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Made in the USA at Merrick’s Hereford, TX kitchen.
Real deboned chicken and duck are always the first ingredients in this cat food, to help build and maintain muscles and fuel healthy energy levels.
Crafted without wheat, corn or gluten this kitten recipe cat food contains no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives
This grain-free gravy recipe wet food for cats is made using only proteins, antioxidant-rich vegetables and nutrients.
Adds moisture and delicious flavor to your kitten’s diet while providing complete and balanced nutrition.
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Feed your feline the way nature intended with Merrick Backcountry Grain Free Wet Cat Food Kitten Recipe Cuts in Gravy. This protein-rich ancestral diet has the high-quality protein your kitten needs for healthy energy and muscle. It also has the meaty taste your little carnivore craves. With real deboned chicken and duck as the first ingredients, this wet cat food in gravy provides complete and balanced nutrition— plus, it contains only protein, antioxidant-rich vegetables and nutrients—with no grain, wheat, corn, gluten or artificial flavors, preservatives or colors. Pair it with dry kibble for extra flavor and moisture or serve it on its own—the tear-open pouch makes it easy to serve the perfect portion! This recipe is crafted and cooked in the Merrick Hereford, Texas kitchen in facilities that uphold strict FDA guidelines, so you can feel good knowing your cat’s food is safely made in the USA.
Specifications
Item Number
123840
Weight
4.5 pounds
Packaging Type
Pouch
Season
N/A
Made In
N/A
Sourced From
N/A
Shop Conscious
Natural
Food Texture
Chunks in Gravy
Lifestage
Kitten
Food Form
Wet Food
Special Diet
Grain-Free, Gluten Free, No Corn No Wheat No Soy, High-Protein, Pea-Free, Natural, Premium
Up to 11 weeks of age, feed as much as your kitten will eat in 3 or 4 feedings per day.
11 - 26 weeks of age, feed 2 1/2 pouches per 3.5 lbs of body weight per day.
26 - 52 weeks of age, feed 2 pouches per 3.5 lbs of body weight per day.
Adjust feeding level to your cat's individual needs. Serve at room temperature. Cover and refrigerate unused portions. Keep fresh water available at all times.
Transition Instructions
Mix Merrick's food with your current pet's food over the course of 5-7 days. Continuously increase the amount of the Merrick food while decreasing the amount in your dog or cat's current diet.
Merrick Backcountry offers a wide array of exotic protein options for an ancestral dog food diet that delivers a unique combination of freeze-dried raw-coated kibble with real freeze-dried raw pieces of meat, fish, or poultry. Choose from grain-free options and recipes with healthy grains for a balanced lineup that provides the nutritional benefits of a raw diet.
Real Animal Protein First
Merrick Backcountry dog food is packed with protein canines crave. In fact, every recipe is crafted with real deboned meat, fish or poultry as the first ingredient! Leading levels of high-quality protein can help your dog maintain healthy energy levels and promote healthy digestion. Plus, your pup will also find freeze-dried raw meat for the nutritious and protein-packed diet he deserves.
Raw-Coated Kibble + Real Meat
Protein-rich, raw-coated kibble mixed in with freeze-dried real meat, fish or poultry raw pieces makes Backcountry Raw Infused kibble recipes irresistible to pups. Freeze-drying locks in raw flavor and nutrition to provide the next best thing to feeding fresh meat. Give your dog the closest thing to raw, with the easy-serve convenience of regular kibble.
Healthy Grain or Grain-Free
Choose a high-protein, grain-free recipe crafted with healthy grains, like brown rice, oatmeal, and barley, to support sound digestion.
Omega-3 and -6 Fatty Acids
Guaranteed levels of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids support healthy skin and a vibrant coat, for good nutrition that truly shows. And glucosamine and chondroitin help maintain healthy hip and joint function through all your dog’s adventures to keep him running healthy for many years.
Raw Nutrition and Wild Flavor in Every Recipe
DRY RECIPES - GRAIN-FREE
Sweet potatoes are a fiber-rich source of quality carbs for healthy energy levels without grains.
DRY RECIPES - HEALTHY GRAINS
Brown rice, oatmeal and barley provide healthy grains for good digestion.
WET FOOD
Made with real deboned meat or poultry as the #1 ingredient and rich flavors and textures.
TREATS
Yummy treats made with real meat, poultry or fish and without artificial ingredients or fillers.
FREEZE-DRIED TREATS
These Freeze-Dried Raw Mixers are tasty, safely processed and offer your buddy a nutritional boost.
VARIETY PACKS
Keep your dog satisfied with an assortment of canned Real Beef and Chicken Dinner wet dog food.
About Merrick
Merrick believes whole foods not only taste better, but are better for your pet, and handmade recipes are much better than scientific formulas. That's why Merrick's been making pet food in their own kitchen for more than 30 years. Produced in small batches, each recipe is closely monitored to ensure it delivers the perfect balance of nutrients guaranteed right on the label. Merrick makes food to be fuel, not filler, and their wide variety of protein-rich dry and canned foods and treats means your pet will enjoy every second of his meal.
