Last updated Jan 17, 2025
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Purina is easily one of the most recognizable pet food companies worldwide, but are Purina cat food products an appropriate choice for your cat? In this detailed review, we explore the history of Purina and analyze several of the most popular recipes.
The Cats.com Standard—Rating Purina on What Matters
We’ve analyzed Purina and graded it according to the Cats.com standard. Here’s how it rates in each of six key areas:
Ratings
- Species-Appropriateness – 5/10
- Ingredient Quality – 5/10
- Product Variety – 8/10
- Price – 8/10
- Customer Experience – 7/10
- Recall History – 7/10
Overall Score: 6.7/10
We give Purina cat food a 40 out of 60 rating or a B- grade.
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During the testing process, we take notes about each product’s appearance, aroma, texture, and consistency. Our cats provide their opinions on flavor and general appeal. We also pay attention to details like packaging, marketing claims printed on the label, and consistency across the brand. With big names like Purina, we do our best to provide an overview of the brand and its practices as well as detailed analyses of popular products.
About Purina
Originally founded as Purina Mills in 1894, Purina is one of the largest and oldest companies in the pet food industry. It was started by William H. Danforth partnered with George Robinson and William Andrews to launch an animal feed business. Various mergers and acquisitions led to multiple company name changes over the century that followed.
In 1926, under the name Ralston-Purina, the company established a pet nutrition and care center. This is where the brand’s first pet foods, including Purina Dog Chow and Cat Chow, were later developed. The company’s growth continued through the 20th century as other popular pet food brands like Friskies, Fancy Feast, and Kit & Kaboodle were acquired.
In 2001, Purina merged with the Swiss food giant, Nestlè to create Nestlè-Purina PetCare. of the income generated globally by the pet food industry.
Sourcing and Manufacturing
Purina cat food products are formulated by board-certified veterinary nutritionists according to AAFCO nutrient profiles for cats. From there, Purina takes the additional step of conducting feeding trials to test the nutritional adequacy, palatability, and digestibility of its products.
Purina claims to manufacture 99% of its dog and cat food products in the United States in company-owned facilities. While the brand doesn’t provide detailed ingredient sourcing information, most ingredients appear to be sourced primarily from North America.
For example, most of the grains used in Purina pet food products are sourced from the United States and Canada. Meat ingredients are also sourced largely from the United States, with the exception being lamb from New Zealand. Nutritional supplements are sourced from suppliers around the world.
Recall History
Purina has issued numerous pet food recalls across the company’s wide range of dog and cat food product lines. The company was one of more than 100 brands affected by the sweeping 2007 pet food recall caused by ingredients contaminated with melamine. Of the recalls affecting Purina products, most appear to be dog food rather than cat food products.
The most recent recall of a Purina cat food product happened in 2012. A single lot of Purina Veterinary Diets OM Overweight Management Feline Formula was recalled due to inappropriately low levels of thiamine. A year earlier in 2011, several Purina dry cat foods were recalled due to suspected salmonella contamination.
Though there haven’t been any Purina cat food recalls in the last decade, Purina was the subject of a sudden rise in customer complaints that swept the internet in 2023. After receiving more than 1,300 complaints from pet owners reporting adverse effects they attributed to Purina pet foods, the FDA conducted a thorough investigation of purchased products, unopened products in retail shops, and Purina’s manufacturing facilities. The FDA did not find evidence to suggest Purina’s products or manufacturing facilities were responsible for the adverse events.
What Kind of Cat Food Does Purina Offer?
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Purina stands behind some of the most easily recognizable brands in the cat food industry. Across the brand’s extensive list of product lines, Purina offers both dry and wet cat food products as well as treats and products intended for supplemental feeding.
