Why do cats like Whiskas cat food?

Answer 1

The Whiskas company use very low quality, cheap ingredients in their food. The dry food is packed with grains and cereals that offer no nutritional value whatsoever to a cat or kitten, and the wet food has a very low meat content. Typically Whiskas' foods only state 4% meat, as this is the minimum required to put on a pet food can/pouch/bag. This gives them freedom to throw in much cheaper meats without having to legally state them in the ingredients list, and these "extra" meats can be from a completely different animal (or animals). It is not difficult to assume that the actual meat content varies wildly from batch to batch because of this.

Big "cheap" store brands like Whiskas only have "Meat Derivatives (min 4%)" as the first ingredient and only meat-based protein source. "Derivatives" 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 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.

The best cat foods are the ones with a very high, named meat content (labelled as Chicken, Turkey, Rabbit, Lamb, Tuna, etc.) as the FIRST ingredient with no grains, wheat, corn or any other cereals. Be sure to keep away from Ingredients such as grain, corn, wheat gluten, various sugars as they serve no nutritional value to the cat whatsoever.

Don't force your cat to eat the cheapest company brand. Many cats will eat low quality foods because they taste food, but taste doesn't always equal quality.

Answer 2

Why do humans enjoy junk food so much?? Probably because its tasty or appealing to them.