisms, vitamin supplements, macro- and microelements. Protein component - up to 37% by weight, fats - no more than 13%, crude ash - up to 7.5%.

• Purina One for cats with sensitive digestion contains turkey (18% fillet - by weight) and rice (15%), produced in packs of 750 g. Natural fiber eliminates the formation of bloating in the pet. This food supports the health of the skin and the shine of the coat - the content of zinc and Omega-6 is increased in the composition. Additionally included are corn flour, chicory root (2%), minerals and vitamin supplement, yeast ingredient, fish oil and antioxidants. Protein is at least 36% by weight, fats - up to 16%, fiber - 2%, Omega-6 - 2%.

• Purina Pro Plan Veterinary diets NF - for animals with disorders of the urinary system, in particular, with renal diseases. It is recommended in case of malfunctions of normal urine production - due to the reduced proportion of the protein component (no higher than 26% by weight) and phosphorus-containing compounds. This product is advised because it contains fewer protein and phosphorus-containing compounds. It is designed for both adult pets and is also used for kittens that have the same diseases. The feeding period is prescribed by the veterinarian - and for matured cats it is up to six months. Repeated - on the recommendation of the same veterinarian. The composition contains crushed corn and ground rice, as well as traces of the processing of other cereal raw materials, ground wheat grits, corn and wheat gluten, animal fats (no more than 12%), egg yolk and protein powder, pea fiber, beet extract, extract from poultry protein meat, minerals and vitamin supplements, yeast extract, antioxidants. Grain ingredients are a source of vegetable protein. The amount of essential fatty acids by weight is 1.25%. Fiber content - up to 3%, ash content - up to 4.5%. Packaged in 1.5 kg bags.

• Purina pro plan for spayed cats and neutered cats with duck and liver pellets, supplied in 400 g bags. The composition is designed to prevent diseases of the genitourinary system. The flavor of the feed is doubled (duck fillet and liver) - keeps the liver and kidneys healthy. Contains duck meat (14%), rice, corn processed products, wheat, natural egg powder, mineral and vitamin supplements, animal fats, fiber, yeast microorganisms, antioxidants.The total mass fraction of protein is 42% (practically a record), 13% of fat components, 7.5% of ash and 5% of "fiber" ingredients.

Wet food has two forms of release: pouches ("pads" in a liquid sauce) and canned food, similar to jelly, but not completely homogeneous. Soft, or "wet" food is a way out of the situation for cat owners, who are often chosen together with the owner, for example, to visit, as well as when there is no dry food of suitable composition in veterinary stores nearby. As an example - packaged names for adult cats.

• Purina 1 for cats with sensitive digestion contains chicken and carrots - as the main ingredients. Packaged in packs of 75 g. Jellied food with isolated pieces is consumed by a cat or a cat once, in a sachet. According to statistics, a 4-kg cat will consume 3-4 sachets per day. The composition contains extracts of vegetable protein, processed fish products and its processed fillets, most amino acids and minerals, vegetable oils and animal fat, a small amount of sugar and a vitamin supplement. Purified water occupies 78% by weight. Mass fraction of protein - 12.5%, fat - 4%, ash ingredients - 2.3%, "raw cellulose" component - 0.5%. Omega-3/6 acids are present in a mass amount of 1.2%.

• Purina 1 is available in a similar composition for non-developmental cats. The moisture content is slightly higher - 79%, protein is reduced to 12%, crude ash - to 2.2%, there is more fiber - already 1.2%. Otherwise, this product is identical to the previous sample.

• Purina 1 for neutered cats contains chicken and green beans, rice, cooked as chunks in jelly. 78% water, 13% protein, 3.6% fat, 2.3% crude ash, 0.7% fiber. The composition is identical to the previous one.

• Pro Plan Nutri Savor - duck in sauce with natural additives. It can be used for kittens at the age of 1.5 ... 12 months, as well as for pregnant or lactating cats. Contains 5% chicken, the rest of the meat content is fish and its processed product. Fiber and thickeners are present. This food belongs to the most humid: it contains up to 81% water. Protein mass - in terms of dry residue - is 10.1%, fat - 4.2%, ash components - 2.4%, "fiber" inclusions - 0.4%, Omega-3 - 0.02%. Packaged in packs of 85 g.

