Cat Food: Reviews

Updated April 2010
 

Best canned cat food, but expensive

*Est. $1.60 per 5.5-oz. can Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

About.com: About.com guide to cats Franny Syufy calls Wellness Chicken Formula an enigma. She says that owners will appreciate the ...

CatInfo.org: While the author is a strong proponent of feeding cats a raw diet, Wellness's grain-free varieties (including Chicken Formula) ...

PetsumerReport.com: Wellness canned cat food earns the highest possible rating here. Susan Thixton, who also writes the Truth About Pet Food blog, ...

Ask Susan Peters: Susan Peters tends to be hypercritical when it comes to cat foods, and few cat foods score very well here. Wellness Chicken ...

Tipped Ear Clan: This fun blog has lots of information about cat nutrition and cat foods. In a January 2009 update, the anonymous author writes ...

ZooToo.com: Wellness Chicken Formula cat food scores relatively well here after 25 reviews. A few comments say that not all cats are fond ...

 

Best-value canned cat food

*Est. 95 cents per 6-oz. can Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

About.com: Franny Syufy, About.com's guide to cats, rates Natural Balance as the top canned cat food based on testing with her cats. She ...

CatInfo.org: Veterinarian Lisa Pierson advocates a raw-meat diet for cats, and her recommendations reflect that she considers other foods ...

PetsumerReport.com: Natural Balance Indoor Cat Formula earns the highest possible rating here, though reviewer Susan Thixton notes that the ...

Tipped Ear Clan: This cat-centric blog includes a fun-to-read page on cat nutrition and cat food. Natural Balance is among the premium cat ...

Only Natural Pet Store: More than 50 owner reviews are mostly positive, though this isn't one of the top-rated cat foods here. Cats being what they ...

Petco.com: The nearly 60 owners reviewing Natural Balance Ultra Premium give this cat food a nearly perfect average rating. As with most ...

CatFoodReviews.com: Natural Balance, along with Solid Gold, gets top ratings here as a brand. However, the editors are focused more on Natural ...

 

Supermarket canned cat food

*Est. 50 cents per 3-oz. can Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

PetsumerReport.com: Susan Thixton, who also writes the Truth About Pet Food blog, gives this Fancy Feast variety a score of 3 out of 4. Some ...

Ask Susan Peters: Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast tests reasonably well in this report, with a rating of 8 on a 10-point scale. The ...

CatInfo.org: This veterinarian mentions that some Fancy Feast varieties are much better than others, namely the ones that list meat as a ...

ZooToo.com: More than 160 owners give this Fancy Feast variety mostly positive reviews. However, some cats are turned off by the shrimp, ...

Amazon.com: The handful of owners reviewing this cat food here give it perfect 5-star ratings, praising the relatively high protein (at ...

ExpoTV.com: There aren't a lot of reviews here, and what's here is not comparative, but these user-generated video reviews can be fun to ...

 

Best dry cat food, but expensive

*Est. $20 for a 5.9-lb. bag Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

About.com: About.com's Franny Syufy rates Wellness Core highly and says it is a food that's "closely aligned with a raw diet." She ...

PetFoodRatings.net: The site owner at this pet food ratings page gives Wellness Core his highest rating, praising the high protein content and use ...

PetsumerReport.com: This site is all about pet food. Here, Susan Thixton gives this Wellness Core variety a perfect rating, significantly higher ...

Ask Susan Peters: Susan Peters takes issue with the inclusion of certain ingredients in Wellness Core dry cat food -- namely chicken fat, ...

Sequoia Humane Society: Wellness Core is one of only five dry cat foods recommended by this Eureka, Calif., branch of the Humane Society. The food ...

Petco.com: About three dozen owners have weighed in on Wellness Core as of our last visit, and all seem happy with the food. Most ...

Only Natural Pet Store: About two dozen owners give this dry cat food mostly positive ratings here, praising the nutritional value -- though some ...

ZooToo.com: There aren't a lot of reviews here for Wellness Core, but what's here shows a general pattern of satisfaction. A few owners ...

GreenLittleCat.com: This cat lover evaluates Wellness, along with five other "health food" cat-food companies, with a focus on their environmental ...

 

Best value dry cat food

*Est. $14 for a 6.6-lb. bag Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

About.com: Franny Syufy, About.com's guide to cats, includes Natural Balance Ultra Premium cat food in her list of top dry food choices, ...

PetFoodRatings.net: While Natural Balance Ultra Premium earns a rating that's just a bit below the top foods, Christopher Eng says it's a great ...

PetsumerReport.com: Natural Balance Ultra Premium gets a high rating here despite its inclusion of ethoxyquin as a fish meal preservative. Susan ...

Ask Susan Peters: Susan Peters reviews a different variety of Natural Balance dry cat food here, but it's easy to see that her rating (7 on a ...

Tipped Ear Clan: This cat-oriented blog features an entertaining and informative page on cat foods and nutrition. Natural Balance is included ...

ZooToo.com: Nearly 150 users have weighed in at this independent pet lovers' community, and most seem quite pleased, giving it an average ...

Petco.com: About 60 users have written reviews of Natural Balance Ultra Premium, giving it a high average rating of 4.7 on a 5-point ...

Only Natural Pet Store: Fewer than a dozen owners review this cat food here. Most are delighted with it, but two report that the litter box became ...

GreenLittleCat.com: This cat lover evaluates Natural Balance, along with five other "health food" cat-food companies, with a focus on their ...

Amazon.com: Most of the handful of owners reviewing this cat food here are delighted with it. But one reviewer, a biochemist, argues that ...

 

Organic cat food

*Est. $1.20 for a 5.5-oz. can Compare Prices
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

About.com: Franny Syufy, About.com's guide to cats, ranks Newman's Own Organics Chicken and Brown Rice seventh on her list of recommended ...

CatInfo.org: Veterinarian Lisa Pierson advocates a raw-meat diet, and her recommendations reflect that bias, favoring canned cat food that ...

PetsumerReport.com: Newman's Own Organics cat food gets the highest possible ratings here, and site owner Susan Thixton notes that it includes ...

Ask Susan Peters: Susan Peters likes the dry Newman's Own cat food better than the canned, rating the Chicken & Brown Rice variety only ...

AllExperts.com: The two volunteer experts on cats who answer questions here include Newman's Own as one of six brands of cat food recommended. ...

Only Natural Pet Store: More than two dozen owners give Newman's Own canned cat food varieties an average rating of 4.5 on a 5-point scale. Most are ...

Amazon.com: About three dozen owners review Newman's Own Organics cat food here, giving it an average rating of 4 on a 5-point scale; ...

 

Frozen raw cat food

*Est. $95 for a 20-lb. box Learn More
 
Expert & User Review Sources:

CatInfo.org: Veterinarian Lisa Pierson advocates a raw-meat diet for cats, and her recommendations reflect his. Although she makes her own ...

CatNutrition.org: This raw-food advocate recommends Feline's Pride as the best commercial raw cat food, though she prefers to make her own and ...

About.com: Franny Syufy, About.com's guide to cats, includes Feline's Pride in this list of 11 commercial raw cat foods. (Note: ...

Itchmo Forums for Cats & Dogs: This discussion is very brief, but it includes tips on persuading a cat to switch from a dry commercial cat food to a Feline's ...

 

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