Canned wet food tends to be more expensive, but it typically contains more fat and protein and fewer
carbohydrates than dry food, making it healthier overall.
It also tends to be lower in
carbohydrates than dry food and richer in flavor.
Not exact matches
Rather
than corn, wheat, or soy, this
dry dog
food uses rice, barley, and oats as sources of complex
carbohydrates for energy.
Dry diets contain a higher amount of
carbohydrates than wet
foods.
Dog
food manufacturers use starchy ingredients to hold both
dry and canned
foods together, and
carbohydrates like rice are used in dog
food mainly because they are cheaper and more plentiful
than protein sources like meats.
Although
carbohydrates should be included in every dog's diet, most dog
food — especially
dry kibble — contains more
carbohydrates than protein.
Dry cat chows, even those recommended for diabetes, are generally higher in
carbohydrates than canned cat
foods so the first thing to do is switch you cat to a canned diet with the highest protein and lowest
carbohydrate content available.
Dry dog
food can be left out all day without spoiling, and it is generally lower in fat and higher in
carbohydrates than canned
food.
This is because
dry foods have a higher
carbohydrate count
than we consider optimal.
By offering canned
food daily, we actually feel the cat's cravings to overeat
carbohydrate - rich
dry food is reduced, as cats require higher protein in their diet
than other species, which the canned
food tends to provide.
Just as you would for
dry dog
food, avoid canned dog
food products that use inexpensive and non-nutritious fillers like wheat gluten and corn — you should also avoid products that have more
carbohydrates than proteins and those that have a fat content that is too low.
Canned
food is lower in
carbohydrates than dry and is much better for combating and preventing obesity in cats.
In fact, since many kibbles contain a higher percentage of refined
carbohydrates,
dry dog
foods could ultimately increase plaque and tartar levels — and thus cause more dental problems
than they supposedly prevent.
Diabetes is one of the most common feline endocrine diseases and, while we do not know all of the causes of this complex disease, we do know that many diabetic cats cease needing insulin or have their insulin needs significantly decrease once their dietary
carbohydrate level is lowered to a more species - appropriate level
than that found in many commercial
foods — especially
dry kibble.
«In general, canned
foods are higher in water
than dry foods, but
dry foods are higher in
carbohydrates than canned
foods.
Unfortunately, many commercial
dry pet
foods are high in
carbohydrates — likely because
carbohydrates are a less expensive energy source
than proteins.
However,
dry food has a lot more
carbohydrates than a cat needs.
Dry food has a lot more
carbohydrates than canned
food.
Canned
foods are higher in protein, and lower in
carbohydrates,
than dry foods.
Because of convenience and often the cat's preference for the crunchy consistency, owners frequently choose to feed their cats
dry food, which is higher in
carbohydrates than canned
food.
Why so many wet
foods?
Dry dog
food formulas often rely on carb - loaded fillers to serve as binding elements for all of their ingredients, which means
dry foods almost always have higher
carbohydrate percentages
than wet
foods.