Diamond is trying to be uber careful but let me tell you about their Gaston, SC plant. It’s there simply because of labor costs AND they get even “LESS” than what they pay for. The workers at that plant are in an area full of trailer courts, domestic violence, drugs, and poor school performance. In other words, they’re sloppy, lazy, inefficient, and in alot of cases, just plain DUMB.
Had to stop using Diamond Dog Food this fall because the formula changed around so much, it was linked to digestive system problems with my labs
I never had any probs way back when everything came out of Meta, Missouri (the original plant). Ofcourse, they were only making one brand, four of five varieties of Diamond Dog, and only like two of Diamond cat. It was good stuff then.
Now I’d rather in a pinch, use a store brand like Purina for a day or so.

Stick with Iams, Nutro, some of those. Diamond needs to get back to basics and in the process, close their Gaston plant for good.

I do suggest emailing the manufacturer for a sample, even if they don’t offer it on the website. I think that’s only fair.

Then they get canned twice a day (more when they are growing) which is either Friskies, EVO, or, on special occasions, Fancy Feast Medleys.

This illustrates certain principles for all cat folks:

1) They gotta eat it. I’ve tried all kinds of stuff I get at the grocery store, the health food store, and the feed store. This is what they will eat.

2) Low carb. I’d like to go all canned… but they get panic attacks if the bowl is empty. So I only offer stuff that is as non-grain as possible, with quality ingredients.

3) Mix it up. I’ve deliberately gone for different manufacturers and sources. This makes for variety (they never know what they are getting.) But it also means that if the food is missing something, as in this recall, they have a reasonable shot at picking it up from their other foods. It also means if (heaven forbid!) there’s something wrong in it, they won’t get as much of the bad stuff. I hope.

This is my cats, in my location. I don’t have access to big pet stores, or a lot of choices. I had the feed store order the EVO for me when I found it online, and now it’s always in stock, since other cat folks like it too!

I’ve never liked Science Diet, they have too many grains and especially corn which is a big no no for cats. From my limited understanding though, Nutro is pretty good. I myself use Eagle Pack Holistic Blend.