Beyond Purina Natural Limited Ingredient Dry Cat Food, Simply White Meat Chicken & Whole Oat Meal Recipe - 6 lb. Bag

My cats really enjoy this food. It has a fresh aroma and they get excited when I bring it out. The crunchy kernels are pebble size and made with good ingredients. It has Chicken, rice, egg, pea, carrots, apples and lots of vitamins. It has a good Phosphorous level at 1.0, which I look at for my cat's urinary tract, but not low enough if you're looking for food for a cat with kidney problems. It has high fiber which helps with the hairballs. The crude protein is average. It meets the AAFCO* standards, which is something I look for. If the food meets the AAFCO standards, AAFCO recognition will be somewhere on the bag like the picture. *AAFCO, the Association of American Feed Control Officials, is a non-profit organization that designed standards to protect consumers and animals. AAFCO itself does not regulate, test, or approve pet food; rather, it provides the standards that most states voluntarily adopt as their pet food laws. AAFCO creates nutrient profiles that define the minimum and, in some cases, maximum levels of essential vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients for pet food. AAFCO sets rules for the information that must appear on pet food packaging, such as the ingredient list, guaranteed analysis (percentages of nutrients like protein and fat), and a "nutritional adequacy statement"

December 21/2025 I really hate to say this, but two of my cats coats have become so bad while on this food that we're going to have to get them professionally groomed! That makes me a nervous wreck because I don't trust people not to abuse our babies. Their coats are all matted and greasy! One cat is four years old and the other is five years old, and I have never had to get them groomed before. Their coats were never greasy or matted. I'm glad that Amazon cancelled my subscription: I found that out when I went to cancel it myself. I'm switching to Iams for urinary issues because now our male peed in the sink in front of me and he's only ever done that when he had a UTI. I can't back my claims up with evidence, but it's an awfully big coincidence that my cats are having issues that they never had before except for the boy getting a few UTIs in the past and that was because of stress when he caught fleas and is very allergic. There's no fleas here so why is he peeing in the sink now? I was so happy when I came across this food. I've been looking for a good food without a lot of extra ingredients that is more affordable. The small bags are no problem since I can order more than one, and they're easier on my weak tendons. This is my first Amazon subscription. That's how happy I am to find this food. The cats are being slowly transitioned and they dig through their other food to pick this one out so it's definitely cat approved. I believe this is a very good food. Purina has been around forever and done more feeding trials than any of the new brands.

Compared to other dry cat food, this seems to have the most natural ingredients that cats need, the main ones being protein from meat and eggs. It also seems to be pretty digestible. As far as taste goes, my cats prefer this to other brands including the expensive Hills plan, which none of them, including my sick cat, wanted to eat. I buy this from Amazon because my local grocery stores no longer carry it. When they did, it got sold out fairly quickly.

I personally consider the Purina Beyond cat food (based on my own research) somewhere between regular store bought cat food and the grain free very natural food. It has some nice ingredients, quite clean list. The ingredients seem good quality, but this brand of food definitely has a stronger cat food smell. My cat is quite fussy with food, but she loves the Purina Beyond. I didn't have any issue with switching to this brand/assortment and I purchase it anytime I don't want to experiment (my cat refused to eat more natural and more expensive brands). The `White Meat Chicken & Whole Oat Meal` is her `regular` or `basic`, along with the chicken and egg one. I bought the whitefish variety at some point and she didn't seem to enjoy it that much. My cat seemed to love the salmon variety the best, but somewhere in the middle of the bag she stopped enjoying it as much (it was a 6lbs bag). I also find that my cat tends to overeat a little with his food, so I recommend caution with portion size. The kibbles are on the medium to slightly larger side. My biggest complaint is the bag is not resealable; and issue wasn't resolved even with the new 2018 packaging. So I have to transfer the food to an airtight container. I prefer to buy the 3lbs size because I noticed the food looses quality in time due to air exposure and I prefer buying in smaller quantities to make sure my cat's food is fresh; my cat also does not seem to enjoy this food as much is bag was open for too long. I buy this on Amazon only when the price is better than the one at my local grocery store. Notes on the re-packaging: -> With the new package (spring 2018) the kibbles look the same and my cat seems to enjoy them as much. I did noticed that the `Chicken & Whole Oat Meal` flavor has a better quality scent, with true hints of oatmeal. The ingredient list changed minimally, with the pea protein, rice, barley and oat changing order. -> Ordered in April 2018, after re-packaging, and received item in new package. Ordered in June 2018 and received item in old package. So there's no guarantee you will get a newer or an older batch of this food.

One of my cats has bad allergies. He gets bad dandruff and reactions to several different foods. This one has been the best so far, for a reasonable price. He loves it and so does my other cat. We had tried the Purina Beyond Indoor, but transitioned to this one due to the allergies and less ingredients. Both of them transitioned fine and seem to love this one even more. It seems easily digestible and I haven’t noticed any vomiting from either of them. Good size and quality, overall I am very pleased with this food.