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Manufacturer

The Gemon brand belongs to the Italian company Monge & CSpa The first wet cat food was released back in 1963, in 1968 production was put on a “broad rails”, improving every year.

Currently, Monge & CSpa products are successfully sold in 80 countries around the world, the company itself is a partner of the largest commercial companies.

The company owns vast fields where chickens and lambs are raised. It is especially emphasized that everything happens naturally, without stimulation by growth hormones or antibiotics. Only freshly caught fish is used.

In addition to Gemon, the company produces food under the brands Moustache, Simba, LeChat, and Monge.

Negative reviews

Anonymous1494647

I want to share my bad luck with this food. We have a cattery of more than 20 cats, we fed this food for 3 months, and 4 cats on this food developed urolithiasis. Those who are older have kidney stones, those who are younger have crystals and blood in their urine. One cat was barely saved! I have been breeding cats for more than 12 years and we have never had this happen with any super-premium or premium food. I would like to note that this food affects cats; this has not been observed in cats. But still, we switched our animals to regular super-premium Monge food, it is of higher quality and does not cause such problems.

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Anastasia Eliseeva

I bought canned chicken for my cat on the advice of a pet store. I liked the composition. On the first day we ate it with a bang, but then things got worse. The next day, our stool became upset, the cat began to bury food, and then, for the first time (probably out of spite), we went to the toilet not in the tray, but in the middle of the room.

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Range

Gemon Cat Indoor is a complete food with chicken and rice for adult cats (from one to 6 years old). Yucca in the composition reduces gas formation and smoothes out the unpleasant odor from cat feces. Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids have a beneficial effect on the condition of the coat and skin, and soothe inflammatory processes. There is little protein, so the cat will not gain weight on this food.

Gemon Cat Hairball is another dry food option for animals over a year old, enriched with acids and fiber. In addition to meat and meat by-products, it contains hydrolyzed chicken liver, salmon flour and oil, and vitamin E. Helps remove excess hair from the cat’s stomach.

Gemon Cat – wet food in convenient portioned jars. Ingredients: meat and meat by-products (including pieces of beef), chicken eggs (powder), cereals, thickeners, vitamins, mineral supplements.

Gemon Cat Sterilized - canned food for sterilized cats and neutered cats, and for animals prone to weight gain (over a year old). Ingredients: meat and meat ingredients (including rabbit meat - 5%), thickeners, cereals, eggs, mineral components and vitamins. The protein level in this food has been reduced from 8.5 to 8%.

For older cats (over 10 years old), canned Gemon Cat Chunkies Senior with chicken & turkey with turkey (20%) and chicken (20%) have been developed. The composition of this food is gentle (to avoid kidney stones).

GEMON cat treats for cats are made according to the same recipe as canned food. There is one difference - the volume is smaller.

Gemon Cat Pouch Sterilized - spiders with tuna and dory fish. Suitable for both healthy and obese people, as well as neutered and neutered people. Permitted age: 1-10 years. It is allowed to feed the animal no more than 3 spiders per day.

If your cat eats dry food, monitor the amount of water she drinks per day. Water should always be freely available, clean and warm.

Varieties

Chicken based food is suitable for small pets.
Manufacturers offer potential consumers the following types of Gemon feed:

• “Djimon” with chicken 1.5 kg. A complete diet with chicken pieces, which is recommended for kittens from the first month of life. This food is perfect for cats that bear and feed cats. The food contains a vitamin complex, mineral elements and proteins that promote normal growth and development of the pet. In addition to chicken, the recipe contains fish and jelly-like substances.
• Gemon Cat Pouch with vegetables and rabbit meat. Wet food is designed for active pets aged from 1 to 10 years. It includes natural fiber, fats, retinol, protein, oils and tocopherol.
• "Gemon" with vegetables and beef. The diet is enriched with minerals, vitamins E, A and cholecalciferol.
• “Jemon” with turkey meat. The food is designed for cats over 11 years of age. Includes oils, fiber, protein and retinol, plus turkey meat and minerals.
• Gemon Cat Urinary. Packaged in 400 g packaging. Produced by manufacturers to prevent the accumulation of stones in urine in adult cats. It represents a balanced diet with a low content of Mg ions and a complex of fatty acids, which reduce inflammatory foci and relieve allergic reactions. Plus, the food effectively reduces increased gas formation in the intestines.
• "Djimon Kat Sterilized." Designed for sterilized cats over 1 year of age. The diet is perfectly digestible and its uniquely selected formula supports liver function and provides reliable prevention of obesity, which is what pets usually face after sterilization. The food additionally includes beneficial bacteria that improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and boost the immune system.

Compound

• Meat and meat by-products, fish and fish by-products (including oils and fats).
• Cereals: rice, corn, yucca (including corn gluten).
• Food additives: A, E, D3, taurine, choline chloride, manganese sulfate monohydrate, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, ferrous sulfate, DL-methionine, yeast.
• Prebiotic supplements: fructo-oligosaccharides, mannan-oligosaccharides, Yucca Schidigera.

Review of Gemon cat food

Gemon cat food is available in the retail chain in both dry and wet forms. An abundance of different flavors, each of which has its own purpose, are designed for animals of all age categories.

The basis for dry food is cereals, for adults the content is higher, and for kittens – less. Meat or fish takes second place in importance. The manufacturer declares its mass component to be 8% of the total weight of the product. It also contains beneficial prebiotics - fructooligosaccharides and mannanoligosaccharides.

Gemon wet food, compared to dry food, has a significant mass of meat products, up to 80%, and is presented in the form of a pate. This applies to small-volume cans. Large jars contain 45% meat, but also contain eggs and grains.

Manufacturer

The manufacturer of this food is the Italian company Monge, which was founded in 1963. Initially, the main activity of the company was raising poultry. The company strictly followed production technology and used only environmentally friendly feed for raising chickens. Thanks to this, the company's products were in great demand among the chefs of the most expensive restaurants in Europe.

After deboning the chickens, significant waste remained, which could not but affect the cost of production. Therefore, it was decided to use the remains of poultry to make food for animals, both for dogs and cats. In a short time, Gemon food has become in demand among fauna lovers in fifty countries.

Advantages and disadvantages

• Gemon brand food can be purchased in almost any pet supply store and department of any large supermarket.
• They are very cheap and affordable for most buyers.
• The line is extensive: there is dry and wet food, there are treats. Each has several options for all ages, there are also specialized ones: with enzymes for removing hairballs from the stomach; for individuals prone to urolithiasis, etc.
• Good ratio of vitamins and minerals.
• Contains no gluten, artificial colors, hydrogenated fats, or monosodium glutamate.

• The feed contains technological additives - thickeners and antioxidants - whose names are not indicated on the packaging. Antioxidants are needed to protect cells from the negative effects of radicals, but it is natural antioxidants that bring benefits, not chemically created ones.
• Dry food contains corn. Yes, it is a highly nutritious vegetable that contains a lot of carbohydrates, but this option is better suited for humans, not animals. Both cats and dogs receive the bulk of their energy from fats, and only then from proteins and carbohydrates. And they should not be vegetable, but meat. Carnivores digest plant protein very poorly; in addition, corn starch provokes obesity and increases the glycemic index. Plus, it often causes allergies.
• Some types of food do not indicate which grains are added. If it is oatmeal or buckwheat, this is not bad, but rice, wheat and corn, when consumed frequently, have a negative effect on the body.
• The wording “meat ingredients” is very streamlined. The lack of specifics raises questions and thoughts that the manufacturer clearly has nothing to boast about here and, most likely, useless meat waste has been added to the feed.

