What to buy

Cat Food by Brand

Wet, dry, raw and prescription brands, with the ranges each one sells and who they are formulated for.

Brands differ less on ingredients than on which life stages and clinical needs they cover. Start from the brand you are considering, check it makes a formula for your cat’s stage, then compare recipes within it.

11 brands, 52 products listed. Checked 2026-08-01

Every brand

Hill’s

Two ranges: Science Diet, sold in pet retail and organised by life stage, and Prescription Diet, sold through vets for specific clinical conditions.

10 products Current
Royal Canin

Formulates by breed, life stage and clinical need more finely than any other mainstream brand, down to breed-specific kibble shapes.

6 products
Purina

An umbrella over several cat lines — Pro Plan at the premium end, ONE in the middle, Fancy Feast and Friskies in wet food.

6 products
Wellness

A natural-positioning brand whose CORE range is grain-free and high-protein, alongside a Complete Health line.

5 products
Fromm

A fifth-generation family company in Wisconsin. Small range, made in its own plants, with the Four-Star line rotating proteins.

5 products
Orijen

Champion Petfoods’ high-protein line — a large share of each recipe is fresh or raw animal ingredients.

3 products
Ziwi

New Zealand air-dried raw. Very high meat inclusion with no synthetic binders, sold in small bags because it is dense.

3 products
Nulo

Grain-free, high-protein recipes built around a patented probiotic; FreeStyle is the main cat range.

3 products
Taste of the Wild

Diamond Pet Foods’ grain-free range, themed on wild-inspired protein blends at a lower price than most premium brands.

3 products
Organix

Castor & Pollux’s certified-organic line — the only widely stocked USDA-organic cat food.

5 products
Stella & Chewy’s

Freeze-dried raw specialists. Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust is a topper rather than a complete food — it is sprinkled onto whatever the cat already eats.

3 products Current

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