Some of the brands that fall under the Purina umbrella include:
- Purina ONE
- Purina Beyond
- Purina Pro Plan
- Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets
- Purina Cat Chow
- Purina Pro Plan LiveClear
Each of Purina’s product lines operates with a specific nutritional philosophy or customer-oriented priority. Purina Cat Chow is your basic, budget-friendly cat food brand while Purina ONE Is marketed as top of the line. Purina Beyond is formulated without corn, wheat, soy, poultry by-product meal, and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives.
Purina Pro Plan products are made with animal protein as the first ingredient and are generally formulated to support various aspects of health. The LiveClear line, for example, is designed to reduce cat allergens. The Pro Plan Veterinary Diets line includes prescription products intended for the treatment of specific health concerns.
Purina Cat Food—Top 3 Recipes Reviewed
| Product Name | Food Type | Main Protein | Calories Per Ounce | Price | Our Grade |
| Cat Chow Indoor Hairball & Healthy Weight Dry Cat Food | Dry | Chicken | 96 kcal/oz. | $0.08 per oz | C |
| Beyond Simply White Meat Chicken & Whole Oat Meal Recipe Dry Cat Food | Dry | Chicken | 107 kcal/oz. | $0.16 per oz | B- |
| ONE Chicken Recipe Paté Natural Grain-Free Canned Cat Food | Wet | Chicken | 32 | $0.33 per oz | A- |
#1 Purina Cat Chow Indoor Hairball & Healthy Weight Dry Cat Food
One of Purina’s earliest cat food releases, Cat Chow is an inexpensive line of dry kibble. This Cat Chow recipe is formulated for indoor cats, featuring added fiber to help control hairballs and moderate calorie density to help maintain healthy body weight. The food comes in small, round, multicolored kibbles.
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Cat Chow Indoor is made with chicken by-product meal as the main ingredients. Additional protein comes from several whole grains, corn protein meal, and chicken. Measured as dry matter, the food provides about 34% protein and almost 11% fat. Though nutritionally complete, we’d prefer a product lower in carbohydrates and with fewer processed grains and artificial additives.
Based on over 5,000 customer ratings on Chewy, Cat Chow Indoor is a very popular product. Cat owners love the price (under $0.10 per ounce) and cats appear to find the food appealing.
Ingredients
Chicken By-Product Meal, Whole Grain Corn, Soy Flour, Whole Grain Wheat, Corn Protein Meal, Rice, Animal Fat Preserved With Mixed-Tocopherols, Chicken, Liver Flavor, Powdered Cellulose, Soybean Hulls, Calcium Carbonate, Phosphoric Acid, Salt, Natural Flavor, Choline Chloride, Parsley Flakes, Potassium Chloride, Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Folic Acid, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K)], L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Vitamin C), Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5.
Ingredients We Liked: Chicken
Ingredients We Didn’t Like: Soy Flour, Corn Protein Meal, Liver Flavor, Soybean Hulls, Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 5
Guaranteed Analysis
Dry Matter Basis
Caloric Weight Basis
What We Liked:
- First ingredient is animal protein
- Relies primarily on animal-sourced fat
- Cats appear to find the food appealing
- Very cost-effective, under $0.10/ounce
- Easy to find in grocery stores and pet stores
What We Didn’t Like:
- Contains artificial colors and flavors
- High in carbohydrates
- Contains processed grains and plant protein concentrate
- No dry food provides the moisture cats need
#2 Purina Beyond Simply White Meat Chicken & Whole Oat Meal Recipe Dry Cat Food
Like all Purina Beyond recipes, this dry food concentrates on simple, identifiable ingredients. Chicken and chicken meal are the first ingredients, followed by several whole grains and supplemental proteins.
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While this recipe doesn’t contain animal by-products or highly processed grains like corn and wheat, it does contain a concentrated source of plant protein (pea protein). The dry matter protein content of this formula is 37.5% and it contains a little over 18% dry matter fat.
Overall, this dry cat food appears to be a little higher in protein and fat than the previous Cat Chow recipe. It’s also free from artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives and relies primarily on whole sources of animal protein and fat. Priced per ounce, this Beyond recipe costs about twice what you’d pay for Cat Chow but the quality of the ingredients is objectively higher.
