{"id":5211,"date":"2021-09-10T02:10:05","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5211"},"modified":"2021-09-10T02:10:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T10:10:05","slug":"frivolous-friday-cat-food-made-from-bugs-for-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5211","title":{"rendered":"Frivolous Friday \u2013 Cat Food Made From Bugs? For Real?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4794\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olivialettuce-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olivialettuce-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olivialettuce-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olivialettuce-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olivialettuce-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Olivialettuce.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>It\u2019s true, even some well-known pet food companies are making eco-friendly cat food from insects. Well, they tried feeding cats a vegetarian diet and that didn\u2019t go over too well. Cats need protein. When scientists discovered that certain insects are similar in food value to meat, they went with it. Why? It\u2019s less of a stress on<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4793\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oliviafood-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oliviafood-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oliviafood-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oliviafood-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oliviafood-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/oliviafood-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> the eco-system. Factory farming requires massive quantities of energy and water, for example. Not so with insect farming.<\/p>\n<p>I read one account that said this food is not available in the US yet, but others counter that. Here\u2019s a list of <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart-500x388.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CatPatchesheart.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>companies that make insect-based cat food: Tomojo, Catit Nuna, Conscientious Cat and Purina\u2014Beyond Nature. Here\u2019s a link to Catit Nuna\u2019s website. It\u2019s quite informative. <a href=\"https:\/\/usa.catit.com\/shop\/catit-nuna-insect-based\/\">https:\/\/usa.catit.com\/shop\/catit-nuna-insect-based\/<\/a> For good measure\u2014in case you and your cat are interested, here are two additional links.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/environment\/lovebug-insect-based-cat-food\/\">https:\/\/newatlas.com\/environment\/lovebug-insect-based-cat-food\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.petmd.com\/dog\/nutrition\/what-insect-based-pet-food\">https:\/\/www.petmd.com\/dog\/nutrition\/what-insect-based-pet-food<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s true, even some well-known pet food companies are making eco-friendly cat food from insects. Well, they tried feeding cats a vegetarian diet and that didn\u2019t go over too well. Cats need protein. When scientists discovered that certain insects are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5211\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5212,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5211\/revisions\/5212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}