Our top 9 picks — ranked by ingredient quality, nutritional balance, and verified recall history.
American Journey Turkey & Chicken Grain Free recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4 stars. It is a dry product range made by American Journey Pet Food, an exclusive brand owned by Chewy.com. It was launched in 2017, and the products are sold almost exclusively through Chewy’s website.
Tender & True Organic Chicken & Liver recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of six products in a range made by Tender & True, a company founded in 2014 and one of the first to produce certified, humanely raised, pet food that meets USDA organic standards.
Diamond Naturals cat food range received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4 stars. It is made up of three recipes made from superfood ingredients as well as probiotics to support digestive and immune health.
Taste of the Wild Rocky Mountain Feline Recipe with Roasted Venison and Smoke-Flavored Salmon Cat Food received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4.5 stars. It is one of five recipes in this product range made by Taste of the Wild, a company owned by Diamond Pet Foods. It derives the bulk of its protein from chicken meal and d ry matter label analysis reveals a wet recipe conta ining 46.7% protein, 20% fat and 25.3% carbohydrates . . . with a fat-to-protein ratio of 43%.
Tiki Cat Born Carnivore High Protein Deboned Chicken & Egg recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4.5 stars. It is one of eight recipes in this product range made by Tiki Cat, a brand founded in 2005 by husband and wife, Christine and Robert Hackett. (Christine had previously worked in research and development for PetCo and during that time decided that the pet food market needed a new kind of diet, food that was more species-appropriate and had fewer grains and carbohydrates.)
Blue Buffalo Wilderness Adult Cat Chicken dry recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of 11 recipes in a product range made by Blue Buffalo.
I and Love and You Naked Essentials Grain-Free Chicken & Duck recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4.5 stars. It is one of seven recipes in a product range made by I and Love and You, a company founded in 2011 in Boulder Colorado. The food is sourced nationally and internationally from the USA, Canada, Australia, Brazil and New Zealand.
Applaws Natural Grain-Free Adult Dry Cat Food, Chicken With Turkey recipe receives the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4 stars. It is one of four recipes in a product range made by Applaws, which is owned by premium pet food company MPM. MPM specializes in the production of high quality, human-grade pet foods made from natural, clean-label ingredients.
Addiction Duck Royale Entrée dry recip e receives the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4 stars. It is one of eight recipes in a product range made by Addiction, a family run business established in 2002 by Jerel Kwek.
How we ranked these: Every food on this page is scored using our transparent methodology — 40% ingredient quality, 30% independent third-party rating, 20% recall history, 10% manufacturing transparency. No partner gets favorable placement; commissions don't influence the rankings.
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