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Cat Food: Ratings of Sources

Total of 19 Sources

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1. PetsumerReport.com
As of October 2012
PetsumerReport.com
by Susan Thixton
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Our AssessmentThe author of the blog Truth About Pet Food reviews and rates pet foods on a 5-point scale for dry foods, 4-point scale for canned. She includes a thorough report on each company, including the manufacturing facilities and supply chains. The extensive list includes many lesser-known brands and is easy to scan for danger alerts and overall ratings. Each specific cat food review includes pros and cons that cover all ingredients. Any ingredients thought (though not necessarily proven) to be controversial among pet food advocates are flagged in red. Each review is outstandingly detailed. This is an excellent site for checking out specific brands.
2. About.com
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Top Canned Cat Food
by Franny Syufy
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Our AssessmentThis is an excellent site for all-around cat information. About.com cat guide Franny Syufy names her choices for the best canned cat foods in this list, all of which she says "could form a sound basis for your cat's diet," ordered in the preference of her own cats. Natural Balance leads the list, with Syufy complimenting the company on its testing program. Although each cat food gets only a short write-up, the site does address almost every imaginable question about cat food, and the background information articles are helpful. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)
3. About.com
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Premium Dry Cat Foods for Adult Cats
by Franny Syufy
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Our AssessmentHere, Franny Syufy lists the best dry cat foods. She says she would feed any of them to her cats and rotates through several of the named foods. (Note: ConsumerSearch is owned by About.com, but the two don't share an editorial affiliation.)
4. CatInfo.org
As of October 2012
Commercial Foods
by Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
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Our AssessmentAlthough Lisa Pierson, a veterinarian, is a proponent of feeding cats a raw-meat diet, her site includes a list of what are called high-quality commercial canned cat foods. The list is based on nutritional information provided by the manufacturer rather than on testing, but the accompanying discussion explains the rationale for inclusion in extensive detail. An extensive table of nutritional information for commercial cat foods (but not dry foods) is newly published.
5. TracieHotchner.com
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Cat Chat Approved Foods
by Tracie Hotchner
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Our AssessmentTracie Hotchner, author of "The Cat Bible" and host of the syndicated radio show "Cat Chat," names cat food brands that she feels are the best overall. Elsewhere on the site, By Nature is listed as another approved food, and Weruva cat food is named "the official cat food of Cat Chat."
6. TracieHotchner.com
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Cat Chat -- Cat Food Supermarket Brands
by Tracie Hotchner
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Our AssessmentOnly certain flavors of certain supermarket cat food brands have acceptable ingredients, Tracie Hotchner says. She lists them here, noting that shoppers should check labels carefully and feed fish-containing foods no more than three times a week.
7. 1800PetMeds.com
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Comparison Center: Compare Your Pet's Food
by Editors of 1800PetMeds.com
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Our AssessmentUsing an expert panel of "veterinarians, nutritionists and the knowledgeable staff" of its own pet supply website, 1800PetMeds.com rates cat foods on a 5-star scale. It's easy to search and compare up to three foods at a time, and a handy chart lets you know which ingredients each food has and why it's good or bad. You can also click for a short list of "superior rated" foods. The advice here matches up well with other reliable sources, but several popular premium brands aren't rated.
8. CatNutrition.org
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Foodmaking
by "Anne"
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Our AssessmentThis site has an excellent overview of raw food diets for pets. The author has really done her homework in terms of understanding the natural feeding habits of dogs and cats, developing recipes and recommendations for feeding according to natural guidelines. A nutritional breakdown of the recommended raw recipe is provided. If you are looking for an alternative to commercial cat foods, this is an excellent place to start your research.
9. PetFoodRatings.org
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Cat Food Listings & Reviews
by Christopher Eng
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Our AssessmentThis website analyzes cat foods based on their ingredients and provides ratings for quality and price. Each food is discussed, and the author identifies which one he feeds to his own cats -- Wellness Core Fish & Fowl (now Grain Free Original Formula). Natural Balance Ultra Premium scores just below the top choices, but is identified as one of the better foods available at large pet food stores. Cat foods are listed alphabetically rather than by score, but there's also a quick-reference table on the site that shows the scores at a glance. Some of the ingredient lists don't match up with the current products', so the information could be out of date.
10. IBDKitties.com
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Recommended Food
by Editors of IBDKitties.com