Ingredients
Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whole Barley, Rice, Whole Oat Meal, Dried Egg Product, Pea Protein, Beef Fat Preserved With Mixed-Tocopherols, Dried Yeast, Pea Fiber, Natural Flavor, Phosphoric Acid, Calcium Carbonate, L-Lysine Monohydrochloride, Salt, Sodium Bisulfate, Potassium Chloride, Dried Carrots, Dried Apples, Taurine, MINERALS [Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite], Choline Chloride, VITAMINS [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Biotin (Vitamin B-7)], Vitamin E Supplement, Dried Bacillus Coagulans Fermentation Product.
Ingredients We Liked: Chicken, Chicken Meal, Dried Egg Product, Beef Fat
Ingredients We Didn’t Like: Pea Protein
Guaranteed Analysis
Dry Matter Basis
Caloric Weight Basis
What We Liked:
- Top two ingredients are animal-sourced proteins
- Contains nutritious whole grains
- Relies primarily on animal-sourced fat
- Free from artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives
What We Didn’t Like:
- Fairly high in carbohydrates
- Contains processed grains and plant protein concentrate
- No dry food provides the moisture cats need
#3 Purina ONE Chicken Recipe Paté Natural Grain-Free Canned Cat Food
Purina ONE is marketed as a premium pet food line and this canned cat food appears to live up to the hype. It’s grain-free, packed with animal protein and hydrating moisture, and much lower in carbohydrates than most Purina dry foods. Plus, cats really seem to enjoy it.
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This chicken-based paté is one of the most popular products from Purina ONE’s canned food line. Aside from nutritional supplements, the list of ingredients is short and sweet—it’s also very meat-focused. Though we’d prefer to see specified animal ingredients over vaguely named ones like liver and fish, such ingredients are preferable to plant-sourced proteins like the corn gluten meal or pea protein found in other Purina product lines.
Measured as dry matter, this Purina ONE wet food contains 50% protein and almost 23% fat. The food has a soft, moist texture that’s easy for cats to eat and the simple list of animal-based ingredients makes the recipe highly digestible as well. Per ounce, it costs twice as much as the Purina Beyond recipe above but this product is much closer to an ideal diet for cats.
Ingredients
Chicken, Liver, Chicken Broth, Pork Lungs, Fish, Natural Flavors, MINERALS [Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide], Guar Gum, Taurine, VITAMINS [Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B-1), Niacin (Vitamin B-3), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B-5), Vitamin A Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (Vitamin K), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B-6), Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B-2), Vitamin B-12 Supplement, Biotin (Vitamin B-7), Folic Acid (Vitamin B-9), Vitamin D-3 Supplement], Choline Chloride, Salt.
Ingredients We Liked: Chicken, Liver, Chicken Broth, Pork Lungs, Fish
Ingredients We Didn’t Like: Guar Gum
Guaranteed Analysis
Dry Matter Basis
Caloric Weight Basis
What We Liked:
- Contains 50% dry matter protein
- Short list of animal-based ingredients
- Rich in hydrating moisture for cats
- Very low in carbohydrates
What We Didn’t Like:
- Guar gum might trigger loose stools in some cats
- Contains some non-specific animal proteins
What Do Customers Think of Purina Cat Food?
Purina is clearly a popular brand and the overall customer satisfaction rate appears to be high. Most customer reviews are positive, saying that Purina food is affordable and that cats appear to find it appetizing. The majority of negative reviews seem to be related to cats that just don’t like the food (for whatever reason) or poor delivery experiences.
Looking at the three Purina product lines reviewed above, most products have an average customer rating of at least 4 out of 5 stars on Chewy. Many products have more than 2,500 ratings, some as high as 5,600.