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Advantages and weaknesses

Despite the mediocre composition, the Djimon series food corresponds to the premium class. The food is varied. There is food for kittens and sterilized animals. It contains components that remove lumps of swallowed hair from the body. In addition to dry granulated food, the diet can be varied with pates or canned food. Consumers consider the advantages to be moderate cost.

However, Gemon cat food is not included in the list of popular foods in Russia. And the reason is not only the inconsistency of consumer reviews. Probably, owners of breeding-valuable individuals prefer to use holistic or super-premium food. Owners of outbred cats are content with cheaper food - Kitty Kat or Whiskas.

Price and where to buy

You can buy this food in online pet stores:

1. "Old Farm" (link):
2. Packaging Gemon 0.4 kg - from 158 rubles;
3. Packaging Gemon 1.5 kg - from 495 rubles;
4. Gemon canned food 0.42 kg x 24 pieces - from 1858 rubles;
5. Spiders “Djimon” 0.1 kg x 24 pieces - from 1175 rub.

• "UniZoo" (link):
• Dry food, packaging 0.4 kg - from 181 rubles;
• Dry food, packaging 1.5 kg - from 659 rubles;
• Canned food, jar 100 g - from 59 rubles;
• Canned food, jar 415 g - from 88 rub.

Advantages and disadvantages

According to official information, fresh meat is added to Gemon cat food, which undergoes careful control. The manufacturer uses ingredients that were grown in-house, so he can be directly responsible for the quality of the final product. This is an important positive point when choosing this food.

Also, the advantages of Gemon include:

• absence of dyes and chemical antioxidants;
• gluten free;
• a sufficient amount of nutrients to maintain normal functioning of the body (vitamins, minerals, various trace elements);
• a special composition helps remove hairballs from the gastrointestinal tract and prevent their formation;
• a moderate level of fat prevents the development of excess weight, so the diet is well suited for sterilized and inactive animals;
• dry biscuits have an acceptable shape, so it is convenient for your pet to chew them;
• The packaging is hermetically sealed, which does not allow the smell to dissipate.

The main disadvantage can be considered the small amount of meat. In the description of the composition, the manufacturer lists grains first, then fats, and only then animal proteins. Felines are carnivores by nature, so they must consume meat products to a greater extent.

Kitten

Food for small carnivores finally contains animal products first!

• Chicken comes in first place; the manufacturer explained that 8% of this ingredient is fresh chicken and 30% is dehydrated. Already something. We can clearly see that at least 38% of this food actually contains animal ingredients. Chicken is a good choice for cat food. Of course, if she does not suffer from allergies to chicken meat and other products obtained from this type of poultry.
• Next come the grains. The good news is that the grains in this food are specified more specifically, these are maize and rice. The bad news is that these grains are still not physiological and are quite cheap, acting as a cheap source of energy.
• Chicken fat is indicated as one of the sources of fat - compared to other feeds, where specific fats are indicated only as part of the fat mix, it is a good component, but it is not clear what it is preserved with.
• Hydrolyzed animal proteins are proteins that have been isolated using enzymes and/or acids. On the one hand, they are well digestible and do not cause allergies, on the other hand, it is not known what raw materials they are obtained from, and besides, they undergo deep processing even before being added to the feed.
• Beet pulp is what remains of beets after the sugar is extracted from them. A good and completely harmless source of fiber.
• Dehydrated salmon is also a good and fairly high-quality source of animal protein, no complaints. Another product obtained from this noble species of fish is Omega 3-rich salmon oil.
• Further, as with other feeds, we see additives in the form of yeast, fructooligosaccharides, taurine and yucca schidigera.

The guaranteed analysis did not raise any questions. But the description states that the food has a reduced magnesium content, which helps maintain kidney health. Not only do kittens usually not experience any problems with the kidneys (if they do not have congenital pathologies) and this item is not necessary at all, but the guaranteed analysis does not indicate the magnesium content, that is, we cannot verify the manufacturer’s statement in any way!

Guaranteed analysis of Gemon Kitten with Chicken and Rice