# 9 lives catfood

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-lives-catfood/107343>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-lives-catfood/107343 "2002-05-05T02:34:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![saber702](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@saber702](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saber702)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-lives-catfood/107343/1 "2002-05-05T02:34:06Z")

</div>

Why is it that the only caned 9 lives cat food that dosen’t have a pop top is the tuna and egg flavor?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![friggae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/45deac/32.png) [@friggae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friggae)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/9-lives-catfood/107343/2 "2002-05-05T02:51:45Z")

</div>

> [@](#):
>
> Q: Why aren’t there pull-tabs on Tuna Select?
> 
> A: The 9Lives tuna varieties (Tuna in Sauce, Tuna & Cheese, and Tuna & Egg) are not currently packed in pull- tab cans. The food processing plants where these varieties are made do not currently have the special equipment for packing our product in pull-tab cans.

[http://www.9lives.heinzpetproducts.com/pages/products/faq.asp](http://www.9lives.heinzpetproducts.com/pages/products/faq.asp)

That was simple :).