Purina Cat Chow Healthful Life - Balance Review

I'm pretty tough when it comes to what I feed my cats and foster cats.  We received a free 6 ounce sample of Purina Cat Chow Healthful Life Dry Cat Food in one of the huge jugs of cat litter that we bought.  I never would have bought this product, but I was willing to put it to the test so I could write a review about it.

I dumped the entire 6 ounces of Purina Cat Chow Healthful Life Dry Cat Food into their bowl which was 3/4 of the way full.  They rushed up to check out and eat this food despite the fact that their bowl had plenty of food available before I added the Healthful Life stuff.  Because they chowed down on this product, I am going to assume that it was highly palatable to them. 

My big issue with this cat food is the ingredients.  They really are low-quality and consist mostly of chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, ground yellow corn, soybean meal, ground wheat, and animal fat.  By-products include necks, feet, and intestines.  Corn is very difficult for humans to digest and even more challenging for cats who are carnivores.  There is absolutely no reason for a company to include corn, wheat, or soybean components in a cat food.  Sure they are cheapo ingredients but they are known allergens that can cause digestive, skin, ear, and weight issues.

My cats and foster cats like Purina Cat Chow Healthful Life Dry Cat Food as much as teenagers like McDonalds Value Meals.  That being said, I wouldn't actually go out and buy it for them because it contain disgusting and inappropriate ingredients for my carnivorous cats.  Not recommended!