Why are there no pork cat foods?

Question

Canned cat foods come in all sorts of flavors, but you never see any pork flavored cat foods. Why is that? Is pork bad for cats? Or is just it too delicious for us humans to share?

Answer 1

it gives the cats diarrhea, dogs too.

Answer 2

I have no idea, but might be the best question I have ever seen on YA.

You get a star...now I have to know too.

Answer 3

Have you ever seen a cat try to chase a pig in the wild?  lmao

Answer 4

I did a thesis on cat foods back when I was at University and this was one of the questions that came up.  Whiskas produced a Pork variety for a short while (available only in the small size cans), but it wasn't around for long.  According to the PFMA (Pet Food Manufacturer's Association), they use pork - it's in cat foods that have an ingredient of "meat byproducts" "meat derivatives" "animal byproducts" where the type of meat isn't specified.

There are several varieties that contain ham or bacon (which is also pig of course) e.g. chicken-and-bacon combinations.  

Historically, pork had a bad reputation because it was associated with tapeworm (though the tapeworm eggs are killed off by the high temperatures used in cat food manufacture).  These days there are lots of people find pork offensive for religious reasons which might be why it doesn't appear on the label, but is still in there as an ingredient, just not labelled as pork.

Answer 5

thank God there isnt... its unclean and disgusting... and the answer above me explains why...