Positive Reviews
“Once I made the switch to Purina, my cat stopped getting sick and she’s been on the food for years now. If there’s a downside at all, it does seem to make her use the bathroom more (spoke to another cat owner whose cat is on the same brand and they testified to the same thing.) But it’s a small price to pay if it means her tummy is happier.”—Rachel reviewing Purina Beyond Simply White Meat Chicken & Whole Oat Meal Recipe on Chewy, October 29, 2024.
“We’ve raised multiple generations of cats, dogs and livestock on Purina food. This chow really does help control weight, hairballs and is gentle on their tummies. Vet-recommended, affordable and trusted in our home.”—Helaina reviewing Purina Cat Chow Indoor Hairball & Healthy Weight Dry Cat Food on Chewy, October 1, 2024
Negative Reviews
“Fed my cats this brand for years. Now they just sniff and walk away. The lower price should have been a clue that the quality is low. As they say “you get what you pay for.”—maareyes reviewing Purina Beyond Simply White Meat Chicken & Whole Oat Meal Recipe on Chewy, August 12, 2024.
“Unfortunately, two times I have offered this wet food to my cats. So far they don’t like it. Maybe there’s not enough juice or gravy, which they like.”—Linda reviewing Purina ONE Chicken Recipe Paté on Chewy, September 15, 2024
How Much Does Purina Cat Food Cost?
Purina cat food products range from ultra-cheap to premium, covering everything from grocery store kibble to veterinary products available by prescription only. There’s a Purina food for every budget.
If you’re shopping for wet food, daily feeding costs range from about $1.22 per day for Friskies cat food to more than $4 per day for Purina Pro Plan wet food. Purina’s dry foods are cheaper than the wet foods. Kit & Kaboodle, for example, will cost about $0.09 per day. Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diet DM costs about $0.71 per day.
Where Is Purina Cat Food Sold?
Purina cat food is easy to find in grocery stores, major pet retail chains, pet specialty retailers, and big box stores around the world. Availability depends, to some degree, on the product line. For example, Purina’s lowest-priced product lines (like Friskies) can be found in grocery stores as well as pet stores.
Online, you can shop for Purina cat food products on Amazon, Chewy, and a variety of other online retailers. Purina doesn’t appear to sell its products directly through the company website. You can, however, browse the selection and click the Buy Now button on the product page to select from a list of online retailers.
Overall, Is Purina Cat Food a Good Choice?
Purina cat foods are affordable, easy to find in stores around the world, and cats usually love the way they taste. The downside of Purina products is that they tend to be carbohydrate-heavy and many recipes include processed grains, artificial additives, and animal by-products. If you choose to buy Purina food, opt for their wet foods, which have higher meat content, lower carbohydrates, and provide the hydration cats need.
Purina Friskies and Fancy Feast wet foods are decent options for cat owners on a limited budget. Although they contain animal by-products and artificial ingredients, these foods are more carnivore-appropriate than most dry foods and some premium wet foods. If you’re willing to spend a little more, Purina Pro Plan or Purina One offer fairly low-carb, high protein options.
Though Purina cat foods aren’t always the most species-appropriate choice, the company has one important thing working in its favor. Many commercial cat food companies rely solely on AAFCO nutrient profiles to formulate their products, but Purina conducts feeding trials to ensure their nutritional adequacy.
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My adult cat has liked Purina Naturals dry food until the most recent bag I purchased in late 2024. She threw up each time she ate it in December. She has no reaction to the different brand I now give her. I thought I’d feed the same contents of the Purina dry food to the 6 stray cats at my office complex, but they won’t eat any of it even though they are hungry and come running for food when they see me. Even other animals in the area won’t touch it!
DO NOT BUY PURINA!!! Look at the listed things up there, this website will not spell it out for you due to Purina being a big company. Even the Fancy Feast option is horrendous.Stay well away from every, single Purina product.
My cats seem to like the Purina One and they have been healthy cats for the last 5-20 years. Once in a while i will mix in some Rachel Ray dry cat food. They get can food ocassionally for a treat.
