Dear Pawrents,

At YingYang Mao, we are committed to being a community-driven company that provides feline nutrition, health, care, and love to all furbabies. We value your feedback and suggestions, and we would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your support. While we may not be able to incorporate every suggestion, we encourage you to DM us with any feedback you may have, and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.

In the spirit of transparency and community, we invite you to join us on our RAWR Food Journey as we refine and improve our recipe. We feed our own cats with the same RAW food, so you can be confident that we take our recipe crafting seriously. Please see our recipe change log below to stay updated on any changes we make. This way, you can be certain about what goes into your furbabies’ food.

Thank you for choosing YingYang Mao as your partner in feline care.

Sincerely, The YingYang Mao Team

v2.06-20230328

Raw Meats: chicken/beef (73.75%) 
Organs: liver (7.37%), heart (7.37%)
Supplements: Lysine(2.21%), Egg & Shells (9.29%)
Topping to be packed separately:
Powdered Raw Ikan Bilis (source of vit and Calcium)
Remarks: Adding Ikan Bilis powder greatly increased the pallatability of the food across multiple cats without needing to add any salt. Adjusted Liver ratio to further align with market demands.

v2.05-20230317

Raw Meats: beef (66.98%) 
Organs: liver (13.4%), heart (6.7%)
Supplements: Lysine(2.01%), Egg & Shells (4.22%)
Topping to be packed separately:
Powdered Raw Ikan Bilis (6.7%) (source of vit and Calcium)

v2.04-20230228

Raw Meats: 50% beef 50% chicken
Organs: 50% liver 50% heart
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Taurine, Vit E, Vit B, Fish Oil, Egg, Egg Shell
Topping to be packed separately:
Powdered Ikan Bilis

v2.03-20230227

Raw Meats: Chicken and Beef
Organs: Liver and Heart
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Taurine, Vit E, Vit B, Fish Oil, Egg, Egg Shell

v2.02-20230222 (Custom Order)

Raw Meats: Beef
Organs: Liver and Heart
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Egg
Remarks:

  • First round of orders well received. Got our first custom order. Collected helpful suggestions to improve our recipe. Recipe well received.
v2.01-20230222 (Public Sales)

Raw Meats: Chicken and Beef
Organs: Liver and Heart
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Egg
Remarks:

  • Halal supplier found. Workflow SOP further streamlined in order to keep manpower costs managable. Product well received by cats. This was when we were confident enough to take orders and sell our cat food. Started looking for a SFA licensed kitchen to help us with the production.
v1.17-20230217

Raw Meats: Chicken and Beef
Organs: Liver and Heart
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Egg
Remarks:

  • Supermarket ran out of the brand that we normally bought. Went ahead with new brand but cats refused to eat. Realised that we needed to find a stable and reliable supplier.
v1.16-20230120

Raw Meats: Chicken and Beef
Organs: Liver and Heart
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Egg
Remarks:

  • This recipe was quite well received, coupled with the feeding system of adding 1 spoon of canned food together. Eggs got added back again as prices started to come back down.
v1.15-20230114

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizards
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Taurine, Coconut Oil
Remarks:

  • Mixed in some canned food to entice cats to eat. It worked. Realised that this was very useful to help cats stay on the raw food diet as it helps with variety. Found that even though food was not fully raw, the desired effects were still present. Did more research on meat options. Found that beef was an option that cats seem to like.
v1.14-20230105

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Lysine, Taurine, Coconut Oil
Remarks:

  • This recipe seemed to work pretty well as the cat health improved. However all of a sudden, they stopped eating. I reckoned that they might have gotten sick of the food. Real reason is still unknown.
v1.13-20221228

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine, Coconut oil
Remarks:

  • Tried using coconut oil as a cheaper option vs fish oil. Cats seem to be okay. Fur coat also improved.
  • Got very tired of making raw food and swapped to canned food. After 1 week, noticed difference. Fur started to drop a lot more than usual. Poop also started to smell.
  • Cats fell sick and vet mentioned to add lysine to diet. Lysine showed immediate positive effects.
  • Decided that for the cat’s health, I need to continue.
v1.12-20221218

Raw Meats: Chicken and Tuna
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine, Coconut oil
Remarks:

  • Cats like tuna taste, but it was not raw. Seems like cats also quite like the smell of fish. Look for affordable raw fish options.
v1.11-20221120

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine, Egg
Remarks:

  • Tried with toppings of ikan bilis and kibble powder. Dropped egg after price hike due to war.
v1.10-20221110

Raw Meats: Chicken with bone
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine, Egg
Remarks:

  • Settled for a mid range grinder.
v1.09-20221110

Raw Meats: Chicken with bone
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine
Remarks:

  • Went to look for more powerful meat grinder, however power could not handle the electricity load.
v1.08-20220912

Raw Meats: Chicken with bone
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine
Remarks:

  • Meat grinder broke down due to grinding bone.
v1.07-20220723

Raw Meats: Pre Minced Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine
Remarks:

  • Strangely, cats refused to eat pre minced chicken from the super market. All meat wasted; went back to mincing the meat in house.
v1.06-20220527

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine
Remarks:

  • Preperation took too much time and effort, especially to debone and remove excess skin. Looked for cheaper suppliers or other options.
v1.05-20220518

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Water, Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine
Remarks:

  • Vaccuum pack in container so no need to freeze, however, packing and vaccuum was extremely labour intensive and time consuming. Need to streamline operations.
v1.04-20220508

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Water, Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine
Remarks:

  • Flattened vaccuum packet for easier defrosting. Reduced water content as well in hopes that it will defrost easier.
v1.03-20220503

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Water, Salt, Vit E, Vit B, Taurine
Remarks:

  • Water made it difficult to defrost. Need to make defrosting easier and less messy.
v1.02-20220321

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Water, Salt, Vit E, Vit B

v1.01-20220307

Raw Meats: Chicken
Organs: Liver and Gizzards
Supplements: Water, Salt
Remarks: 

  • Cats did not like because the liver smell was very strong.