Yes. Just differentiating it from the seafood of the same brand.

I looked around for a better dry food today for my cats. As expensive as
they were I found something interesting about a lot of them. It seems plenty
of them had ash in them including Nutro and Purina. Max Cat for example
which is made by Nutro has 6.5% as the maximum. The Maxximum brand made by
Walmart had 7.5% and Purina One was about 7%. I remember reading a topic
regarding UTI a while back on this newsgroup and ash was mentioned as being
something which is not good for cats despite the cat food companies being
safe. I read on a Web Site that the best dry food for cats that had a UTI
that the ash content should not be above 6%. It truly makes me wonder how
vet's can prescribe Science Diet for cats with a UTI especially since the
ash content in it is about 8%.

Another interesting thing I noticed in my own little investigation is that
the Special Kitty brand of dry cat food which my cats eat was seemingly
better than Purina One, Authority, and Maxximum because it has no ash in it
and some of the other crap found in those brands. I know people on here
equate store bought brands with junk food for humans but it was rather
interesting that one or two of the cheaper brands were better than some of
the so-called "super premium" brands. I have decided that I am going to keep
giving my cats more of the same canned food while sticking with the same dry
for when they wish to free feed. It may be cheap but at least I know they'll
be getting a better meal especially with them getting the canned twice a day
as opposed to the once per day.

Petsmart is very expensive for everything I've found.  Do you have a
Pet Supplies Plus in your area?  They're less expensive and carry the
better foods.

I know canned food contains some of the things that cats would need if they
were in the wild. A canned food also has more moisture than dry which cats
need. I myself feed my cats both dry and canned so they get the nutritional
balance. I found it interesting that when I went to look at better foods for
my cats, a lot of the more expensive brands had more magnesium and ash than
the store bought brands which some here consider lower quality.

I don't recall acidity being discussed in the canned vs. dry debates, but just
about everything else has been.  If you search for "wet food" or "dry food" or
something on google groups, you'll find hundreds, nay, thousands of posts
regarding wet vs. dry food.

http://catsincanada.com/articles/feeding.html
http://www.catnutrition.org (make sure to read the "open letter to
vets")

Megan

                                   

This should explain it:  http://www.catinfo.org/zorans_article.pdf

Lauren

What kinds of kidney and bladder problems did your cats develop?
What gender/s was/were your cats?  What breed(s)?