Dog food has a lower protein requirement than a cat diet. As a rule, with more than 30% of proteins in the latter, ten percent less protein is introduced into a similar dry food - for the former. From the point of view of reducing financial costs, it seems that it is enough to buy 10 kg of dry dog ​​food, and these same costs for feeding a cat will approximately halve, but it is not recommended to do this all the time. The fact is that dog food contains less meat and more cereals - over 20 thousand years of evolution, dogs have become accustomed to eating from a "human" table, which cannot be said about cats: they were domesticated much later. Constant feeding of cats with dog food turns into a lack of nutrition, and feeding dogs with feline food leads to an excess of protein, which causes cardiovascular disease in dogs. As an example - some dry (granular) formulations for feeding adult (from year to age) dogs.

• Purina 1 for adult dogs of medium and large breeds contains an increased mass fraction of rice and chicken fillet. Packaged in 10 kg bags. A small amount of beef has also been added. Chicken fillet is contained here in an amount of 17% (by weight). Ground wheat grain - 15%. Dry poultry protein, wheat gluten, corn, animal fats, dried beetroot, egg yolk powder, fish oil, chopped malt are additionally included in the composition. The food contains minerals, cysteine, antioxidants, vitamins. The total amount of protein by weight is no more than a quarter.15% is spent on vegetable and animal fats, 7% - ash components, 2.5% - fiber, 0.3% - Omega-3, 2.1% - Omega-6.

• Purina 1 Mini - with a high percentage (14% by weight) of beef fillet. It is indicated both for the maintenance of immunity and for dental care. Rice added by 4%. Additional ingredients - corn, malt, vitamins, fish oil, antioxidants, glycerin, propylene glycol. Protein component (in absolute terms) - 27%, fatty base - 17%, ash components - 7.5%, fiber - 1.5%. Packaged in 600 g bags.

• Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets EN Designed for dogs with unstable digestion after consuming poor quality food from other manufacturers. Packaged in 12 kg bags. Coconut pomace is found in an increased amount - it activates motility and absorption of the small intestine. Other fatty ingredients, including animals, are reduced in this food to avoid overloading the intestines of the dog. Feeding period - up to 3 months - approved by the veterinarian. Contains, in addition to the main ingredients of the previous name, also fatty acid glycerides, an inulin component. Rice, gluten inclusions, dry poultry protein are absorbed almost completely. Fatty acid content - up to 2% by weight. Total protein mass - 24%, 10.5% fatty compounds, 6% - ash, 2% - "fiber".

• Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets EN produced as a canned pâté. Packaged in 400 gram jars. Almost identical in description to the corresponding dry food.

All of the above formulations are calculated for different breeds of dogs: dosage and granule size. Do not buy your small breed pet (for example, Chihuahua or Terrier) large-granular food for, say, a shepherd dog or fighting dogs - she will not be able to swallow it or will chew it for a long time. The opposite situation - small food for large dogs - turns into too high monetary costs for such food.

Despite the promising description, dog and cat owners are divided.

• Purina is a manufacturer who is not averse to saving on natural ingredients by adding there, albeit a small, but still a number of substitutes. Despite the fact that it is clearly indicated how much vegetable protein and vitamins are contained in dry and wet food, it is not recommended to get carried away only with dry food for dogs and cats - from this brand. To prevent possible gastrointestinal and endocrine disorders in pets, combine feeding with a natural diet. Completely without artificial preservatives, as, for example, the premium manufacturer Farmina, Purina does not do. Because of this, Purina foods are considered the mid-range, not the elite, class of foods.

• This food is quite a worthy substitute for food from Chammy and Darling, but it should only be used as a replacement for foreign Pedigree, Whiskas, as well as Royal Canin and Kitekat. However, specialized formulations - for example, Urinary Diets - are really capable of supporting a sick cat or dog during the period when the animal is being treated as a result of genitourinary disorders, say, after castration.

Purina One food is recommended after surgery, as well as, for example, when a pet has a cold in the bladder, walking for several hours in the cold and in a strong icy wind. As a therapeutic agent, these foods help in the treatment of, for example, urinary incontinence after catheter intervention. After recovery, cats and dogs are transferred to a mixed diet, alternating between "fodder" and natural diets.