"Jean B." > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>>> 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.

No it's not. Some people might believe so. It's not a wide belief by any
means!