Is I ams good for cats and dogs?

Answer 1

My local vet said that it can give animals kidney problems, such as kidney stones, do you really want to put your animal through this.

Another Answer

IAMS is a rather low quality cat food, although is not the worst brand one can find. The dry food has two cereals at the top of the ingredients list. Maize, wheat and other cereals offer no nutritional value whatsoever to a cat or kitten, and the wet food also has a very low meat content. Typically IAMS wet foods only label 30% meat.

Big "cheap" store brands like IAMS only have a low quantity of meat protein, with the wet food it is labelled as "Meat and Animal Derivatives". These are the leftover bits of an animal such as feet, fur, feathers, lungs, intestines etc. which results in poor quality food and extremely low nutritional value.

The dry food pieces (like most dry foods) are sprayed with Animal Fat and other flavourings so they are more appetising to the cat. Cats will eat whatever they believe to be tasty, and are naturally drawn to strong smells and flavours that cheaper foods will include - solely to entice the cat to eat.