Aloha, bland food: here comes Tiki Cat Hookena Luau

Tiki Cat Hookena Luau Ahi Tuna and Chicken

Maybe it’s because she’s spoiled, and maybe it’s because she resents having to live in a house with two dogs, but my cat has little interest in pate-style foods. As a result, almost everything I buy her is either “flaked” or some variation on “chunks in gravy.” I generally avoid so-called supermarket cat foods, too, so you can almost always find me looking for sales on the high-end stuff. That’s probably why I picked up a few cans of  Tiki Cat not long ago, one of which was Hookena Luau Ahi Tuna and Chicken. To be blunt, kitty approves – a LOT.

I’d seen their six-ounce cans before, but with a few flavors on  closeout at half price, I gave it a try. The cans, in case you haven’t seen them, are taller and rather squat compared to your typical Blue Buffalo or Friskies cans. What’s inside is also different: it’s a conglomeration of shreds, mostly a dark brown (the tuna) but with about a quarter of them more familiar threads of what appears to be chicken breast. There’s a little “juice” that isn’t obvious until you dig out a spoonful or so, what the label calls chicken consommé.  There are no vegetables, and there’s no stewlike consistency like the "chunks in gravy" style foods.
No grain appears in the ingredients list, which starts with chicken broth before getting to the tuna and chicken, in that order. I’m not a chemist, but all of the ingredients beyond the first five or so appear to be supplements with vitamins and minerals; substances such as pyroxidine hydroxide (vitamin B1) and zinc sulfate. There are no preservatives or artificial colors (with the possible exception of tricalcium phosphate).

Of course, the real test is if kitty likes Tiki Cat Hookena Luau Ahi Tuna and Chicken  – and I think I can say without reserve that she clearly gives this food two paws up. She only gets a couple of ounces a day to supplement her dry food, but at her second serving she was already pacing back and forth in front of her bowl waiting for it. That’s a definite, “More, Daddy!”

Now, if I could just find it half price all the time…

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