Know Better Beef Recipe Premix for Raw Or Cooked Cat Food – Create Homemade RAW or Cooked Meals - Senior & Kitten Friendly - Grain-Free - Cats Essentials - Supplies for Indoor & Outdoor Cats (4.8 Oz)

I have a 16 year old Turkish Van who is still thriving, but I felt he deserved some better food options. I live out in the country and we have many available sources of good meat so I decided to try making him some homemade food. While many reviews note that some cats don't prefer this product, it nonetheless seemed like a quality product. So I bought the small bag and pressure cooked a whole chicken and mixed it per instructions. First note- You DO get 6 lbs of food, but yes the instructions are ambiguous. You add 4 lbs of meat, 1 cup of mix (Its a cup by volume, not weight) and 3 cups of water. This makes 6 lbs by weight. So I did this. Got exactly 6 lbs, portioned it out and gave it to all 4 of our cats to sample. And they all turned up their noses, as others have reported. And I'm not surprised. The mixture was still somewhat warm which they're not used to. Also you could detect a bit of a 'vitamin' sent from the freshly mixed food. It was also somewhat runny from the water content. With all this in mind, I threw it all in the fridge overnight. And what a difference a day makes. Turns out all my cats were sneaky, conniving scoundrels! And it took this food to bring it out of them. When I repeated the taste test the next day, all 4 cats ate it like it was their first time eating food. No licking or nibbling, but rather whole-mouth gobbles like they were eating meat right off a bone. And while my plan was just to give this to my old cat, separately and segregated, the other cats had other ideas. They hawked me, they profiled me, they hid under and behind things, and resorted to every other manner of deviousness in order to steal any quantity of this food they possibly could get when I wasn't looking. I eventually made a second batch, this time with pork, and not only did they love that too, they got even more sneaky. Until I finally gave up and just started feeding it to all of them. Because its actually dirt cheap to make this way. I 5lb whole chicken that costs maybe $8, gives me close to 8 lbs of food, enough to feed all of them for over a week. A 4lb boneless pork loin cost me $5.50 on sale. Over the long haul this puts us at about $20 for a week + of premium human-grade food. Actually cheaper than giving 4 cats our usual mix of cans with dry food for backup and waaaaaayyyyyyyyy cheaper than buying any of the boutique 'Farmer foods'. And they eat it like its the thing they were put here to do. No issues, no vomiting, no weird behaviors. Rather 4 thriving cats, with super shiny coats and super sharp criminal minds, stalking me 24 hours a day trying to get more. Its almost too good for its own good.

One of the premix brands I'm using for my growing kittens. Works great with raw food. Love ingredient list, no unneeded additives. I do use ground with mixed in little chunks of meat and seems they love that texture the best, comparing to all ground with premix. Very easy to make food with different amounts of meat you have available. I always freeze in couple ounce size tupperware (or ice cube trays), for easy rotation. For sure not a rocket science for those who thinks that raw/ gently cooked would be very time consuming and complicated. My kittens are 8 and 7 months old, have lovely coats, no health problems and doing great. Best part, uses litter boxes way less than cats on a dry/ can food diet, and poops every other day. Poops also not as stinky. So no problems with upset stomach's or digestion. Would highly recommend if you care about your pets health and don't wanna live in the vets office 😊

I do raw feeding for my cats, but when I get a kitten in for foster I make sure they get all nutrients esp. if they missed meals due to transitioning to my home or just not in a growth spurt. I also have older cats that are dental-disabled and can't chew any bone. This is good to help the nutrient gap. I usually don't add this for cats that never miss meals or adult cats because they get meat/heart/liver/bone/etc from their regular meals. I've been doing this for awhile since I also have a dog. This is great to have but it's a tad expensive considering kittens on raw eat around 4oz to 8oz or more per day. Also, I wouldn't just use only the same base meat forever esp with this because this pre-made isn't totally complete long-term wise, either. With raw diet I cycle through chicken/turkey/beef/pork along with other organ meats and muscle meats. A complete raw diet with cycling proteins won't have gaps, and many raw feeders use supplements based on their cats needs. Some math for those interested: The trial size says it will make food for 3 weeks, which is 4oz of meat a day for a cat around 10lb. If you buy the 1.5lb bag it's around $13.4 dollars per month instead of 17. If you use chicken meat at 1.89lb for the trial it's about $28 in total for 3 weeks. If you pay about 1.50 a day to feed a cat on fancy feast or more premium brands it would be $45. Maybe $15-20 for the really cheapest stuff from purina on sub and save (but it's cheap for a reason). If a cat eats 4oz of raw meat a day for a month, and you DIY raw feeding yourself without Know Better, you can get it for $2/lb it's 7.5lbs, or $15 cost. Or $22.50 for $3/lb. If you DIY raw yourself it should be same or less than Know Better. Overall, seems like a good product, will run more expensive with a kitten or maine-coon levels of cat. But doesn't seem 100% complete long-term as a raw diet completer, and the diet will need some more protein variety every now and then even with Know Better.

Great idea, thats it. My cats, who usually eat anything, would not go anywhere near it. The one that ate a little of it, had explosive vomiting all over my house last night. I wish it had worked as advertised. It sure is expensive enough.

I started making my own cat food for 2 senior cats who had allergy and health issues. I wanted an easy way to make sure they were getting all the supplements they needed (taurine, omega's, etc.). This product made it very simple. It is also a great value versus having to go out and buy individual supplements. The cat's allergys improved and their throwing up on a regular basis stopped as well. Thank you for a great product.

My cats loved it right away but the price is too much for trial size I could make 2 day meal for 6 cats since it’s a trial size I hope the price gets a little less and that Amazon starts having more premix’s like this

My cats love this favour!

I have 3 cats and have been using Know Better for several years. This is the first time It’ve bought it on Amazon as in the past I bought it directly from the manufacturer. The main reason I love this product is that it gives me peace of mind because I know exactly what’s going into my cats’ food, which as far as I’m concerned, is priceless. The only negative I noticed was that when I buy this directly from the manufacturer it comes with a slightly better expiry date.

This premix is wonderful! I originally had all my pets on kibble, until I joined a highly recommended feline nutrition page, to learn what they need ext. I quickly learned kibble is not very good nor healthy and they aren't getting everything they need and getting things they don't need. When I started looking into feeding raw I was very excited but very overwhelmed! I found on the nutritional page what premixes they recommend. Better know is on there, at the bottom but it made the cut and it is so easy to get in Canada. Which is a bonus! So I went for it! All I got to do is buy ground meat mix water and premix and boom foods ready && fresh! My siamese 3 yr old took to it immediately and seems to really really enjoy it. My 13week old mainecoon will eat it but never finishes it, I don't think she's convinced yet! We just ordered the beef premix to see if she'll like it better!! I for sure love it! Makes feeding raw a breeze!!! 4 stars because my MC is hesitant!