Review of cat food Fest Choice (1st Choice): types, composition, reviews

Manufacturer

Cat food produced under the 1 st Choice brand is produced by the Canadian company PLB International. This company has been manufacturing and selling feed for about 30 years.

The food is produced exclusively in Canada and by only one manufacturer. High quality is noted by many organizations for quality control of feed produced for animals.

1 st Choice dry food is certified by the CVMA - Canadian Veterinary Association.

The company's products undergo strict control at each stage of production. The manufacturer does not stop there; work to improve the formula and quality of the diet continues.

Wet canned food

The following foods are popular in 85 g cans:

• Wet cat food 1st Choice Skin&Coat Tuna with tilapia and pineapple. Price 97 rub.
• Wet food for young cats 1st Choice Skin&Coat Premium Tuna. Price 93 rub.

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Review

The line of food for daily nutrition, depending on the age of the cat, contains the following dry food rations:

Diet for kittens 2-12 months – Kitten Healthy Start (Kitten Healthy Start) with chicken.

The main ingredient of the food is high quality chicken.

Salmon oil, used as a source of DHA, promotes the normal development and proper functioning of the nervous system.

Vitamins C, E, beta-carotene – support the immune system. Prebiotics and probiotics in combination with artificial fibers (dried tomatoes) will ensure the health and proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.

Diets for adult cats 1+

Includes 7 food options:

• Weight Control - weight control, light-calorie food for castrated and sterilized cats. Energy expenditure in such animals is lower, and therefore they need a less calorie diet. The low-calorie diet formula contains CLA and L-caratine, which helps remove excess fat and normalize weight.

The reduced fat content of this diet helps reduce body weight without reducing the feeding rate.

The presence of green tea extract, quickly soluble vitamin C and cellulose makes breath fresh and is used to improve oral hygiene.

• Healthy Skin & Coat (Helfi Skin and Coat) - healthy skin and coat. The diet is aimed at improving the quality of the coat and maintaining healthy skin. The positive effect is due to the presence of fish and salmon fish oil, rich in Omega fatty acids, in the diet.
• Hypoallergenic – food with a hypoallergenic set of ingredients. The diet is intended for animals with digestive problems. The absence of grain makes it easier to digest. Chicken protein has been replaced with less allergenic duck protein.

Salmon and vegetable oil ensure healthy skin and coat;

• Finicky – for capricious, picky cats. A balanced, highly palatable diet containing fresh chicken and herring.
• Indoor Vitaliti (Indo Vitality) – for low-active, domestic cats. The food is designed individually for cats kept permanently at home. The food creates a pH balance in the digestive tract, which keeps the urinary system healthy.

The content of Coccus Schidigera extract helps bind ammonia and reduce the odor of excrement.

The composition contains prebiotics (beneficial microorganisms) that support immunity and normal digestion;

• Sterilized – grain-free food for sterilized and neutered animals. After castration and sterilization, changes in metabolic processes and hormonal levels occur in the body, and physical activity decreases.

The high protein content of fresh chicken helps you gain muscle mass.

The absence of grain helps improve digestion and reduce the risk of allergies.

The increased fiber content will give you a feeling of fullness and help remove hair from the gastrointestinal tract.

Reduced magnesium content in the diet – prevention of urolithiasis.

• Urinary Health (Urinary Health) is a food with the function of preventing urolithiasis.

Diet for older animals, 10+

Mature Less Active. The diet formula is enriched with components such as glucosamine, chondroitin and collagen, designed to support healthy joints and cartilage, which is important for an aging cat.

The combination of CLA and L-carotene supports normal body weight and a high status of the immune system, their action is complemented by natural fibers, probiotics and prebiotics, ginger extract, which improve the functioning of the aging gastrointestinal tract.

Specific organic minerals improve assimilation in bone tissue.

Dry food can be varied with wet canned food. The basis of canned food is whole pieces of tuna fish. In addition to tuna, various canned foods contain squid and tilampi meat, combined with shrimp and fruits (papaya, pineapple, sea bass).

Kinds

All Fest Choice lines are positioned as the best option for kittens and cats who have their own food requirements. For example:

• very capricious pets, picky about any reason;
• allergy sufferers;
• couch sybarites leading a sedentary life;
• or real heavyweights whose volumes make you think about your health.

For each of them, Fest Choice has a unique offer.

For kittens, this is a dry diet “Healthy Start”. You can introduce it to the menu as early as two months. At the same time, the balance of essential nutrients aimed at the full development of kittens under the age of one year makes it an excellent option for pregnant cats, as well as mothers nursing offspring.

For adult cats aged from one year to 10, there are several menus to choose from:

• Vitality, for pets who do not want to go outside;
• Healthy Skin & Coat, dry food that will take care of the health of the skin and coat;
• for capricious and picky cats;
• hypoallergenic;
• weight control;
• Sterilized for sterilized cats.

