Warning issued for cat owners in England buying Felix food pouches

Warning issued for cat owners in England buying Felix food pouches
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Shoppers furious after a popular cat food pouch shrank by 15 per cent. Felix Original pouches went from 100g to 85g last year, but the pricier As Good As It Looks ones remained at 100g, as the Cost of Living crisis continued.

But this month they also were shrunk down to 85g with the cost remaining the same at around £5 for a box of 12 or £15 for a box of 40. A Trustpilot customer fumed in a scathing review: "Just bought Felix As Good As It Looks from Tesco for usual £5.00 price for twelve, only to discover that the size of pouches has been reduced from 100g to 85g.

"15% less food for the same price!!!!! Absolutely disgusted as this is such an underhand way of charging more. In addition, cats are used to getting 100g. I have four cats to feed. This just means having to mess about giving them extra from more pouches- what a pain.”

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An Ocado customer sniped: “Gone from 100g/sachet to 85g/sachet as of January 1. This means my cats are getting less per meal now as I don’t want to have to feed them more than one sachet to get the same as they did before. Not impressed.”

A third said on Instagram: “Some people won’t even realise either and will be now under feeding their cats because they will still think they are the 100g packets." A Purina Spokesperson: “As part of our transition into new mono material pouches, all Felix AGAIL skus [stock keeping units] are moving to a new 85g pouch weight.

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“This packaging can be taken back to front of store to be recycled in the UK and can be recycled at kerbside in Ireland. The decision to reduce the pouch weight as part of that transition was based on research showing that cats typically consume less than 100g of food in one sitting.

“With this new, more ideal pouch weight, we aim to prevent wet food from drying out and ensure that cats have fresh wet food in every meal.”