Julie Bove wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
> ...
>> Cheryl wrote:
>>> On 8/9/2012 8:33 PM, Jean B. wrote:
>>>> BTW, my cat only eats poultry-based products. He had a blockage many
>>>> years ago, so I feed him canned food (and some dried). Exactly what he
>>>> will eat is a bit of a moving target. He likes Natural Balance, Core,
>>>> and Now! but will suddenly decide he doesn't like something after all.
>>>> As far as dried food goes, I try to get samples. If he seems to like
>>>> it, I buy a bag... then he frequently will decide not to eat it.
>>>> Arrgh. He did really like one food, so, of course, it was discontinued.
>>> I really hate it when a company discontinues a food my cats like. As for
>>> samples, I'm fortunate in that the premium pet food place I buy from has
>>> small packages of samples available for almost anything as long as it's
>>> the dry version.
>>>
>> Yes, it really screws things up if your cat's beloved food is
>> discontinued. And when they change it, it can upset the cat or turn the
>> cat against it. My daughter now says, when we see something that is new
>> and improved, that yeah, it improves/increases folks' incomes.
>
> I almost always hate it when they improve anything be it a food or a health
> or beauty item. Once in a rare great while there will be an actual
> improvement. Usually not. The worst thing I can think of is when they
> added calcium to Tab. They changed that back in about two weeks. Stuff was
> horrid! Now they messed it up by putting Aspartame. Why? We already have
> diet Coke. Some of us actually liked that bitter aftertaste.
>
>
And aspartame is widely believed to be very bad for you.
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Jean B.