Felix is ​​a budget food, but is it harmless? Details +Video

Manufacturer

The Felix brand is owned by Purina, founded in the late 19th century by William Danforth, Will Andrews and George Robinson. Initially, oats, corn and molasses were used in feed, but in 1896 production took a different path.

Purina currently produces products for both cats and dogs. Moreover, this is not only food, but also treats, and even fillers. The result of such large-scale activities: a leading position in the Russian market.

The Purina brand, in addition to Felix, includes food Darling, Gourmet, Friskies, Purina One, Cat Chow, Pro Plan (About the Plan).

What food do you buy for your cat?

Darling Felix

Veterinarians' opinion

According to veterinarians, the food from the manufacturer Purina is sufficiently enriched with minerals necessary for the health of the pet. It is not uncommon to hear a recommendation to feed your cat Felix.

But first of all, it is advised to give your pet food of different consistencies, combining dry with wet. Dry food can be used as pampering and reward. But you shouldn’t feed your cat only this.

The second fundamental tip is to combine dry and wet products from the same manufacturer, since their components are the same products, in the same proportions, which means they will not cause complications in the pet’s digestion.

Feed class

For the convenience of buyers and veterinarians, cat food is divided into 4 groups: economy, premium, super-premium and holistic. Holistics are the most expensive, but also the best in composition, the most balanced and high in meat, fish, fruits, berries and vegetables. Super-premium is somewhat worse in quality, but the meat content in it is normal. Premium and economy food are cheaper than the above, but their composition is simpler, they almost always contain synthetic additives, and instead of pure meat, they contain meat waste.

Felix cat food belongs to the economy class.

Feeding recommendations

Features of feeding your pet depend on the specific type of food:

1. Soup. It is offered in addition to the main diet, as it contains a lot of liquid in order to satisfy the animal’s daily need for drinking. For an adult cat weighing about 4 kg, one sachet per day is enough. It is necessary to ensure that the food is at room temperature.
2. Assorted with topping. An adult pet weighing about 4 kg requires 3-4 sachets per day. Feeding frequency is twice a day. The food should be at room temperature.
3. Double deliciousness. Dry food. An adult cat requires:

• dry only – 70 g per day;
• dry + wet (any) – 50 g + 1 pack of wet (85 g) per day.

1. Party mix. An adult pet weighing about 4 kg requires up to 15 g of food or approximately 40 granules per day

Felix Party mix

Range

This brand of food is divided into dry and wet, and cat treats are produced separately.

Felix wet food is varied in both shape and taste.

Soups with cod, chicken and beef. Soups contain meat, fish and processed products, vegetable protein extracts, minerals and amino acids, processed plant products, thickeners, yeast, sugar. The percentage of meat and fish is at least 4%.

Pieces in jelly (canned Sensations) with a crunchy topping. There is a fish platter (with trout, cod and salmon), meat (chicken, liver and duck). The composition is almost identical to the above, but there is no yeast or processed plant products.

Appetizing pieces “Double Yummy” in jelly: with lamb and chicken; poultry and beef; trout and salmon; liver and turkey. Meat, poultry and fish - at least 4%. The composition contains dyes, vitamins A, D3, E, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, taurine.

Appetizing pieces in jelly: with chicken (for little ones); for adults - with chicken, lamb, turkey, rabbit, beef, green beans and trout, with salmon. Contains: dyes, vitamins and minerals. No yeast, amino acids or processed plant products.

Felix Sensations in jelly: with beef and tomatoes; with chicken and carrots; with duck and spinach; with salmon and cod. Percentage of meat or fish: 19%.

Felix Sensations in tomato sauce with beef or cod, with turkey in bacon-flavored sauce; with duck in carrot sauce.

Veterinarians point out that vegetable protein extract is worse than animal protein, and it is the latter that cats need! Therefore, choose canned food without it or with a minimal amount.

Dry food. Double delicious with meat, poultry or fish. Ingredients: meat and processed meat products, cereals, vegetable protein extracts, animal fats, glycerin, processed vegetable raw materials, sugar, minerals, preservatives, yeast, dyes, vitamins (D3, A, E, copper, manganese, zinc, selenium, iodine, iron), antioxidants, taurine, crude fiber, linoleic acid, crude ash. Keep in mind that birds are only 4%.

Treats. Sea mix (Felix Party Mix) with salmon, trout and cod flavors; cheese mix; original mix; grill mix. Ingredients: meat (or fish) and its processed products (26%), fats, grains, oils, vegetable protein, various sugars, yeast, preservatives, dyes, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals, milk and its processed products.

The permitted daily intake is usually indicated on the packaging and is calculated from the weight of the animal. Castrated and sterilized cats eat less high-calorie food than active animals, and weakened, sick, pregnant females need an increased diet and more vitamins.

Also keep in mind that you cannot mix different foods. If you decide to give your cat ready-made food, then both dry and wet food should be identical, of the same brand.

By age category

This cat food is divided into two age groups:

1. For adult pets.
2. Felix for kittens.

The second category is represented by only one type of product - Purina Felix canned kitten food, appetizing pieces (chicken). The composition contains the following ingredients:

• meat and offal (chicken 4%);
• vegetable protein extracts;
• fish and products of its processing;
• vitamins (A, D3, E) and minerals;
• useful microelements (iron, copper, manganese).

