Faye, The difference is noted on the can. I don't remember what the code is but there was a upc code and that's how someone told me the difference between the older stock (original ingredients and the new ingredient) She said her cat ate the one with the one code but didn't care for the other. So she inquired to the company and then they told her.
I don't remember if its rice, corn or what the new ingredient is but for cat who was not suppose to use that one ingredient in her feeding Wellness now does. Carla From: "Faye Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Wellness and Eagle Pack Date sent: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:55:53 -0500 Send reply to: [email protected] > This is how it was explained to me. Wellness asked some investors to > come in on the scene in 2003. These investors forced all of the > original family members out last summer (2004). I do not know who > these investors are. > > Now, Eagle has investors coming in the exact same way. It will be > interesting to see what happens next. > > I don't know who they are. I do believe Wellness changed something > last summer. I had 5 cases of canned food, all different flavors and > from 2 different stores. The only common denominator was they all > came from the new plant in Boston. All 9 of my cats refused to eat > it. I have never had one cat even refuse a brand new food much less > all of them refusing a food they normally eat and love. That is when > I changed to Eagle Pack. > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Wellness and Eagle Pack > >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:32:43 EST > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from vlists.net ([208.186.168.62]) by MC8-F11.hotmail.com > >with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:35:41 -0800 > >Received: from localhost ([EMAIL PROTECTED])by vlists.net > >(8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id j0PMYes06399for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > >Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:34:40 -0600 Received: by vps.vlists.net (TLB > >v0.11a (1.26 tibbs 1998/09/22 04:41:41)); Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:34:37 > >-0600 (CST) Received: (from [EMAIL PROTECTED])by vlists.net > >(8.11.6/8.11.6) id j0PMYbH06289for felvtalk-utils; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 > >16:34:37 -0600 Received: from imo-m18.mx.aol.com (imo-m18.mx.aol.com > >[64.12.138.208])by vlists.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id > >j0PMWto04835for <[email protected]>; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:32:55 > >-0600 Received: from [EMAIL PROTECTED] imo-m18.mx.aol.com > >(mail_out_v37_r3.8.) id x.a0.209c805e (4446) for > ><[email protected]>; Tue, 25 Jan 2005 17:32:43 -0500 (EST) > >X-Message-Info: 6sSXyD95QpVA1Z9jIvIDxDQzia5Lc7V1zJ8jQQrt5CU= > >X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 113 Virus-Information: Virus > >Scanned By VLists.Net For Your Protection. Virus-Status: VLists.Net > >Found No Virus Spam-Status: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-2.482, > >required 5,ADDR_NUMS_AT_BIGSITE 0.08, AWL 0.03, BAYES_00 > >-2.60,NO_REAL_NAME 0.01) Precedence: list Return-Path: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Jan 2005 > >22:35:41.0187 (UTC) FILETIME=[332CA530:01C5032E] > > > >Did it say who had bought the companies, or why? > > > >Makes one wonder why...was it to do away with competition, or were > >these companies having $$ difficulty? > > > >I'm bummed by the news...hadn't heard it before. Wellness has been > >one of the best quality cat foods available, one of the few with no > >grains in their canned food and less grain in the dry food than most > >others. In the PM I feed my cats a raw-based diet that I make, > >myself, most of the time but do keep some top qualilty canned on hand > >when I can't get all the ingredients or don't have time. In the > >morning, to save time and $$ I feed a 50/50 mix of Wellness Turkey & > >Salmon and Nature's Variety Chicken and Rice. The furkids all like > >it and are doing well. > > > >Some of my older kittys are decidedly finicky with the canned foods > >and I have to be able to offer them a choice. Wellness and Nature's > >Variety are canned brands with no grains. Most of them like both of > >those as well as Innova, Calif. Natural, Newman's Own and Evolve, > >though some flavors better than others. Recently, a store where I > >get lower prices on most brands started carrying Merrick, another top > >quality brand with some interesting flavor combintions and one of my > >finicky geriatric girls loves their California Roll. My two youngest > >will eat anything they can stick their noses into. > > > >Innova recently came out with a dry dog food formula with NO GRAINS, > >and it would be great if they would do the same for cats. > > > >I had not heard those companies had been sold...Guess I will have to > >pay more attention and keep reading those labels religiously. > > > >Sally in San Jose > > > > >
