I sent an email in to Tiki cat foods inquiring about their product. Here is their response:
Thank you for your inquiry, I'm glad you love Tiki! Yes, our sunflower seed oil has high oleic which means highest level monounsaturated good fat. I’ve also attached some more information about Tiki for reference and below you will find our company philosophy. I've also attached the test results sheet for review, please let me know if you have any questions.
Our fish is caught from our own fishing vessels in the South Pacific - where mercury levels and pollutants are at their lowest possible levels. Our Tuna is caught with short lines (which catch smaller, younger fish) to eliminate concerns of mercury. We only catch seafood that is recommended for human consumption by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program. Our products are hand cut and filleted, hand packed, and canned fresh at the source. All agricultural ingredients are fresh and locally grown in Thailand. They are grown by natural human food-grade growers and are tested for pesticides, pathogens, heavy metals, antibiotics and other contaminants. None of our food ingredients are outsourced.
Because our original and core business is wild caught seafood, this is the most eco-friendly logistics scenario possible because we are canning at the source. Sadly, according to Monterey Bay Aquarium standards, fish caught off our Atlantic and Gulf Coasts are unsafe for human consumption and there is not enough supply/support for fishing off our immediate pacific coast to support our food. We have a symbiotic relationship with the human market in food supply, sharing the tuna, sardines, mackerel, etc… intended for human consumption. Because we already produce a considerable amount of wild caught seafood varieties, we share the load with our human USDA chicken formulas farmed locally and share the ocean containers. We use a factory that provides much higher, stricter standards for manufacturing than any other pet food manufacturer in the U.S. including European Food Quality Control Standards. We wanted a human only cannery that does not handle any pet grade ingredients to produce our formula’s which sadly cannot be achieved in the US. We supply all the food safety standards that we currently meet in detail on our website.
We have a “No Compromise Food Philosophy” that addresses Real Whole Food Ingredients, Human Consumable Quality, Impeccable Food Safety Standards, and Environmental Responsibility. We use only human grade ingredients, we don’t use any fillers, they are all low glycemic index, low magnesium, and low phosphate and have been approved not only for healthy adult maintenance, but also serious wellness diets for animals with CRF, Diabetes, Kidney and Liver Diseases, etc… We haven’t come across one special diet we can’t feed and vets across the country are beginning to get into holistic foods and treatment because of their experience with Tiki. You can also go to our website and print our Tiki Tour Guide which gives you a lot more information on our foods. I also recommend a book called Your Cat: Simple new secrets to a longer, stronger life by Elizabeth M Hodgkins, D.V.M., Esq. Please let me know if you have any more questions.
March 15, 2013