Compound

Felix food contains both natural meat and fish, as well as their processed products. But there is a tiny amount of pure fish or meat fillet (usually no more than 4%), but meat waste is 17%. There is sugar, mineral salts and a flavor enhancer, thanks to which cats gobble up the food with great pleasure. Another component is vegetable protein. On the one hand, it is easily digested and prevents the development of certain diseases, on the other hand, it is not suitable for a growing body. Contains vitamins and mineral components.

For weakened, sick animals, with problems of the gastrointestinal tract, allergies, food from this line is categorically not recommended.

Use Felix on an ongoing basis - i.e. regularly - not worth it. This is the opinion of veterinarians. For complete daily nutrition, you should choose a product of a higher class: super-premium or holistic, or feed the animal natural food. Economy class food is like human chips: if we eat them constantly, we will start to have health problems. And it’s quite possible to indulge occasionally.

Positive and negative aspects

Among the advantages of Felix brand products it should be noted:

• the food has an attractive smell and taste for cats;
• availability. You can find this food in many pet stores and even supermarkets;
• low cost;
• presence of mineral components and vitamins;
• a huge range of flavors.

Like any food, Felix has disadvantages:

• low percentage of meat ingredients;
• unknown origin of many components, especially meat and offal;
• There is no list of protein and cereal crops. Many grains can cause allergic reactions in animals;
• the use of flavors and dyes, about which there is also no additional information;
• The product range does not include lines designed for pets with special physiological needs. There is no food for allergy sufferers or sick animals.

Advantages and disadvantages

• Affordable price.
• You can buy Felix food not only in a specialized pet store, but also in almost any supermarket that has a stand with products for dogs and cats (Magnit, Karavan, Auchan, etc.) .
• The composition contains natural fish or meat (at least 4%).
• Manufacturers produce for sale not only dry, but also wet food, and also annually expand their line of treats for cats.
• They are produced not only for adult cats: there are separate types for babies.
• Lots of different flavors.

• Allergenic components - like brewer's yeast - are often found in food.
• If your cat needs special therapeutic nutrition, the Felix line, alas, is not suitable for her. There are no preventive feeds there either.
• The composition indicated on the packaging is incomplete; the presence of some components is hushed up.
• Judging by the numerous comments from cat owners, the Felix line of food is addictive.

Cats that eat dry food drink a lot. Therefore, do not forget to pour clean water into your pet’s bowl and change the liquid 2 times a day: morning and evening.

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Felix cat food - reviews

Felix wet cat food is sold not only in pet stores, but also in regular supermarkets. Therefore, they cannot take away their popularity and, accordingly, there are also a lot of reviews from customers. We've rounded up a few of the newest ones below.

Reviews from veterinarians

Alexandra Viktorovna writes in response to a question about Felix food:

Good afternoon. Felix is ​​not the best food, but with a balanced diet it is unlikely to harm. Canned food and spiders can make up a maximum of 30% of the diet, and the remaining 70% is high-quality super premium dry food.

Customer Reviews

Valya writes:

My cat has been very selective about food since childhood, that is, it’s bad, she’ll sniff it and leave. So I turned my nose up at many foods, but not at Felix. She liked him so much that she immediately begs him when he sees me going into the kitchen. He eats with pleasure, I don’t know whether it’s the ingredients, or the cute kitten on the bag that looks very much like my cat?

I usually buy several bags of Felix at once, with different flavors (I tried them all, and never refused a single one). Of course, I don’t give these pieces every day, but mostly I feed the cat natural food. After all, it is clear that although it is tasty, there is nothing normal in its composition. This applies to any prepared food.

In general, I recommend these wet pieces as a treat for pampering your pet. But do not forget that the main food should be natural and truly healthy.

Every housewife thinks about what to feed her cat. My Pussy eats natural food, but sometimes there are situations when I don’t have time to cook for him. In such cases, I go to the store and buy commercial food. I don’t have any preferences regarding manufacturers, I went to the supermarket, went to the pet food, and took any that was for cats.

I remembered that I already took KiteKat, Whiskas, and recently I came across Felix, and I’ll tell you about it. The packaging is ordinary, bright, with large inscriptions on the front about the merits of this food, and on the back in small letters about the composition. Easy to open, the contents of the package are very different from what came in KiteKat and Whiskas. They contained pieces in a thin sauce, but here it looks more like jellied meat with chicken. The pieces themselves are more reminiscent of meat rather than swollen dry food.

The smell of the food is like chicken broth, even appetizing compared to other wet foods. The cat really liked the new food and gobbled it up on both cheeks. The advantages of the food would include convenient packaging, availability, price, delicious aroma, and the fact that the cat liked it. The only drawback is the composition, which contains only 4% meat and for some reason contains sugar.

We fed the cat Felix (as an additive to Pro Plan drying) for almost a year, there was a clear dependence, as soon as the cat heard the crunch of the packaging, he ran and screamed like crazy and demanded this food. But a month ago, on the advice of a veterinarian, we had to give it up, because... The cat began to have blood in his stool, there were fears that he was sick, but as it turned out it was all from Felix.

Now the cat is drying, occasionally I give him Four-Legged Gourmet pate, which he of course does not eat with such enthusiasm, but still eats. The stool improved almost instantly, the cat feels great)

Consumer Reviews

Feedback from cat owners is not clear, but positive ones outweigh negative ones. Many people consider felix cat food to be the most suitable for their pet and the best among other inexpensive foods. Everyone, without exception, is pleased with the appearance and cost of the pouch.

They note that the cat eats the food with pleasure, and over time her coat condition improves. In general, four-legged pets are happy with this food, and housewives claim that Felix is ​​the best food of all inexpensive brands.