🚫 TOP 5 kibbles to avoid (dog & cat)
1. "Budget" supermarket kibbles
Often very cheap... and for good reason:
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Vague ingredients ("meats and by-products")
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Low nutritional quality
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Poorly digestible
👉 A price that is too low often indicates poor quality ingredients (Chats Chiens)
2. Kibbles too rich in cereals 🌾
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Large quantities of wheat, corn, soy
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Not well-suited to the cat's carnivorous diet
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Can cause: digestive problems, overweight
👉 Too many cereals = nutritional imbalance
3. Kibbles with chemical additives
Look out for these on the label:
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Artificial preservatives
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Colorants
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Flavor enhancers
⚠️ Can impact:
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The liver
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Digestion
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Eating behavior
4. Kibbles with poor quality proteins
Example:
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Undetailed "animal by-products"
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Low-grade animal meal
👉 Result:
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Poor assimilation
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Nutritional deficiencies
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Dull coat, fatigue
5. Kibbles that are too fatty or too sugary
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Excess lipids or carbohydrates
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Favor:
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Obesity
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Diabetes
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Joint problems
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🧠 What to remember
Poor quality kibble can lead to:
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Digestive problems
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Skin and coat issues
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Weight gain
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Deficiencies
👉 The most important thing is not the brand, but:
✔ Transparency of ingredients
✔ The percentage of animal protein
✔ The overall quality of the composition
🎯 Simple tip
👉 If you don't understand the composition... neither does your pet.