Please remember who reported these issues VOLUNTARILY after this is all said and done. Buy from them, if they assure you they have fixed the problem. Please go here for more information.
Frankly, I am at a loss. I am looking for foods that A) assure me all ingredients are USA derived--although at least one manufacturer has assured this and then discovered their ingredients were NOT all USA derived and B) no filler. i.e. meat based, no grain-based fillers at all.
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I'd love to know a bit more about Natural Balance and the imported rice protein incident. Did the company buy the ingredient themselves, or did Diamond buy it on their behalf? Did Diamond tell Natural Balance that the rice protein was grown and manufactured in the US? Stories are changing all the time, and while I find it hard to believe that NB would deliberately lie, there's still something amiss in the responsibility department.
As for foods sourced in the US, with no fillers, a few exist but they're pricey. Browse all the brands on this page and you'll see some options:
http://www.thepetfoodlist.com/
I'm having the same problem as you are right now. There are vet-approved recipes for sale on PetDiets.com and BalanceIt.com... I'm planning to start cooking for my pets. I could probably do a couple of week's worth of food at a time, and I'm sure it would save me money. I hate how time-consuming it may be, but perhaps I'll learn to enjoy it.
I currently buy for the dry food Innova Evo which is grain-free. The canned is 9 Lives Flaky Tuna which is also grain free, but that seems more accidental since they don't advertise it as a grain free flavor. It's also cheap. I loved the pouched Nutro, but it's all been recalled. I've had to go grain free because Sassy's allergies. The Evo isn't cheap though, and probably not a good option for the shelter cats for you.
Do you have Solid Gold at your pet shops? It has no fillers like corn, soy, gluten, etc. You may like to look at their recent announcement w.r.t. the pet food recall: http://solidgoldhealth.com/
It's also quite affordable compared to other "better" brands of cat food.
If you have a Costco near you, their cat food is, at least so far, unaffected by the recalls. It's sold as the Kirkland brand Adult Maintenance food (purple bag, sells for about half the price of SD adult dry). It does contain rice, but not rice protein concentrate (according to thepetfoodlist.com).
Anyway, no idea if it's useful to you, but a friend had asked me about it so I scanned the label for her posted it on flickr.
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