Jeanie: Myself and others do not list these foods by our personal opinions, or hear say, or by what commercials, brands names, and stores want you to think. Yes it's sold as a premium commercial food, but in comparision with OTHER preimum commercial and non commercial foods through out the nation or world, it is not one of the best, ingredients wise.
Take a look at the ingredients for yourself and you will see, I have studied each one of these foods, and have fed most of them and more at one point myself.
If your only choice is royal canin vrs grocery store brands then yes, royal canin would be considered one of the "premium" brands.
Kristi: I don't know where you've been buying your Nutro, but I've never seen Nutro Max or Natural LESS expensive then Felidae, lol, maybe I'm just lucky, Wellness I do aggree with though, that's more expensive then most!
Edit: No, most of those brands are not more expensive then Iam's, they are either cheaper (even the better ones) or about the same. Though I know price can vary greatly depending on where you shop and where you are in the world. But typically, my statment stands true, and I have shopped online, as well as states from Maine, through Virginia, and have seen the price fluctuations.
Edit again:
I figured it would be helpful for some people to see this first hand.
These 2 are about the most widly bought formula's out of the Royal Canin Feline diets, however the contents do vary from formula to formula, but pretty much with the basica chicken and corn ingredients.
For anyone experienced in reading labels, and companion animal nutrition this part is self explanitory enough for your own conclusions. For the rest of you there are many good threads on here about former food discussions you could take a look at
Royal Canin Feline Nutrition Indoor 27
Chicken meal, brewers rice, chicken, corn gluten meal, corn, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), brown rice, pea fiber, beet pulp, chicken flavor, fish oil, brewers yeast, sodium bisulfate, potassium chloride, chicory extract, DL-methionine, choline chloride, salt, taurine, natural antioxidant, iron proteinate, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin E supplement, zinc oxide, zinc proteinate, ferrous sulfate, manganous oxide, calcium pantothenate, manganese proteinate, niacin supplement, copper sulfate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, copper proteinate, calcium iodate, folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite, vitamin B12 supplement.
Crude Protein (minimum) 27%
Crude Fat (minimum) 13%
Moisture (maximum) 10%
Ash (maximum) 7%
Crude Fiber (maximum) 5%
Magnesium (maximum) 0.1%
Royal Canin Feline Nutrition Adult 32
Chicken, Chicken meal, rice flour , corn flour, corn gluten meal, poultry meal, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), ground yellow corn, brewers rice, beet pulp, chicken flavor, powdered cellulose, dried egg products, fish meal, brewers dried yeast, sodium bisulfate, L-lysine, DL-methionine, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, choline chloride, taurine, salt, vitamin E supplement, vitamin A acetate, ferrous sulfate, ascorbic acid, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, manganese proteinate, copper proteinate, niacin supplement, copper sulfate, extract of rosemary, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin D3 supplement, sodium selenite, vitamin B12 supplement, calcium pantothenate, calcium iodate, riboflavin supplement, maganous oxide, folic acid.
Crude Protein (minimum) 32%
Crude Fat (minimum) 13%
Moisture (maximum) 10%
Crude Fiber (maximum) 2.5%
