
40% protein, and the first five ingredients are fresh or raw meat.
Orijen's premise is simple and expensive: make cat food mostly out of animals. **85% of this recipe is animal ingredients** — fresh chicken, raw turkey, whole herring, chicken giblets, whole hake, turkey liver and eggs — and the first five ingredients on the list are all fresh or raw meat and fish. Most cat foods on the shelf lead with a grain or a pulse.
The WholePrey approach means muscle meat, organ and bone in roughly the proportions a cat would eat if she caught it herself, which is where the taurine at 0.2%, the calcium at 1.4% and the phosphorus at 1.1% come from — from liver and bone rather than a premix. Protein comes out at 40% with 20% fat, grain-free, finished with a freeze-dried liver coating that gets it eaten. Suitable for kittens and adults alike.
Fresh chicken (20%), raw turkey (10%), raw whole herring (9%), fresh chicken giblets (liver, heart) (6%), raw whole hake (5%), raw turkey liver (5%), fresh eggs (5%), dehydrated chicken (4%), dehydrated turkey (4%), dehydrated mackerel (4%), dehydrated sardine (4%), dehydrated herring (4%), chicken fat (4%), whole red lentils, whole peas, whole green lentils, whole chickpeas, lentil fibre, whole pinto beans, pea starch, whole navy beans, pollock oil (1%), dried kelp, fresh whole pumpkin, fresh whole butternut squash, fresh whole zucchini, fresh whole carrots, fresh whole apples, fresh whole pears, dried chicory root, fresh kale, fresh spinach, fresh beet greens, fresh turnip greens, whole cranberries, whole blueberries, whole saskatoon berries, turmeric, milk thistle, burdock root, lavender, marshmallow root, rosehips. Additives (per kg) — Technological: tocopherol extract from vegetable oils 121 mg, citric acid 40 mg. Sensory: rosemary extract 80 mg. Zootechnical: Enterococcus faecium NCIMB 10415 1×10⁹ CFU. Source: Orijen's UK/EU published data. Champion Petfoods do not publish a South African page — but the bag sizes stocked here are the EU metric line, and a South African retailer publishes figures identical to the UK page, so this is the EU recipe rather than the North American one, which differs.
Store in a cool, dry place, sealed, and use within six weeks of opening — this is a high-fat food and fat oxidises. **Change her over slowly, across at least a week.** Orijen runs 40% protein and around 4,100 kcal/kg, which is roughly a third denser than a supermarket food, so the portion looks alarmingly small and switching abruptly upsets most cats. Measure it with a scale rather than a scoop. Fresh water, always.
| Your dog weighs | Activity | Per day | A 5.4 kg bag lasts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 kg | Lean cat | 33 g | about 163 days |
| 3 kg | Lean cat | 43 g | about 125 days |
| 2 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 26 g | about 207 days |
| 3 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 33 g | about 163 days |
| 3 kg | Lean cat | 43 g | about 125 days |
| 4 kg | Lean cat | 65 g | about 83 days |
| 3 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 33 g | about 163 days |
| 4 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 43 g | about 125 days |
| 4 kg | Lean cat | 65 g | about 83 days |
| 5 kg | Lean cat | 74 g | about 72 days |
| 4 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 43 g | about 125 days |
| 5 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 52 g | about 103 days |
| 4 kg | Senior | 43 g | about 125 days |
| 5 kg | Senior | 52 g | about 103 days |
| 5 kg | Lean cat | 74 g | about 72 days |
| 6 kg | Lean cat | 86 g | about 62 days |
| 5 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 52 g | about 103 days |
| 6 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 65 g | about 83 days |
| 5 kg | Senior | 52 g | about 103 days |
| 6 kg | Senior | 65 g | about 83 days |
| 6 kg | Lean cat | 86 g | about 62 days |
| 8 kg | Lean cat | 97 g | about 55 days |
| 6 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 65 g | about 83 days |
| 8 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 74 g | about 72 days |
| 6 kg | Senior | 65 g | about 83 days |
| 8 kg | Senior | 86 g | about 62 days |
| 8 kg | Lean cat | 97 g | about 55 days |
| 10 kg | Lean cat | 114 g | about 47 days |
| 8 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 74 g | about 72 days |
| 10 kg | Neutered / sterilised | 86 g | about 62 days |
| 8 kg | Senior | 86 g | about 62 days |
| 10 kg | Senior | 114 g | about 47 days |
A guide, not a rule, and the neutered rows matter — a sterilised cat needs roughly 20% less than a lean entire one of the same weight. Kittens: from five weeks, about ¼ cup per pound of body weight, halving to ⅛ cup at five months, then adult amounts at a year. A pregnant queen needs 25% more; a nursing one should be fed free-choice. Two meals a day. Fresh water, always.
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