"Sheba" (Sheba) Food For Cats: Review, Composition, Range, Pros And Cons, Reviews Of Veterinarians And Owners

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

Sheba cat food

The Sheba brand is well known to cat lovers in our country. The availability and wide range of flavors make the food produced under this brand one of the most popular and demanded. But most importantly, cats like Sheba very much and are in great demand among them.

Content

• 1 Sheba feed overview

  • 1.1 Types of feed

    • 1.1.1 Sheba Pleasure Spiders
    • 1.1.2 Photo Gallery: Pleasure Spider Collection has the most extensive range
    • 1.1.3 Sheba Appetito Spiders
    • 1.1.4 Photo Gallery: New Sheba Flavors from the Appetito Collection
    • 1.1.5 Sheba Naturalle Spiders
    • 1.1.6 Photo Gallery: Sheba Naturalle Foods
    • 1.1.7 Sheba Mini spiders
    • 1.1.8 Photo gallery: Mini collection - the smallest spiders from Sheba
    • 1.1.9 Canned food Sheba Classic
    • 1.1.10 Photo gallery: Classic line canned food
    • 1.1.11 Canned food Sheba Delicatesso
    • 1.1.12 Photo gallery: Delicatesso canned food

• 2 Analysis of the composition of the feed "Sheba"

  • 2.1 Sheba feed formulas

    • 2.1.1 Chicken and Rabbit (Sheba Pleasure Series)
    • 2.1.2 Chicken and Turkey (Sheba Appetito Series)
    • 2.1.3 Chicken and Duck (Sheba Naturalle Series)
    • 2.1.4 Chicken (Sheba Mini Series)
    • 2.1.5 Chicken Breast Saute (Sheba Classic Series)
    • 2.1.6 Pate with veal and chicken (Sheba Delicatesso series)

• 3 Advantages and disadvantages of feed

  3.1 Table: pros and cons of Sheba feed

• 4 Is "Sheba" food suitable for everyone
• 5 Reviews of cat owners and veterinarians

Sheba feed review

Sheba is one of the trademarks of the large American corporation Mars, Inc., which has been presenting various products on the world market for more than a hundred years, but is most widely known for its pet food lines.

Sheba products are represented by flexible spiders and canned food in cans

Sheba entered the "Martian" clip in 1985, when the products of this brand appeared in Switzerland and Germany, and then gradually spread throughout the world. Delicious recipes for a cat menu from Sheba® are developed by a large staff of experienced company specialists: zoologists, veterinarians, nutritionists, biochemists, physiologists.

The Sheba® logo is recognizable around the world today

The Sheba representative office is fruitfully working in Russia as well. Most of the products are manufactured in Thailand, but there are also manufactures in other countries. And depending on the country of origin, the assortment and design of the main types of products may differ insignificantly.

Russian blue cat has become a symbol of Sheba products

Types of feed

All Sheba lines are presented either with canned food or spiders - sealed plastic bags. The packages have a small volume - just enough for an adult cat to eat food at a time. This is very convenient - compact packages ensure that your pet's lunch is always fresh; they are also irreplaceable on a trip when you travel with your cat. The feed should not be heated or cooled before serving; room temperature is optimal for best absorption.

The contents of the jar or spider are just enough for the cat to eat

Cat dishes from Sheba do not require any additional processing, they are already completely ready for use: you just need to open the packaging and put its contents in a bowl. A wide variety of flavors allows you to choose from them the ones that your cat likes best. Sheba offers to make this choice within the framework of these collections:

• Pleasure;
• Appetito;
• Naturalle;
• Mini;
• Delicatesso;
• Classic.

Spiders Sheba Pleasure

Sheba's Pleasure Spider Collection features a wide range of steam-processed feline delicacies. One packet contains 85 grams of moist, tasty food. Each appellation consists of two main ingredients in different proportions:

• with chicken and turkey;
• with veal and tongue;
• with chicken and rabbit;
• with duck and chicken;
• with beef and rabbit;
• with beef and lamb;
• with tuna and salmon;
• with trout and shrimps.

Photo Gallery: Pleasure Spider Collection has the most extensive range

Tuna and salmon Sheba Pleasure - for lovers of ocean fish

Veal and tongue Sheba Pleasure - a festive dish for every day

Trout and shrimp Sheba Pleasure - an easy and healthy dish

Duck and chicken Sheba Pleasure - the taste and aroma of the holiday

Sheba Pleasure Chicken and Rabbit - Diet Product Can Be Delicious Too

Sheba Pleasure beef and rabbit - original selection of flavors

Sheba Pleasure beef and lamb - an exquisite meat duo

Sheba Pleasure Chicken and Turkey is the most popular combination

Sheba Appetito Spiders

The Appetito series offers four varieties of spider food:

• with chicken and turkey;
• with beef and rabbit;
• with veal and tongue;
• with tuna and salmon.