Why are you giving Purina such a bad rating? I have feed my cats Purina products for over 30 years and found them to be very good for my cats. I had one of my cats live to be 22 years old and I have 2 cats now that are 15 years old and 16 years old and they eat only Purina cat food, both dry and canned.
Hi Sharin, good question. Purina is certainly a popular brand and many pet parents swear by it. If it works for your cat, great! Our rating system is based on how closely a product approximates a biologically appropriate diet for cats, taking into account additional factors like product recalls, customer satisfaction, and price. In this case, the high carbohydrate content (particularly corn, wheat, and soy ingredients) combined with the frequency of recalls significantly detracted from Purina’s overall score.
This is embarrassing. You have no animal nutrition qualifications and you are judging food made by a team of animal nutrition experts. Fed up with people spreading false information. You seem to be against by-products, do you even know what they are? They’re the organs that humans don’t won’t eat but are full of minerals and vitamins, and are what a cat would be eating in the wild when they consume a whole mouse. If they don’t use by-products in pet food, they go to waste, which is pretty terrible for the environment and sustainability.
Hi Amy, the concern with byproducts mostly relates to the fact that these ingredients are seldom held to the same quality standards as non-byproducts, and this may lead to decreased digestibility and, potentially, an increased health risk (though a lot of other factors are also at play here). However, these ingredients are far from the biggest problem you could find in cat food, and you’re right that professional formulation and rigorous testing through feeding trials tell us more than this non-expert evaluation.
I own one 12 year old at and feed two outdoor feral cats. I’ve been feeding my cat Fancy Feast, Friskies, and the Purina Cat Chow dry for over 6 yrs, and the ferals the exact same food for 2 yrs, and no problems, Now, for the past month I have a serious problem with all of them not wanting to eat the wet and barely tolerating the dry. While glad they are still eating the dry I am now certain that something was done to the recipe of the wet food that is causing them to not eat it. Inflation is really hurting pet owners and to have to toss out food and waste so much money is especially disgusting when a food manufacturer keeps denying CHANGING the ingredients in a food that has CLEARLY been changed. I’m now on the hunt for a different brand but it is extremely upsetting for me and my kitties. 8/19/2022
That sounds frustrating, Sandra! I’m sure the cats appreciate your attention, though it sounds like they’re not making it easy on you! Hope you can find something that works for your kitties and your budget.
You can find a few more affordable picks here:
https://cats.com/best-cheap-cat-food
My cat is 20 years old and has been eating Purina Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys chicken and turkey varieties for 16 years. Over the past few months they changed the formula for all of these products. The food smells different, looks different and my cat will barely eat any of it. Is there any possibility that Purina will bring back the original recipes for these Elegant Medley products?
Hard to say. If you contact the company and make sure they’re aware of the issue, you could somewhat increase that possibility. Thank you for sharing.
Hey! If you had to pick your top 3 dry cat food, what would they be? Based on quality -price! My cat eats acana, but I’m always wondering what really is the best choice!
Hi Jonas, you might appreciate our article on the best dry cat food. I can’t really summarize it any better than this article does. 🙂
What are your thoughts on Purina Pro Plan LiveClear?
I apologize if you already went over this. I tried a search and could find any info on it.
Hello AJ, thank you for commenting! I’m glad you mentioned this—I’ve added it to the topic list. Purina’s LiveClear formulas are not the best option nutritionally, and they’re also not a complete solution for people with allergies. If you’re already feeding another comparable formula and have allergies, it might be worth it to switch over and use it as a complement to your allergy medications, but it won’t solve all of your problems.
My kitties used to Love fancy feast pates, but not anymore. I crack open a can, they get excited, take a whiff & walk away…they must have changed recipes. There must be a huge change in their canned food within the last year or two. Honestly, I’m so angry with the amount of food I’ve had to throw out, not to mention the cost. They also were “gravy lovers,” I could always get them to lick the gravy off of a can of “gravy lovers “even if they didn’t eat the meat, but they just walk away. What the heck is going on??????
