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Product review - Applaws Cat and Dog Food

Here's an interesting product. As they say 'Applaws is really different, It contains only natural ingredients, It has 75% meat content! It is completely additive free.'

If you look at the ingredients that are used, and indeed if you open a tin and smell the contents it actually smells appetizing!

So for ingredients you cannot really fault the product. It is expensive of course, but then you have to compare the costs by taking into consideration what's actually in the tin. There's no doubt that the product is also quite palatable.

But it is NOT a complete food, as the distributor pointed out to a question I posed. There are no added vitamins and minerals, and you might be best looking upon this as a complementary food'

Something new from Applaws

Applaws now produce a new food for dogs which is somewhat different to the run of the mill dry food. This seems to be a food which is targeted particularly at those who currently feed a raw food or BARF diet as it is cereal free.

This is what they say about their new Applaws dog food, "Applaws dry dog food is a 100% cereal-free, natural and complete food for dogs, high in meat proteins. As obligate carnivores, dogs thrive on a diet that is high in meat proteins and low in cereal protein, which can be harmful to a dog due to the higher concentration of nitrogen in cereals.

Scientific studies have shown that a diet high in top quality meat protein can help a dog obtain optimum health, particularly older dogs.

Made naturally hypoallergenic by excluding the most common allergens of soya, wheat, maize and other cereals, Applaws combines a 75% meat content with naturally occurring antioxidants essential for a dog's health and vitality, including rosemary and citrus extracts, as well as other extracts such as cranberry, peppermint, fennel and dandelion to help maintain a healthy digestive system."

Ingredients:
75% Chicken or Chicken & Lamb, 25% Vegetables, Organic Minerals & Vitamins.

There is no information as to the analysis of this food, even on the distributor's website, but protein and fat levels are going to be relatively high because of the high meat content.

If you are changing from a standard dried dog food to Applaws then I would suggest that you do this very gradually because it is a totally different type of food. Having said that, if you are concerned not to feed cereals to your dog then this is not an expensive ooption for a food of its type.

++++ Check out Pet Supermarket for special offers on Applaws dry dog food ++++

Applaws Moist Product Range for Cats

	75% Chicken, 1% Rice, 24% Cooking Water
	70% Chicken, 5% Cheese, 1% Rice, 24% Cooking Water
	45% Mackerel, 30% Tuna, 1% Rice, 25% Cooking Water
	75% Tuna Meat, 6% Rice, 19% Cooking Water
	70% Tuna white meat, 6% Cheese, 1% Rice, 23% Cooking Water
	52% Tuna, 23% Prawn, 1% Rice, 24% Cooking Water

Applaws Moist Product Range for Dogs

	75% Chicken Meat, 1% Rice, 24% Water
	28% Chicken meat, 18% Beef liver, 8% Pumpkin, 8% Carrot, 8% Green pea, 5% Rice, 28% Water
	28% Chicken meat, 15% Ham, 8% Pumpkin, 8% Carrot, 8% Green pea, 5% Rice, 28% Water
	28% Chicken meat, 17% Salmon, 8% Pumpkin, 8% Carrot, 8% Green pea, 5% Rice, 26% Water
	28% Chicken meat, 17% Tuna whole meat, 8% Pumpkin, 8% Carrot, 8% Green pea, 5% Rice, 26% Water
	45% Chicken meat, 8% Pumpkin, 8% Carrot, 8% Green pea, 5% Rice, 26% Water

Applaws Dry Complete Range for Dogs

Prices for Applaws

Not too much variation in prices, but check out Pets at Home, Pet Supermarket

For cat food expect to pay around 70p a can, dog food around £1.10
For the new dry dog food £36-46 for a 12.5kg bag