Good cat food is designed to be nutritionally balanced and provide everything your cat needs to be healthy with flavour thrown in to convince them to eat it cat treats on the other hand are designed to be tasty to cats.
Difference between cat food and treats.
Think of treats as kitty candy which should only be given.
It s sort of like the difference between dinner and dessert for people.
His dry food is little round pellets of grain free premium kibble.
Cat food is nutritionally balanced to maintain the health of the cat.
His treats are little cheap kitty junk food rollers which are crunchy balls the same size and shape of the dry food that cats are intended to chase after if you toss them on the ground.
Treats are just as the name suggests treats.
Treats are usually smellier and thus tastier and lower in nutritional value.
They are not nutritious but they are tasty.
Dry food that is aafco certified is balanced to provide adequate nutrition a balance of the right amount of protein fat carbohydrate and calories.
Consider human treats like chips or ice cream.