Photo gallery: new Sheba flavors from the Appetito collection

Beef and rabbit - an interesting combination from Sheba Appetito

Veal & Tongue - Sheba Appetito Whole Food

Chicken and Turkey - proposal for sensitive cats from Sheba Appetito

Tuna and Salmon - Fishy Flavor by Sheba Appetito

Sheba Naturalle Spiders

Four interesting flavors from Sheba are also collected in the spider collection - including:

• beef and lamb;
• chicken and turkey;
• chicken and duck;
• ocean fish.

If the content of Naturalle spiders is not too different from the traditional Sheba series in terms of its ingredients, the form of serving is fundamentally different here - the feed consists of rather large pieces of meat, poultry or ocean fish. Cats usually like it very much.

Photo gallery: Sheba Naturalle food

Chicken and duck is a favorite menu of many cats

Chicken and turkey - a traditional duo of flavors from Sheba

Sheba Beef and Lamb - Hearty and Healthy Lunch

Ocean fish is what Sheba especially pleases cats with

Sheba Mini spiders

A convenient novelty of the Sheba trademark - Sheba Mini pouches - allows you to feed your cat frequently, but in small portions; such fractional meals are good for digestion. The series has collected the best flavors from Sheba - not in mixes, but in pure form:

• salmon;
• a hen;
• duck;
• beef.

Photo gallery: Mini collection - the smallest spiders from Sheba

Sheba Mini Salmon - Best Fish Flavor

Sheba Mini duck - simple and tasty

Sheba Mini beef - a healthy eating classic

Sheba Mini Chicken - The Brand's Most Popular Flavor

Canned food Sheba Classic

The Classic range of canned food is presented in five exclusive flavors:

• tuna with shrimps;
• saute chicken breast;
• assorted duck and chicken;
• tuna in sauce;
• chicken and tender beef tagliatta.

Photo gallery: Classic line canned food

Chicken breast saute - a dietary product

Juicy tuna in a tender sauce - for fans of the fish menu

Assorted chicken and duck is hearty and delicious

Fusion tagliatta with chicken and beef - the highlight of the Classic series

Tuna cocktail with selected shrimps - a dish for gourmet cats

Canned food Sheba Delicatesso

This collection is a novelty from Sheba. Delicatesso fricasse and pates are available in six flavors:

• fricasse with rabbit, duck and vegetables;
• fricasse with turkey in Béchamel sauce;
• pate with salmon;
• pate with poultry;
• pate with veal and chicken;
• pate with beef.

Photo gallery: Delicatesso canned food

Fricasse with rabbit, duck and vegetables - large pieces of meat with a garnish of vegetables

Fricasse with turkey in Bechamel sauce has a delicate texture and rich taste

Paté with salmon - pronounced fishy taste and aroma

Paté with poultry - an unusual combination of pâté and meat slices

Pate with veal and chicken - pieces of meat in a soft chicken pate

Beef pate is distinguished by its bright meat taste and aroma

Analysis of the composition of the feed "Sheba"

The main Sheba principle: here, unlike other brands of cat food, only fresh ingredients are used in all lines, not frozen. But critics of Sheba food argue that its composition is poorer for the manufacturer's declared premium and more meets the criteria for economy class.

Sheba does not produce dry food - only wet food. If you derive a formula common to all brand products, then it is composed of the following components:

• crude protein;
• raw fats;
• cellulose;
• polyunsaturated fatty acids;
• taurine;
• minerals and vitamins.

Every Sheba food is based on natural protein products that make up one fifth of it:

• meat (beef or rabbit);
• offal;
• bird;
• fish or shrimp.

Study on the package the composition of a particular feed that you are going to offer to your pet - there are no grains and legumes in a number of Sheba products. And this is undoubtedly a positive point, because, like all carnivores, cats do not digest such components of ready-made food poorly. Sheba also contains a sufficient amount of high-quality fiber, useful for digestion of pets.

This is what exotic cassava and cereals look like.

Veterinarians and experienced breeders who use Sheba feed in practice note some imbalance in the composition: all lines contain a fairly high percentage of proteins and fats, but against this background there are not enough carbohydrates. That is why practitioners do not recommend transferring animals to feeding exclusively Sheba - even those brand positions that the manufacturer positions as complete.

Of the disadvantages of the composition, it can be noted that, to reduce the cost, the feed contains animal waste:

• horns;
• hooves;
• claws;
• beaks;
• feathers;
• even tumors.

Horns and hooves are not the best food for a cat

Sheba feed formulas

A wide variety of flavors from Sheba is based on a common well-balanced formula that unites all products of the brand. Each specific change only makes its own additions to the "firm" composition. What do Sheba feeds have in common and how do they differ? Let's take a look at the example of the main and most popular of the brand's flavors - chicken. This dietary component is found in all Sheba collections - both in pure form and in combination with various other ingredients.

Chicken and Rabbit (Sheba Pleasure Series)

The popular chicken and rabbit food for adult cats (Sheba Pleasure series) has the following composition:

• meat and offal (chicken at least 20%, rabbit, 5%);
• taurine;
• vitamins;
• minerals.

