The first 80% meat/grain free dry cat food in a supermarket?

[Mark]

I was surprised how high the phosphorus content is - 1.6%  - I also looked at the bag of Orijen fish and that says min 1.4%. This is compared to Hil's adult with chicken 0.7% and K/D 0.27% - Orijen claim that their food is fine for CRF but I won't be giving it to Willow any more. Encore/Applaws is very oily so I did a kitchen trick. I put a measure of Ipakitine in a plastic bag with some Encore and shook it which coated the biscuits 

[Mark]

It has passed the taste test with Alice 

She reacted as if it was a plate of Salmon  - unlike the fish Orijen which she turned her nose up at.

Ditto with Willow. OK it isn't low phosphorus but she is barely eating and you can count the bones in her back so this is better than not eating at all 

[Mark]

They should do as ours isn't a big store. I go there if a need a quick shop (or catfood is on offer  ) and Tesco for a proper shop.

[Gillian Harvey]

- encore, its generally the same bar some flavour differences, same company, same factory, same quality of ingredients just sold in sainsburys 

Yep, thats what I understood - exactly the same product as Applaws -  both the dry and the wet. This will be quite useful as I have to travel to Jollyes or PAH to get the Applaws dry. My local Sainsbury's already stock the Encore wet, so hope they'll stock the dry too.

[Millys Mum]

I heard that Sainsburys didnt want to sell applaws so got their own version - encore, its generally the same bar some flavour differences, same company, same factory, same quality of ingredients just sold in sainsburys 

[Mark]

I had seen the wet in there for ages but it was the first time I had seen the dry.

Just looked at their website and Encore dry is new. It is the same company as Applaws (and World's Best litter), MPM products.

Looking at he website, it seems it is Exclusive to Sainsbury's at the moment.

You don't get all the extras that Orijen has such as Omega oils, Glucosamine etc.

[Dawn F]

I thought I'd seen a wet version - didn't realise it was the same stuff

[Susanne (urbantigers)]

Encore wet has been sold in sainsburys (and elsewhere?) for a while.  I'm not sure if it is the same as applaws as it comes in different flavours (they do a chicken and ham which applaws don't do).  It sounds cheaper than applaws.

[Mark]

Sorry  Sainsbury's - it was about £4.60 for 800grams so about the same as purina one.

[Dawn F]

where did you get it?

[Mark]

I bought a bag of Encore dry to try this morning. I hadn't seen it before - Is it new? - I wonder why Applaws use a different name when it is sold in supermarkets?