I would be sure to rule out an issue on your kittens’ end—while the food may be to blame, you wouldn’t want to overlook a health issue that’s causing your kittens to lose interest in the food. Other than that, I appreciate you mentioning this! We’ll keep this experience in mind while working on any updates to existing content related to Fancy Feast.
Same with all my cats. See my earlier comment.
Umm i’m not seeing Purina Felix listed? Was contemplating giving my one Felix so finding that missing I’m not sure how good it is?
Hi Peter, this article was geared towards a US audience, so we didn’t include Felix. Sorry about that! To give you a brief summary of my thoughts on Felix, it really depends on which variety you choose, but the ingredients generally look a bit vague with relatively generous plant inclusions, making it a less-than-ideal choice both in terms of ingredient quality and nutritional composition.
Ive seen one of my cats try and eat plastic. And yet she will not touch purina dry food. My older cat throws up when she eats it.
Its good for the price. But if you care about your cats health dont buy this cheap crap
Thanks for sharing your experience, Ashley.
I don’t like feeding my senior cat Purina, but she won’t eat anything else including the kidney specific diet her vet put her on. She’ll go days without eating more than a few bites of anything that isn’t Purina. I don’t know how to break this habit or if there is any Purina food that would be (mostly) good for her.
I am hvaing a hard time finding a dry food my cat will eat. She would only eat Deli cat. CAn you text me your closest food to that?
Hello Kay, how many different types of food have you tried? Deli-Cat food is a pretty standard mixed-meat dry cat food and I’m sure you can find many similar options. Purina Cat Chow, for example, should be similar. A slow transition will also help your cat to become acclimated to the new flavor.
My cat and the cats of several friends that I checked with vomit when eating fancy feast wet food. We have all had to stop feeding this to them.
I have issues with Purina Catfood. The Purino Pro Veterinarian Adult Essential Catfood is mostly corn, so how can these cheaper versions be any better?
My cats were two brothers, and after several years on Purina food, treats & probiotics one can became obese while the other cat became very skinny. After Thousands $$$ in tests ( the Veterinarian thought he was dying of cancer), nothing was conclusive. I tried giving whole foods, meat I’d eat etc & he slowly came near normal. I kept going back to Purina Essentials Pro Veterinarian Formula because I thought it was healthy! They have to add so many vitamins & taurin to the corn base or the cats would die. Makes me sick to my stomach as my two cats are now more affectionate, playful & their fur looks better just a month after introducing a biologically appropriate food that is over 65% REAL meat- not all corn! (Cats are carnivores). Recently saw the Documentry Pet Fooled on how the Candy Industry has bought out all the brand name pet foods & loads them with corn & wheat! So sad, as it cause arthritis, obesity & cancer. Please don’t feed your pet foods containing corn & wheat especially cats as it isn’t biologically appropriate.
So true. Corn based cat food will cause sickness in cats. Purina is now owned by Nestle chocolates.
Can I change Hills Metabolic Diet to Purina Cat Chow with my 11 year old diabetic cat? He gets Pro Zinc Insulin twice daily.
Hi Ella, you should be able to make that transition, but it’s important to closely monitor your cat’s blood sugar to make sure that he gets the right amount of insulin. I would recommend talking to your veterinarian before making the switch. Additionally, Purina Cat Chow is not the ideal food for a cat with diabetes. You might like our veterinarian-reviewed article on feline diabetes: https://cats.com/feline-diabetes
How can you recommend any Purina food if it is well known that Nestlé uses GMO cultives, they add grain in the pet food, and they use by-meat products of unknown sources? As far as we know they can be using fishes with high doses of mercury or parts of animals with tumours that have been discarded for human consume. Also its food contains sugar that is completely unnecessary for cats. It’s no a 5/10 it’s more a 1/10 like most supermarkets brands.