Is the pouch resealable? I'd only be using 1/2 a pouch a day, so how should I store the rest?
Answer by • Apr 11, 2022
These pouches are not resealable. You will want to store any unused portions like they would with their own leftovers. Ideally, transferring the food into an air tight container is the best way to store the food, but as long as they cover the top of the pouch up, not allowing air in, they can store in the pouch itself. This will extend the life of the food by 3-4 days!
How many calories does a single bag contain?
Answer by • Jan 04, 2022
This variety contains approximately 82 kcal/pouch (959 kcal/kg). For a complete list of ingredients and the guaranteed analysis, click the “Nutritional Info” tab on the product page.
What is the calcium and phosphorus ratio?
Answer by • Mar 23, 2021
This recipe contains approximately 0.26% Calcium and 0.24% Phosphorus on an As-Fed basis. It has an approximate Calcium/Phosphorus ratio of 1.08.
On a dry matter basis, what is the carbohydrate content?
Answer by • Feb 17, 2021
The carbohydrate amount on a Dry Matter Basis is 15.55%.
Kittens seemed to like this and it looked like pretty good quality
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
By CatMomma18 on May 18, 2023
Top 1000 Contibutor
Kitten Chicken
I have bought numerous packages of this variety of Merrick Backcountry in the past. Last box none of my cats would eat. I don't know what happened, because I think this is good food. Nice size pieces, not too big and juice. I still recommend it to try though.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Laura on Sep 21, 2023
rescue kittens LOVE this food
chunks could be smaller but kittens love the food
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By AndiPandiPants on Mar 24, 2023
Tasty Gravy
My cats really love the gravy in this food! They lick up all the sauce first and then eat the pieces. I like how easy the pouches are to use (no chance of a key breaking off a can). Merrick makes premium pet foods, so I'm also confident in the ingredients and balancing of the nutrients my cats need.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By TomC2022 on Nov 1, 2022
Yes, Kittens Can Eat This
I see a lot of reviews about the chunks being too big for kittens. My kittens were 8 weeks when I started this, and they are able to eat it just fine. Yes, the chunks are bigger than a "bite size" for young kittens, but they absolutely can eat it. The reviews that ding for this are a little off base.
Now, as to whether or not kittens will seem to "like" it, thats very subjective. My kittens absolutely love it. I use it as a supplement to dried food, since they are carnivores I want their diets to what they need and not about what I think they should eat. I figured if the kittens didn't like it, well, that happens. Not sure I'd circle back and leave a bad review just because my kittens don't show a like for it.
But I have been feeding them this daily for a month now, and they have never left a dish unclean. They have learned the sound of my pulling a pouch out of the box, and they come running.
They know where that box is, and the sound of it, and they know what is coming. So I'd say they don't just like it.
My kittens are growing quite rapidly, and are very athletic and active, with muscle tone developing. While I certainly can't prove it, my anecdotal observation is that their growth is related to this as a supplement.
I have two kittens, and since it is just a supplement, I open a bag and that is enough for the two of them. If I had one kitten, a bag might be a bit much. But rather than give half servings, I'd give the one kitten the entire bag and reduce the dry food as necessary.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By SavannahDad on Nov 2, 2022
Almost a great food
This food comes close to being a great food. Its one of the few kitten foods that has a reasonable ingredient list, and has texture to it. We are trying to give our kittens a varied diet of flavors and textures to avoid pickiness when they get older.
Would be five stars, except for the potato starch and guar gum. Neither of these ingredients are good for cats, and manufacturers need to stop using them.
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
By Bethanne on Aug 23, 2022
1/2 successful
Only one of my two kittens will eat this. The other sniffs it and no matter how hungry, tries to cover it with the floor. The one who does eat it won't eat all of it. I have used the Merrick pouches for previous cats (not the kitten food but the cat ones) and they enjoyed it. The kitten pouches, though, a failure. We had success with the Wellness kitten canned food and the dry food of theirs as well.
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Tamilynn64 on Jul 21, 2022
Supposed to be for kittens???
I was very confused when I went to feed these to my kittens. The size of the chunks in the packets are too big for kittens, I had to mash everything up which really defeats the purpose. I am a fan of Merrick food for animals but this was very disappointing. I’d just can’t imagine spending that much time messing everything up on an item that was meant for kittens.
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Laura on Nov 2, 2022
kitten cuts
My Cat and dog were not crazy about them. Maybe with out the duck it would be better.
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
By Tamilynn64 on Jul 31, 2022
Bites are too big for kittens
I thought the point of these packets was so that you could just open them and feed them to your kittens but the bites inside are too big for kittens and now I have to mash everything in order for my kittens to eat these.