James Wellbeloved Grain Free Adult Dry Cat Food Turkey

Not every cat that struggles on a grain-based diet has an actual grain allergy. Sometimes it is just that rice or wheat sits heavier than a diet built around meat and vegetables, and the only way to find out is to remove them and see what changes.

This recipe replaces the rice used in most of the range with dried potatoes and pea starch, so the carbohydrate comes from vegetables rather than grain. Turkey is the single named protein at 30% dried turkey protein, and whole linseed is included at 1.5% as a plant source of omega-3.

• Composition: dried turkey protein (30%), pea starch, dried potatoes, whole linseed (1.5%)
• Protein 23.8%, fat 10.4%, crude ash 7.9%, crude fibre 2.9%
• Omega-3 1.1%, omega-6 2.6%
• Grain free, potato and pea starch instead of rice or wheat
• Excludes beef, pork, soya, eggs, dairy and wheat
• 1.5kg bag

On the protein figure. At 23.8% protein this recipe sits noticeably lower than this brand's non-grain-free turkey recipes. That is not a fault, grain-free formulas often trade some protein for the vegetable carbohydrate, but if you are switching a cat over expecting an identical analysis, it is not one.

Who it's for: owners moving a cat off grain to see if digestion or coat improves, and who want to keep the protein source the same, turkey, while making that change.