Is FUSO Pets Dry Cat Food Good?
FUSO Pets Dry Cat Food is a pet food line with a 2.5 stars rating — accounts for 8% of all the pet food we review.
They seem to have a certain level of carbs, and contain some ingredients we concern. We do not recommend this pet food.
What We like
- High Protein — over 35%!
- No Plant Protein in Top Ingredients
What We Concern
- More than 34% Carbs
- Numberous Controversial Ingredients
- Seems No Organic Minerals
- Seems No Probiotics to Aid Digestion
- Contain Potential Allergens like Corn, Soy, Gluten, and Dairy products
- Contain Ingredients that might be Uncertain
「Chief of Cook」Donky
Recipes Rating
Recipes could have different ingredients in the same product line. We rate each recipe and list them from higest to lowest ratings.
Recipe and 1st Ingredient
Rating
Grain Free
Dietary Fiber Hairball
1️⃣Dehydrated Chicken 🍚Carbs：34%Double Hypoallergenic
1️⃣Dehydrated Chicken 🍚Carbs：37%Salmon + Beef Flavor
1️⃣Corn 🍚Carbs：34%Seafood Flavor
1️⃣Corn 🍚Carbs：34%Smoked Chicken Flavor
1️⃣Corn 🍚Carbs：34%Tuna + Crab Flavor
1️⃣Corn 🍚Carbs：34%Tuna Chicken Flavor
1️⃣Corn 🍚Carbs：34%Tips
Recipes have different ratings. This means they might be designed a bit differently.
Recipe to review
To rate FUSO Pets Dry Cat Food, we will take one representative recipe to evaluate the nutrition, ingredients and meat content of this product line.
We have chosen Tuna Chicken Flavor.
Nutrition Label
Pet food show guaranteed analysis on their labels. It includes moisture and does not reflect the level of carbs — which we prefer lower for dogs and as low as possible for cats.
32%
14%
4%
?%
Calculate the dry value (no moisture) on a dry matter basis will help us to estimate the carbs level and other nutrition without water — so we can get a better idea about the ratio.
(We think the ideal nutrition profile would be Protein > Fat > Carbs)
| Nutrition | Our Ideal | Dry Value | Like? |
| Protein | 33% or more | 36% | |
| Fat | 15% or more | 16% | |
| Carbs | Less than 25% | 34% | |
| Fiber | Less than 5% | 4.4% |
Ingredients Overview
14 ingredients are listed on the label. We research their quality to pet and use our best judgement to group them in the proportion of Prefer, Concerned, and Notice ingredients in the bar chart.
Corn
CarbsBrown Rice
CarbsChicken Meal
Animal ProteinFish Meal
Animal ProteinPearl Barley
CarbsTomatoes
CarbsBeets
CarbsPoultry Fat
FatDried Yeast
Plant Protein ConcentrateYucca Extract
CarbsTaurine
SupplementVitamins
SupplementMineral
SupplementNatural Flavors
Food AdditiveTips
We find 5 Concerned and 3 Notice ingredients from Tuna Chicken Flavor. Check from the above list to view the details.Concerned
- Corn
- Pearl Barley
- Beets
- Dried Yeast
- Natural Flavors
Notice
- Brown Rice
- Fish Meal
- Poultry Fat
Estimated Meat Content
Some pet food uses high plant protein ingredients to boost up the overall protein level — to make it looks like it includes a lot of meat, which is more appealing for customers.
Therefore, protein level itself cannot tell the quality and how much animal ingredients (more digestible than plants) is in the pet food.
0 / 7 (0%)
in top 7 ingredients36%
in dry matterBy looking at the plant protein in top ingredients and compare with the total protein level, we will try to estimate how much animal ingredients is used in the pet food as Meat Content.
Meat Content
Based on my "godly" guess, the meat content might be Medium !
It looks like it contains a moderate amount of meat. Your furbabies should still be fine with it.
FUSO Pets Dry Cat Food Product Line Review
To make a conclusion about the whole product line, we will consider all recipes and their average nutrition ratio.
Recipes Average Compares to Ideal Level
In the total of 7 recipes, the group has an average of 36% protein, 15% fat and 35% carbohydrate.
（Protein and Fat: Prefer Higher丨Carbs: Prefer Lower）
- Protein is 3 (%) higher than ideal
- Fat is 0 (%) higher than ideal
- Carbs is 10 (%) higher than ideal
What does it mean?
Overall,FUSO Pets Dry Cat Food has an carbs level that is higher than our preferred level.
Conclusion
Throughout the review, we have 3 major opinons about this pet food line:
- Nutrition ratio, mainly the level of carbs raises our attention
- Ingredients might be worth to take a second look
- Medium level of meat content
Based on these, we can conclude FUSO Pets Dry Cat Food is a pet food line with a 2.5 star rating.
Do we recommend FUSO Pets Dry Cat Food ?
There are several things make us concerned, so we do not recommend it. If there is a very strong reason for you to choose it, try to mix with other pet food with higher meat to enrich the diet.
The review is entirely our own view and opinon. It is for informational reference only and not a purchase advice.
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