Chicken Soup has a good ingredient list. I just stopped buying it when Diamond had that recall, even though it wasn't on the list, I don't think. I just got angry. The truth is, when cats feel badly they don't eat and when they don't eat they go downhill VERY fast, it affects their other organs, kidneys, liver.....and it's REALLy hard to get them to eat after so much as ONE day of not eating. So any food you can get the cat attracted to is good food at that point. I say stick with the food he likes if it keeps him stable.