Rating effectiveness: ?/5
We used the protocol as described and unfortunately saw no improvements. On the contrary, both using the gut soothe and healthy gut causes our cat to vomit. At first we thought it was his fish allergy (I couldn't find any fish ingredients in the protocol though). When we stopped the protocol the vomiting stopped. He also didn't want to touch any food that had the gut soothe in it. I really wanted to love this product because the ingredients look great and it came highly recommended by a holistic group I'm in. I truly believe in treating the root cause of issues and making sure the gut microbiome is in good shape.
We stopped the protocol altogether for a while. When we tried it again so did the vomiting. We'll stick with just raw food and hope that will heal the gut over time.
Rating UX: 2/5
Aside from our cat's sensitivity I was really disappointed with the user experience. The protocol is pricey, but there was no premium experience.
Since there are multiple things to take, it would have been nice to have a checklist so you know what to add to every feeding. It took quite a while to create a plan, because there are multiple components used in different ways. It would have been nice if Adored Beast would offer a calculator on the website that could generate a checklist based on your cats weight and the amount of meals you provided. This is a simple thing to do once, so everyone can benefit from it. Instead every customer has to do it themselves.
I was also disappointed that I couldn't start right away. One of the portions required a 1/32 measuring teaspoon. Something I, and I would assume a lot of people, would not have in home. Or it would have been helpful if the page would mention that the powders don't come with any scoops.
Maybe Adored Beast was going through a transition, but at the time of my purchase the packaging came with a sticker on top to rename one of the bottles. That already felt a bit iffy. The labelling was also unclear and one link on the page sent me to the dog version instead of the cat version of a product (looks like that has been fixed at this point). All in all it just felt too chaotic at the time for the price I paid.