Nutrient content per 100 grams:

• proteins - 11.0 g;
• fats - 3 g;
• ash - 2 g;
• fiber - 3 g;
• vitamin A - not less than 90 IU;
• vitamin E - at least 1 IU;
• moisture - 82 g.

The energy value is 75 kilocalories.

Chicken and Rabbit (Sheba Pleasure Series)

Chicken and Turkey (Sheba Appetito Series)

The composition of the wet food in the chicken and turkey spiders (Sheba Appetito series) is represented by the following ingredients:

• meat and offal (chicken min.20%, turkey, 5%);
• taurine;
• vitamins;
• minerals.

Nutrient content per 100 grams:

• proteins - 11.0 g;
• fats - 3 g;
• ash - 2 g;
• fiber - 3 g;
• vitamin A - not less than 90 IU;
• vitamin E - at least 1 IU;
• moisture - 82 g.

The energy value is 75 kilocalories.

Chicken and Turkey (Sheba Appetito Series)

Chicken and Duck (Sheba Naturalle Series)

Wet food in spiders Chicken and Duck (Sheba Naturalle series) contains:

• meat and offal (chicken min.22.5%, duck, 5%);
• taurine;
• vitamins;
• minerals.

Nutrient content per 100 grams:

• proteins - 6.0 g;
• fats - 2 g;
• ash - 1 g;
• fiber - 0.3 g;
• vitamin A - not less than 90 IU;
• vitamin E - at least 1 IU;
• moisture - 82 g.

The indicator of energy value is 55 kilocalories.

Chicken and Duck (Sheba Naturalle Series)

Chicken (Sheba Mini Series)

Sheba Mini chicken feed is offered in the following formulations:

• meat and offal (including chicken, at least 4%);
• cereals;
• vitamins and minerals.

Nutrient content per 100 grams:

• proteins - 8 g;
• fats - 4.5 g;
• ash - 1.8 g;
• fiber - 0.3 g;
• humidity - 83 g.

The indicator of energy value is 40 kilocalories.

Chicken (Sheba Mini Series)

Chicken Breast Saute (Sheba Classic Series)

Saute from chicken breasts (Sheba Classic series) is positioned by the manufacturer as a complete food for adult cats, containing the following main components:

• chicken breasts (minimum 45%);
• tapioca starch;
• micro and macro elements;
• vitamins.

Nutrient content per 100 grams:

• proteins - 12 g;
• fats - 0.5 g;
• ash - 1 g;
• fiber - 0.1 g;
• moisture - 85 g.

The energy value is 60 kilocalories.

Chicken Breast Saute (Sheba Classic Series)

Pate with veal and chicken (Sheba Delicatesso series)

Complete feed for adult animals Pate with veal and chicken (Sheba Delicatesso series) contains the following components:

• meat and offal (including veal) - 4%;
• chicken - 4%;
• vitamins and minerals.

Nutrient content per 100 grams:

• proteins - 10.5 g;
• fats - 4.5 g;
• ash - 2 g;
• fiber - 0.3 g;
• humidity - 82 g.

The indicator of energy value is 71 kilocalories.

Pate with veal and chicken (Sheba Delicatesso series)

Advantages and disadvantages of feed

How many cats - so many opinions about the preference of this or that food. Sheba is popular with most tailed gourmets, but the opinions of their owners about the products are divided. Indeed, the lines of these feeds have both their own significant advantages and significant disadvantages.

Does your cat like Sheba?

Table: pros and cons of Sheba feed

Advantages	disadvantages
high quality; adequate price; large assortment and good distribution; fresh, not frozen ingredients; does not contain cereals and legumes; high-quality fiber is present in sufficient quantities; a minimum of synthetic flavors, dyes and other ingredients that can provoke allergies; convenient disposable packaging	you can only feed adult cats, not earlier than one year of age; no dry food; there are no separate offers for kittens and medicated food; according to some reviews, it does not correspond to the premium class; imbalance in the composition; the composition is poor in carbohydrates; the formula contains animal by-products

Is "Sheba" food suitable for everyone

Owners and breeders, who have repeatedly tested Sheba products on their animals, recommend not to perceive it as the main food for cats - only as a delicacy that diversifies the constant diet of the supplement. The majority of veterinarians are of the same opinion.

Kittens would love to try Sheba too

Cats with special needs (spayed or neutered) will not find a suitable option for themselves in the Sheba range - as well as those animals that, due to chronic health problems, need special medicated feeds. Does not produce brand and products for feeding kittens and adolescents. Some owners also note that food from Sheba is not well accepted by the digestive system of older animals, older than eight or nine years.

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Reviews of cat owners and veterinarians

Thanks to the active advertising of Sheba food, all cat owners are well aware, although the reviews from them are rather contradictory. To understand how these products are suitable specifically for your pet, you should probably try them, and not rely only on other people's opinions.