Cats that have reached the threshold of youth, that is, category 10+, as well as those who prefer to quietly do nothing on the couch, will receive their diet, completely adapted to their needs.

Compound

The main ingredients of the diet for cats permanently living in an apartment (Indoor), lightweight food for castrated or sterilized cats (Weight Control), food for older animals (Mature Less Active):

1. Fresh chicken (17%);
2. Chicken flour (17%);
3. Rice;
4. Pea protein;
5. Chicken fat;
6. Vitamin E preserved by natural tocopherols;
7. Brown rice;
8. Beet pulp;
9. Barley and oats subjected to special processing;
10. Dry egg;
11. Chicken liver hydrolysate;
12. Flax-seed;
13. Salmon oil;
14. Dry tomato pulp;
15. Pea fiber;
16. About 35 additional elements, including vitamins, minerals, valuable amino acids, extracts of Yucca Schidigera, green tea and chicory, dried parsley and mint.

The hypoallergenic diet contains no grain products and highly allergenic ingredients - chicken and eggs. The basis of the diet is sweet potato (sweet potato), its content in the diet is 34% and duck (17%).

The diet for capricious, picky cats is supplemented with herring flour.

The diet, for healthy skin and coat, contains fresh salmon fish as a basis - 18% and herring flour - 17%.

Price

Dry food is packaged:

• 350 g;
• 907 kg;
• 2.72 kg;
• 5.44 kg.

It should be noted that the price of First Choice food is relatively low. There are many feeds on the market with a higher or comparable cost, having a lower quality and poorer composition.

Average cost of different types of 1st Choice cat food

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages of 1 st Choice brand diets:

1. High-quality, thoughtful and varied composition of diets;
2. Low price;
3. The source of this or that ingredient is precisely indicated: not fish oil, but salmon oil; not animal fat, but chicken fat, etc.; Of the grains, the most acceptable for cats are used - rice, oats and barley;
4. The feed contains no highly allergenic grains - wheat, corn and their derivatives;
5. Minimum consumption (high nutritional value);
6. A large set of additional useful substances in the composition.

Of the minuses:

1. Availability – sometimes the desired food can only be purchased through an online store.

Positive reviews

Rigina

I have 2 adult sterile ordinary noble cats and a long-haired cat, also neutered from a shelter. He was eating whiskey when I took him. It shed absolutely terribly in clumps, and when I cleaned the tray after it, tears welled up in my eyes from the extremely disgusting stench! I switched all the cats to Fest Choice with salmon in the hope of improving the quality of their fur. After 2 months of feeding only dry food with salmon, I would like to note that shedding in apartment cats has actually decreased significantly. The long-haired cat's fur has become shiny, fluffy and he looks much better than before. The nasty smell from cat stool is gone, everything is fine. They drink a lot of water and often, they refused to eat food for the first few days (transferred from the piano), but then apparently they got a taste of it and now everything is great! Feed consumption is much lower for 3 adult cats than for the same royal, and this is also pleasing!

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Lisbeth

Having adopted a very small kitten, the question of choosing food immediately arose. Unfortunately, domestically produced food (Hills, Royal, Proplan) did not suit her. We decided on Fest Choice food for kittens. It is produced in Canada. The family-owned manufacturing company has its own feed production plant. Which is very important. Also, veterinary standards for feed quality abroad are much higher than in Russia. Therefore, there was no doubt about the quality of this food. The cat immediately began to eat it. Digestion improved, the fur became shiny and soft, and did not fall into clumps. The kitten became playful. Many people are confused by the salt in food. But it makes the cat drink more water, which prevents the formation of urolithiasis. The vet also approved of our choice.

Reviews from veterinarians

Veterinarians agree that 1 st Choice brand food fully meets the requirements for super premium food and is superior to many analogues that are considered a stretch in this class of food.

The quality of the First Choice food line is confirmed by the presence of a CVMA (Association of Canadian Veterinarians) certificate and the AAFCO abbreviation on the packaging, indicating that the food has received approval from the Quality Control Association of America (maximum nutritious and balanced).

In feed quality ratings and analyzers, the 1 st Choice brand occupies high positions, second only to brands such as Acana and Origen.

Negative reviews

Irina

For two months I fed my cat (Scottish Straight, not neutered for three years) with choice for picky people (they bought food only in small packs), then they bought a large package and the cat began to have loose stools, they took tests, the percentage of beneficial bacteria was underestimated, even the content of some there were viral bacteria.

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Ivan

Once again, when I went to the store to buy my food, I discovered that our food was missing, so I bought 1st choise “weight control”, since I had already bought it before. The cat started having problems with the litter box, it feels like I have a horse at home, not a small cat. He doesn’t leave the bowl and eats this food like he’s crazy; this doesn’t happen with any other brand of food. Strange behavior began, excessive aggressiveness began, he began to wake me up in the middle of the night and rush around, although he had never behaved like that before.

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