Natural Balance Limited Ingredient Diet Salmon & Chickpea | Indoor Adult Cat Grain-Free Dry Cat Food | 5-lb. Bag

I was afraid that Kitty wouldn't like it because when I opened the bag it had a very strong smell. BUT never fear! She loves it! I don't think she has thrown up since switching to it and I've seen NO hairballs. I've already seen a difference in her coat - it's so soft and shiney! I definitely will be purchasing again...a BIGGER bag this time!

I gave this product five stars because the ingredients sound amazing and healthy. But this newly adopted cat wouldn't touch it, even though, according to the vet, he was nearing a starvation point of no return. I couldn't downgrade this product, because he rejected EVERYTHING ELSE we tried except Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers. I've never adopted a rescue cat that was a finicky eater before. Wish he did eat this dry food, but glad we found something before he starved. Ended up feeding this product to the feral cat that lives outside and is not picky.

I live with an elderly indoor kitty, Fred, who has had tummy troubles in the past -- we've had to cycle through a lot of different dry foods including some outrageously pricey stuff from the vet. We'll find something that seems to work and then after a few months, he starts having trouble again. So the search goes on. He's been on this for a few weeks, and so far, it seems to be working OK. We're not getting the usual reactions to "problem food" (upchucking, diarrhea, etc.), and he's showing increased energy recently and more interest in birds outside. He seems to like it, too -- I took a few days to introduce it by mixing it in with his current food until we were 100% Natural Balance. We're entering week 4 and things are going nicely. I'll keep an eye on this but if the good results continue, I may switch him over to this permanently. It seems to suit him.

I don't know what is about this product but for the past three months, I have been buying it regularly as the cats absolutely love it. Their fur seems much more softer, and their energy level appears to be so much higher. Highly recommended. A very good value for its price. Thank you

We have fed our kitties LID food for the last 3 years or so following the acute illness of a senior cat. Realizing that diet was a huge part of a healthy cat, we changed over to LID foods to help them the best we could. They tolerate this flavor just fine, despite being picky eaters from time to time. Their coat looks great with low dander and high shine. I love feeding them dry food with a little wet each day just to mix things up and give their teeth a rest. It's great to be able to find a brand and flavor that does both wet and dry to give some consistency to the kitties. We have 2 senior kitties right now, an 8 and an 11 year old so we try to take the best care we can of them. Starting with good food is important because that is the building blocks they have for their whole system of care.

Natural Balance makes a vegan dog food that has yielded some real happy pups for me in the past. While vegan cat food isn't feasible, I appreciate the limited ingredients and limited animals in this food. Solved one of my boys' stomach issues, too.

I have a cat that wouldn't eat anything other than cheep friskies cat food and it was causing dry flakey skin and ear issues. He refused to eat anything else! I bought this because his other food is salmon, and he took to it quickly! Not only that but his dry skin has cleared up and he's itching way less.

I had been using the Green Pea & Chicken flavor for almost a year until my cat became disinterested. I also noticed when I first began using this brand, the bag had a pleasant aroma of fresh peas. The last several bags I have received did not smell fresh, and was very neutral. My cat began throwing it up every meal, and then stopped eating it completely. So I decided to change up the flavor to Salmon & Chickpea. The first bag that arrived had no aroma, and my cat wouldn't even respond to it. Eventually I left the bowl sitting until he started eating it later that night, but throwing up bits of it all over the house. I emptied the bowl and tried another thinking maybe it had gone stale over night or something, and a clump of food fell out of the bag held together by mold! (See attached photo.) No wonder he was throwing up all over! Now I feel awful about feeding him this stuff. Absolutely done with this brand. Something has changed and it is no longer the great quality it used to be. (Or maybe Amazon's stock is rotting in a warehouse and they're still shipping it out? I also included a pic of the bag's date which shows that it should still be fresh and good, but it is not.)