You can read my full reviews of the current best cat foods further down, followed by a comprehensive guide to cat nutrition, where you'll learn how much and how often to feed your cat, among other things. The aim of this article is to offer guidance on how to select the optimal diet for your feline friend. The challenge for cat carers is that there’s a huge range of products available in pet shops, at vets, and online (there's even a cat food made of insects now.) It can be hard to choose. While it is, in theory, possible to feed cats adequately from a home-made diet that includes meat, it makes more sense to use commercial cat food that has been formulated by companies who employ professional nutritional experts so that their products – labelled as “complete” – include everything your cat needs to thrive. Unlike dogs, who thrive on grains and vegetables in their dog food, cats are obligate carnivores: their metabolism has evolved to need some ingredients that can only be found in meat. Cats need a complete and balanced diet providing protein, carbohydrate, fats, minerals, vitamins and fibre, as well as some very specific nutrients such as taurine and essential fatty acids. I’ve also known many cats to enjoy optimal physical fitness, fuelled by excellent nutrition from a diet that suits them well. I have seen poorly-fed cats either looking scrawny with lacklustre coats or struggling with pot bellies and reduced energy levels. As a cat carer for over fifty years and a vet for nearly forty, I’ve learned the importance of finding the best cat food.
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