Soybean Oil

[snuppy]

Hello!

I feed a finicky kitty 9 Lives flaked tuna.  I recently noticed that the labeled ingredients now include Soybean Oil.  Now I am paranoid. 
Should I be concerned over this ingredient?  Is perhaps, anyone here feeding a canned cat food with soybean oil included in the ingredients?
I appreciate any insight!
Thanks.

[mgt818]

IMO - I'm not sure if the soybean oil is a bad ingredient, I think it would be 'better' if the food included another type of fat, such as safflower oil, salmon or flaxseed oil.  I think Del Monte recalled some foods, but I don't think 9lives was involved...  Maybe you should find out if it was produced in the same plant...  I am really not sure.  Others here are very knowledgable about cat foods and their ingredients though...

[snuppy]

Thanks for your reply.
I will look into it.

[mgt818]

let us know what you find out...  How is your kitty doing?

[JJ]

Please check the organicconsumers.org site as they discuss genetically modified food and I believe soybean is discussed on there as being one of the foods besides corn that is modified. Another good site for a wealth of information is dogtorJ.com Pet food recalls, what to eat, what not to eat, among other ideas and facts related to food are on there if anyone would like to find out more on the soy. These two sites will be of help.

[snuppy]

Kitty is okay but I have been feeding cans that don't list the soybean oil as an ingredient.  Either it was just put in or they have new labels.  Guess I should contact the company, just hope I get the truth from them.  Was hoping there would be another pet owner who feeds this product so I could ease my mind a bit.
Thanks again.