Our top 10 picks — ranked by ingredient quality, nutritional balance, and verified recall history.
Smalls Fresh Ground Bird recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of nine recipes in this product range made by Smalls, a pet food company founded in 2017 by friends Matt Michaelson and Calvin Bohn.
Open Farm Harvest Chicken Pâté recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s rating of 4 stars. It is one of six recipes in this product range made by Open Farm, which was founded in 2014 by Jacqueline Prehogan.
The Honest Kitchen Grain Free Chicken dehydrated cat food received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of three recipes in this product range made by The Honest Kitchen, founded in 2002 by Lucy Postins in San Diego and is still based there today.
Blue Wilderness Adult Cat – Indoor Recipe – Chicken recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of 11 recipes in this product range made by Blue Buffalo which has two facilities, one in Missouri and a manufacturing plant in Indiana.
pawTree Freeze-Dried Raw Food Real Chicken recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of three recipes in this product range made by pawTree which is an online company founded by Roger Morgan in 2012. The foods are made in the USA and distributed by PawTree
IAMs Healthy Adult Chicken Pate recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4 stars. It is one of 13 recipes in this product range made by Spectrum Brands, which was established by self-taught animal nutritionist Paul F Iams in 1946.
Rachael Ray Nutrish Chicken Purrcata recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4 stars. It is one of nine recipes in this product range made by Food Network favorite Rachael Ray. In 2008 Rachael joined forces with Ainsworth Pet Nutrition to develop a range of dog food containing simple, natural ingredients. The cat food element of the business began in 2014.
Weruva Press Your Dinner! – Chicken Breast Dinner with Deboned Chicken recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of 15 recipes in this product range made by Weruva Inc. whose company’s headquarters are in Natick, Massachusetts, but the food is manufactured in Thailand. It was founded in 2006 by David and Stacie Forman and is still family-owned today.
American Journey Landmark Chicken & Vegetables Recipe in Broth received the Cat Food Advisor’s second highest rating: 4.5 stars. It is one of four recipes in this product range made by American Journey Pet Food. First launched in 2017, these pet foods are sold almost exclusively through Chewy’s website.
BIXBI Rawbble Freeze Dried Cat Food – Chicken recipe received the Cat Food Advisor’s highest rating: 5 stars. It is one of four recipes in this product range made by BIXBI Pet, founded in 2008 by James Crouch, who is the current CEO. Its headquarters are based in Colorado.
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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