Merrick Purrfect Bistro Grain-Free Real Chicken Recipe Adult Dry Cat Food

I have been feeding Merrick Before Grain dry food for many years based on good ratings, fair pricing and the fact that all four of my cats loved it. When it suddenly became unavailable I ordered the Purrfect Bistro hoping it would be similar. None of my cats like this formula and they are not normally fussy eaters. If the Before Grain formula has been discontinued we will be switching to another brand

I liked what I saw on the ingredient label for this Merrick dry cat food, so I decided to give it a try. But-- and I'm not sure if I just happened to have gotten a few bad bags or what-- but there was a lot of "powder" that looked like pulverized or unformed kibble mixed in with the normal-looking kibble. Neither my house cats nor my ferals outside would eat it. Not wanting to waste expensive food by just throwing it into the garbage, I put it in piles out in the back field for whatever other critters might want it, but as of yet (it has been several days) it has not been touched by any birds, squirrels, stray dogs, or anyone. Interestingly, the Merrick pate canned food is working good for all I liked what I saw on the ingredient label for this Merrick dry cat food, so I decided to give it a try. But-- and I'm not sure if I just happened to have gotten a few bad bags or what-- but there was a lot of "powder" that looked like pulverized or unformed kibble mixed in with the normal-looking kibble. Neither my house cats nor my ferals outside would eat it. Not wanting to waste expensive food by just throwing it into the garbage, I put it in piles out in the back field for whatever other critters might want it, but as of yet (it has been several days) it has not been touched by any birds, squirrels, stray dogs, or anyone. Interestingly, the Merrick pate canned food is working good for all my cats, but I won't be buying any more of the dry food from them. … more

I ordered this item for my cats because the ingredient list looked great, but my cats wiil not eat it. I think I will have to look into another kind of food. Any good suggestions for healthy cat food that cats will eat??

This used to be very quality cat food, but for the last 3-4 months at least a quarter of the bag is powdered kibbles that my cats won't eat. This was my last order of Merrick. I will be switching to something else since it's such a waste.

My 2 cats love the food except for the "powder." I sifted at least four cups of powder from each bag out of the last three 12 lb. bags I ordered. I will try it one more time and if it contains a lot of powder, I will switch to another brand.

My cats are really enjoying this food, but it is VERY crumbly and it seems like a lot goes to waste because they aren't eating the powder/crumbs that settle in the bowl. Another reviewer mentioned that this happened once to them but it is not always the case. Maybe it gets broken down in transport?

This was the only grain-free, low-carb formula of cat food that all four of our cats would eat right out of the dry food bowl. But also, we feed them twice a day with a mixture of dry food and wet food. As well, this is one of the few formulas with a percent carb content down in the twenties. Many "high quality" grain-free formulas tend to be at 40 to 45%. I can tell because the higher carb content formulas don't satisfy our big orange & white Tom. In fact, he seems to get hungrier the more he eats of it (like I do when I go off my lo-carb diet). So for these two reasons it's my favorite. However, our cats' enjoyment varies from bag-to-bag. The previous bag was a smash hit. The This was the only grain-free, low-carb formula of cat food that all four of our cats would eat right out of the dry food bowl. But also, we feed them twice a day with a mixture of dry food and wet food. As well, this is one of the few formulas with a percent carb content down in the twenties. Many "high quality" grain-free formulas tend to be at 40 to 45%. I can tell because the higher carb content formulas don't satisfy our big orange & white Tom. In fact, he seems to get hungrier the more he eats of it (like I do when I go off my lo-carb diet). So for these two reasons it's my favorite. However, our cats' enjoyment varies from bag-to-bag. The previous bag was a smash hit. The latest bag doesn't interest them at all (but they still eat it mixed with wet food.) The bag arrived with a small tear (which I immediately taped over with packing tape) and there is kibble mixed with powdery remains of pulverized kibble, like you'd get at the very bottom of the bag. Maybe this is due to rough handling during shipping. But the intact kibble is a lot smaller, so I wonder if factory production is inconsistent. Therefore I've pushed my autoship several weeks into the future and will buy smaller bags from various brick & mortar shops until I figure this out. … more

This worked about as well as the canned cat food did. None of my cats would eat it, even the stray cats I feed won't eat it. This has been an expensive lesson.

Have been using this for years. High protein at a fair price and 1st three ingredients are meat not filler.

The ingredient list sounds so good but alas my 3 senior citizen cats can not read and will not eat it.I am feeding a stray cat and her 6 kittens until the local shelter has room for them so I gave it to them. They will eat almost everything but not this food.The raccoons enjoyed it eventually however when I dumped it on the compost heap.