WHW’s Best 5 Cat Food Brands
We have tried several cat food brands, and here’s our take on the Best 5. These are the brands our cats stayed on the longest before transitioning to another. Transitioning was due to either low supply at stores, high cost, or found something better.
We used this simple matrix to rank these brands. Availability differs in every store, and we go through atleast 5 different stores in our area when buying cat food. Affordability is generally how they’re priced per ounce; for example, Deck Hand at 5.5 oz costs $1.50 and Tiki Cat at 2.8 oz costs $1.99. Deck Hand scores higher than Tiki Cat. Flavor Selection is how diverse the flavors are. We see chicken as a flavor in just about every brand on the shelves, however, our cats are sick of chicken. We try to find them flavors they do love which are mainly salmon, deer, rabbit and beef. Ingredients are what’s in the can - we avoid wheat, starch and fillers for our cats as much as possible, but it’s not always possible. We are only ranking the brands here that has the least of those ingredients.
Availability and Affordability are based on stores in San Francisco and Colma, California.
These brands are also available on Amazon.
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Deck Hand
Sold only through Whole Foods store, Deck Hand has been the most wholesome food for our cats. This was also the most affordable we have seen of all food at any store. The flavors are only seafood - shrimp, salmon and tuna. ALERT: Nothing!
Buy Deck Hand
Canidae
Canidae offers food free of grains. We love the selection of flavors and so did our cats. It is mostly seafood, and chicken as the only meat. We have not seen beef or lamb in any Canidae products. ALERT: Some Canidae flavors include fillers like potatoes and carrots.
Buy Canidae
Nulo
This has been the most favorite of our cats. Nulo offers flavors they love such as beef and mackerel, turkey, duck and halibut. Good mix of red meat and seafood. ALERT: Not much! There are some carrots in the turkey or duck flavors.
Buy Nulo
Tiki Cat
Tiki Cat has by far been the priciest of the brands we love. They offer so many flavors, such as various grilled fish, quail eggs, chicken, lamb, deer, sardines and more! ALERT: There is even pumpkin, which, unfortunately, gave our cats diarreah.
Buy Tiki Cat
Orijen
We love the Orijen brand for dry food. When we are away for hours at a time, we make sure to leave dry food for the day. Orijen contains nature foods for cats. This is a bit pricey, but well worth the ingredients. ALERT: Nothing!
Buy Orijen
Our advice: When buying cat food, buy what makes sense to you and your cat. Stick with the flavors they love, and only change brands when you absolutely must for financial purposes.
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