Why Make a Hairball Management Formula?

• Most cats are susceptible to hairballs due to continual ingestion of hair during regular self-grooming
• Cat owners have told us that hairballs are one of their top concerns
• According to Eukanuba consumer research, a number of cat owners said that they and their cats find hairball treatments to be an unpleasant experience

Eukanuba nutritionists were looking for a way to control hairball formation while maintaining optimal feline health and well-being. They evaluated risk factors for hairball formation in cats fed diets that varied in fiber source and content.

• Ninety-eight cats were studied
• Nine groups were fed test diets and three were fed control diets
• Test feeding period was six to seven weeks, following a five-week control-feeding period
• Total cat-days of testing = 9,968

These researchers found that feeding diets that contained a blend of beet pulp and cellulose was more effective at moving hair through the digestive tract, compared with the same diets containing beet pulp as the only fiber source.

• An 80 to 100 percent increase in fecal hair excretion with beet pulp/cellulose-blend diets, compared with the beet pulp-only diet
• By promoting the passage of hair ingested by the cat during normal self-grooming, an important risk factor for hairball formation is minimized
• Hairballs were not evident in cats fed the beet pulp/cellulose-blend diets

The patent-pending fiber system (blend of beet pulp/cellulose) gently moves hair through the gastrointestinal tract while maintaining healthy digestion.

• Beet pulp, a moderately fermentable fiber, promotes optimal intestinal health
• Cellulose helps to enhance the passage of ingested hair

Our hairball management formulas provide the same high-quality nutrition and taste as our other adult formulas, with the added benefit of reducing the risk of hairballs.

Both provide high-quality nutrition for adult cats

• Similar feeding amounts as our other adult formulas
• Excellent stool quality, skin and coat condition, and taurine status

Great taste

• Similar acceptability and palatability test results as our other adult formulas

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