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Our AssessmentThis website is dedicated to helping those with cats suffering from feline inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It includes a lengthy list of foods without low-quality grains, dairy products or certain additives and spices known to irritate cats with IBD. Most are higher-quality foods, but specific varieties of more popular supermarket brands that have a better ingredient profile and are known to be tolerated by cats with IBD are listed as well.
11. ZooToo.com
As of October 2012
Pet Products: Cat Foods
by Editors of and contributors to Zootoo.com
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Our AssessmentZootoo.com is among the best places to read owner feedback on cat food. You can sort the listings by canned or dry, and the number of reviews and the ratings are displayed on the main page. Many of the most popular foods have garnered enough feedback to show definite trends, but lots of foods get similar grades. A few foods and treats are singled out as Editor's Picks, with short write-ups explaining why, but the editors' qualifications aren't listed.
12. PetFoodTalk.com
As of October 2012
Cat Food Reviews 2012
by Carolyn Glatz
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Our AssessmentHere, you'll find reviews (with star ratings) for many popular cat food brands on the market. Carolyn Glatz, a writer who "has raised over 32 cats, 21 dogs and various other exotic animals," describes her "ideal cat food" (one with lots of protein and all of the nutrients cats need) and measures other foods against the ideal. She lists a few 4- and 5-star brands as "Best Cat Food" -- Taste of the Wild, Natural Balance, Orijen, Halo and Newman's Own -- but plenty of other brands get 4 or 5 stars, and it's not clear why they don't make the list.
13. OnlyNaturalPet.com
As of October 2012
Natural Cat Food
by Contributors to OnlyNaturalPet.com
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Our AssessmentThis online pet food and supplies retailer invites readers to review the cat foods they have tried. Ratings are provided right on the main page, but that would be more useful if the number of ratings were provided there as well. Some brands and foods get lots of feedback, while others get a handful of reports or none at all.
14. Petco.com
As of October 2012
Cat Food
by Contributors to Petco.com
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Our AssessmentThis is the website of the giant pet store chain. It shows each food's rating right on the main page -- but it doesn't say how many reviews each food has accumulated. Many cat foods get no more than one or two reviews, and the reviews themselves are less structured than those at other user-review sites. The website does single out a few top-rated cat foods -- those with high ratings and lots of reviews.
15. GreenLittleCat.com
July 2, 2009
The Natural Cat Food Throwdown -- And the Winner Is…
by Holly Tse
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Our AssessmentThis cat lover evaluates six of the top health-food cat food companies for their environmental commitment to sustainability, looking at their supply chains and other environmental practices. Based on the companies' replies to her emails and phone calls, the two winners are Natura Pet Products, maker of Innova and Evo cat food, and Petropics, maker of Tiki cat food. In a short May 2010 update, the author revokes the award from Natura foods (Innova and Evo) in light of the company's acquisition by Procter & Gamble.
16. Buzzillions.com
As of October 2012
Cat Food Reviews
by Contributors to Buzzillions.com
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Our AssessmentThis site consolidates reviews from other sites and also adds reviews of cat food submitted directly. Canned cat foods from Wellness, PetGuard, Weruva and By Nature maintain high scores with at least a dozen user reviews each, as does Evo dry cat food.
17. PetSmart.com
As of October 2012
Cat Food
by Contributors to PetSmart.com
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Our AssessmentPetSmart.com sells more than 150 specific cat foods, and although owners review and rate them, it's tedious to browse the reviews. You can't sort the list of cat foods by overall rating, and most that get reviews in the first place (many have no feedback at all) seem to get very high ratings anyway. The site could be useful, however, if you want to check out what other cat owners say about a few specific items once you've narrowed down your choices.
18. RateItAll.com
As of October 2012
Cat Food Brands
by Contributors to RateItAll.com
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Our AssessmentRateItAll.com is a consumer opinion site. Like most such sites, the quality of the reviews varies greatly, and most are not very long. Many well-known and specialty brands receive ratings, but few currently have enough reviews and ratings to make their overall scores significant. Canned and dry foods, as well as foods for dogs, receive reviews or ratings within the brand listings, diminishing the value of the scores still further.
19. GoodGuide.com
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Best Cat Food Ratings
by Editors of GoodGuide.com
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Our AssessmentGoodGuide.com rates more than 600 cat foods, with a lengthy explanation of its science-based methodology. Unfortunately, there's little explanation of why specific cat foods get the ratings they do. For example, Wellness Core dry food -- a top-rated dry food, according to several reliable sources -- is considered one of the worst foods here. It gets very low scores for "environment" and "society," but nowhere do the authors explain what the company does that's so bad. Some of this website's top-ranked cat foods get dismal ratings from top experts elsewhere.
     
 

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