I’m curious what ‘Top 3 Recipes Reviewed’ actually means, since I believe Purina Beyond Grain Free would have gotten a higher score than the Fancy Feast.
Hi Roman, good question. In the same way that we rate brands according to the We’re All About Cats Standard, we apply the same grading system to individual recipes. The grades shown in that section are based on the Standard, which considers six equally-weighted dimensions. These are species appropriateness, ingredient quality, product variety, price, customer experience, and recall history. You can learn more about our rating factors here: https://cats.com/cat-food-reviews
Isn’t the Beyond the one that includes insect protein?
Hello! My veterinary recommended me to feed my cat Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets for senior cats. Do you recommend it as well? Thanks!
Hi Julie, not necessarily! If your senior has kidney disease, a Purina Pro Plan veterinary diet may be a fair solution for a tight situation, but otherwise, a veterinary diet is not necessary for senior cat health.
Have you changed the cat chow recipe besides the shape. My 11 Yr old cat and my feral cat used to love the Naturals dry cat food . Now they won’t eat it at all.Has anyone else noticed this in their cat(s)?
Hi Lois, it appears that the Purina Naturals cat food has had the same recipe for a while and I haven’t seen any indication that the recipe has changed, but you can contact Purina’s customer support line to report your concern and get more details on any changes. https://www.purina.com/contact-us
Yes, my one cat won’t eat the newest bad i bought!
I used to feed Purina dry food to my cat but the last year and a half if he has any of it vomits all over the place. Changed his dry food over to a different brand and no vomiting. Something is not right with Purina dry food.
I do feed my cats wet but they love Royal Canin dry. RC has a moderate calorie urinary formula which the cats automatically loved but their absolute favorite is the Glycobalance which is chicken flavored and has more protein. I also give them Purina Pro Plan HydraCare. I mix it with about 5 packages of cold water and they drink it all down. Like liver flavored Kool Aid.
Please don’t advertise Purina being a good cat food. Especially when you rate it 5 out of 10. Look at your ratings on Ingredient quality as well
Hi Gary, thanks for your comment and suggestion. It sounds like you may have spotted a contradiction somewhere in the review or elsewhere on the site, but I’m not sure what you’re referring to. If you could clarify, I’ll be happy to correct any inconsistencies.
Best,
Mallory
I’m interested in knowing if Purina Wet Cat Food is cooked or raw ?
Hi Richard, all Purina wet cat foods are cooked, not raw. Thanks for commenting!
Within the last year Purina has changed the formula of their canned Purina One grainfree ocean whitefish and their Fancy Feast sole, cod and shrimp recipes. My cat once gobbled these selections with gusto but he sniffs and walks away now. Even I can see the food is difference in color and smell when I compare older batches with the newest. Another time the tops of the aluminum cans were splattered with a dark substance that actually deteriorated the finish on the can. Repeated contact resulted initially with polite concern, denials and bunches of coupons. Now when I query them about yet another change to a Fancy Feast product they don’t answer at all. As a consumer and a Nestles stock holder I have lost all confidence in their products. I cannot say anything good about this company’s products anymore and would say beware to anyone who feeds this to a treasured pet.
Thanks for sharing your experience, Debra.
I whole heartly agree with Debra. My 15 year old cat is acting the same way.
When i explained this problem with Petco today they said they would be happy to suggest some other brands to try on my cat which I plan on doing. I am tired of throwing my money away on this junk.
I have feed my cat Purina Pro Plan wet pate for years and he loved it. Now he just sniffs and may take one bite and walk away.
Agree. I have eight rescues so buy alot of cat food. I will no longer buy ANY of the Fancy Feast seafood flavors. They all have a darker grayish color (they say it’s because they removed the food coloring which can’t be because they are all much darker than before). I fear they are either manufacturing them in China so they can source and add whatever ingredients they want (which sounds like “meat by products” varies per batch.) Or are they adding insect protein?