Mnyams cat food
The Mnyams brand of cat food, positioned as a super-premium product, belongs to the Russian company Valta, although production itself is located in various countries (Germany, Thailand, Liechtenstein). To attract customers, the company uses various marketing ploys, such as appetizing names and claims of natural ingredients. The slogan "Lick your paws" on the label also sounds very appetizing, and it's quite possible that Mnyams food tastes good to cats. However, when choosing pet food, it's not the taste that matters as much as the actual ingredients. This article explores these ingredients, as well as the wide range of products available.
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Assortment
The Mnyams brand offers cat owners a wide range of food. You can choose not only traditional dry kibble, canned food, or pouches, but also a wide selection of treats. Let's take a look at the brand's main lines.
Haute Cuisine
Complete feeds (wet (and dry) for kittens and adult cats, the formulas of which were created based on recipes from around the world. These products feature very appetizing names, such as Ossobuco Milanese (lamb with rice), Bouillabaisse Marseille (fish with seafood), Fricassee Parisien (rabbit with herbs), Beef Stroganoff Tasmanian (succulent ostrich fillet), and more.
Complete canned food
These 70g cans offer complete nutrition based on chicken or tuna in a variety of flavor combinations. The manufacturer emphasizes using only the freshest ingredients, so the cans are produced directly at the tuna fishing site in Thailand.
Wet spiders
The pouches, produced in Liechtenstein, are available in 100g packages. They offer classic everyday diets for kittens and adult cats in six flavor variations.
"Delicacy"
The line includes two types of food:
- wet complete delicacies with different meat flavors in the form of mousses and fillet pieces, which are suitable for everyday feeding;
- Treat sticks that can be used as additional nutrition and reward for pets.
"Fedor the Cat"
The line includes complete wet food (in 100g soft packs) and dry kibble treats (50g). Each product is available in three variations: "Meat Carnival," "Hunter's Feast," and "Fish Festival."
Vitamin treats
Additionally, Mnyams offers to pamper your pet with various treats, which include:
- Drops.
- Crispy pillows.
- Tasty sticks.
- Mnyamsik.
The treats offered are enriched with vitamins, minerals and other additives, which are designed to provide additional beneficial effects (removing hair from the stomach, improving the condition of the coat, preventing the formation of tartar, etc.)
All Mnyams products feature brightly colored packaging and attractive labels promising healthy skin and coat, joints, and heart health. But to see how true these claims are to the contents, you can analyze the ingredients.
Compound
To analyze the ingredients, let's take as an example one of the most popular products—the dry food from the "Gourmet Dishes" series, "Cataplana Portuguese Style." Conclusions about a product's quality are typically based on the ingredients listed first. In the sample chosen, the following are listed first:
- Fresh poultry meat (min. 18%).
- Rice.
- Millet.
- Animal fats.
- Trout meal (min. 4%).
Next come potato protein, liver meal, poultry meal, protein hydrolysate, meat meal, herring meal (min. 1.5%), dried beet pulp, cellulose, flaxseed, egg powder, dried brewer's yeast, fish oil, and potassium chloride. The list is rounded out by a number of plant additives (dried blueberries, lingonberries, calendula flowers, chicory powder, etc.).
The guaranteed analysis values stated on the packaging are within the established norms for cat food, but it remains to be seen how these values were achieved.
Squirrels
Fresh poultry meat is listed first on the ingredients list—a generally good source of protein—but there's no information about the source of the meat or what parts are used. The minimum quantity of 18% indicates that the amount and combination of this ingredient may vary between batches, so a consistent composition is not guaranteed.
Several types of flour (trout, poultry, liver, meat, and herring) and egg powder are used as additional protein sources. Unlike fresh ingredients, flour has less nutritional value, and its quality depends entirely on the raw materials used.
Carbohydrates
The main sources of carbohydrates are two types of grains. The first is rice, a relatively hypoallergenic ingredient with a low glycemic index. The second is millet, a rare ingredient in cat food, which is less allergenic, gluten-free, and well-tolerated by cats. However beneficial these grains may be, they appear in the second and third places on the ingredient list, so they form the basis of the food and are used to increase the overall protein content. As is well known, carnivores should have a diet dominated by meat or other animal protein.
Fats
The fat source in the food is a component of unknown origin, generally referred to as animal fats. The manufacturer does not specify the animal species (poultry, fish, etc.) or the form of fat, so this component may vary from batch to batch.
Additional sources of fats, as well as omega-3 and omega-6, include flaxseed and fish oil.
Additional components
Additionally, the composition includes beneficial components and extracts that are designed to maintain the healthy condition of the cat's body:
- Dry beet pulp and cellulose are good sources of fiber, which normalize the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Dry brewer's yeast is a source of B vitamins and enzymes to improve metabolism.
- Dried blueberries have less pronounced antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties compared to fresh berries.
- Green-lipped mussel powder provides animals with building material for cartilage tissue, but only by accurately specifying its quantity can one judge the degree of its positive effect on the body.
- Chicory powder is a source of fiber and inulin, which stimulates the renewal of intestinal microflora.
- Yucca extract – helps reduce inflammation and stool odor.
Although the guaranteed analysis results are within normal limits, Mnyams pet food itself can be considered one of many products with inaccurate or questionable compositions. The ingredients, grouped into general categories, and their unknown quantities likely indicate that they are not of high quality, despite their claimed super-premium status.
Product prices
You can buy Mnyams cat food at pet stores, veterinary clinics, and online. Since the product is considered super-premium, the price is not exactly low. For example:
- Dry granules from the "High Cuisine" series cost from 230 rubles for a 400 g package to 6,499 rubles for a 20 kg package.
- Pouches from the "High Cuisine" series from 60 rubles per 85 g package.
- Canned goods from 67 rubles per 70 g can.
- Drops from 195 rubles per 60 g package.
Reviews
Reviews of Mnyams cat food are common online. However, pet owners often prefer this brand's wet food and opt for canned food or pouches.
Olga Petrovna, veterinarian:
"I think Mnyams is a pretty decent food, both in terms of ingredients and taste. According to my clients, not a single cat has ever refused the food offered, especially if it was canned food or treats. And the health of the animals themselves only confirms my words."
Julia, Persian breeder:
"I'm always very careful when choosing food, but the Mnyams line of wet food is just what my cats need. They also love the canned food and treats. Everything looks and smells delicious, and the pieces hold their shape. My cats eat with gusto and look great. The latter is very important to us, as we regularly attend cat shows."
Natalia, owner of Marquis:
"I received several bags of Mnyams food as a gift and decided to give them to my cat to try. The appetizing name, "Ossobuco alla Milanese," or lamb with risotto, caught my eye. But it turned out that only 4% of the ingredients are lamb, and that's from lamb flour, while the rest is some unknown poultry product. Our Maine Coon is used to having pretzels in his bowl and snacking on them regularly, but with Mnyams, he ate 2.5 times the manufacturer's recommended amount. It turns out that the dry kibble is completely unnutritious, so I definitely won't be buying it."
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