The Best Cat Foods of 2025, According to Experts
The Best Cat Foods of 2025, According to Experts
It can be difficult to find the right cat food, especially since the pet food market is so oversaturated. In this video, we reveal some of the best affordable, mid-range, and high-end cat foods of 2025, according to experts! We also explain what to look for and avoid. CAT FOOD LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Disclaimer: The cat foods mentioned in this video may not always match the stock images and videos shown. Viewers should research carefully to ensure proper food identification.
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CAT FOOD LINKS ⬇️⬇️⬇️
AFFORDABLE 💲
⭐️ Iams ProActive Health Indoor Weight & Hairball Care Adult Dry Cat Food
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/mV0Eqe0/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3EfQQfT
⭐️ Purina One Natural Indoor Advantage Dry Cat Food
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/deZJj8L/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3RufAnI
⭐️ Purina Fancy Feast Grilled Seafood Wet Cat Food
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/lQA93GY/
➡️ Amazon: https://prf.hn/l/55AobOx/
MID-RANGE 💲
⭐️ Hill’s Science Diet Indoor Dry Cat Food
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/ngQ2NP8/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/42bira6
⭐️ Royal Canin Instinctive Chunks in Gravy
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/vwj2eJ2/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3EfSDl7
⭐️ Made by Nacho Premium Minced Wet Canned Cat Food with Hydrating Bone Broth
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/w9k21Lb/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/4cg1MXn
HIGH-END 💲
⭐️ Hill’s Science Diet Adult Multiple Benefit Chicken Recipe Dry Cat Food
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/XZ8VeRy/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/4iTrCTS
⭐️ IAMS ProActive Health Adult Healthy Dry Cat Food with Salmon
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/0eQVwdl/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/4ckLMUe
⭐️ Hill’s Science Perfect Weight Adult Wet Cat Food
➡️ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/kVk21VM/
➡️ Amazon: https://amzn.to/42iyNxH
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CHAPTERS 📽️
00:05 – Intro
00:34 – What to Look For in Cat Foods
03:06 – What to Avoid in Cat Foods
05:34 – Best Affordable Cat Foods
07:18 – Best Mid-Range Cat Foods
08:51 – Best High-End Cat Foods
10:38 – Outro
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I’ve used Fancy Feast wet cat food for many years. About 5-6 years back, my vet informed me older girl cat was too heavy. A Vet dietician was consulted and the result was to stay away from any of the wet foods that contain gravy, as the gravy is exclusively carbs.
The Fancy Feast Pate food average about 110 calories per 3 ounce can, so all of the gravy flavors were out. The cats enjoyed the Ocean White fish, Seafood Feast, Salmon, Chicken Feast and Turkey Feast.
In the past year and a half, Fancy Feast canned food has been a let down, as whole cases of food with 20 plus months of best before date have cans that swollen. Purina offers up a coupon, but isn’t fixing the problem. Now a search for a new food is on.
Doesn’t aims have grains and artificial coloring like caramel?
I feed Hickory Applaws wet and dry food. It is a little more expensive but better quality. He also gets Temptations snacks once a day.
CAT FOOD LINKS ⬇⬇⬇
AFFORDABLE 💲
⭐ Iams ProActive Health Indoor Weight & Hairball Care Adult Dry Cat Food
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/mV0Eqe0/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3EfQQfT
⭐ Purina One Natural Indoor Advantage Dry Cat Food
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/deZJj8L/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3RufAnI
⭐ Purina Fancy Feast Grilled Seafood Wet Cat Food
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/lQA93GY/
➡ Amazon: https://prf.hn/l/55AobOx/
MID-RANGE 💲
⭐ Hill’s Science Diet Indoor Dry Cat Food
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/ngQ2NP8/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/42bira6
⭐ Royal Canin Instinctive Chunks in Gravy
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/vwj2eJ2/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/3EfSDl7
⭐ Made by Nacho Premium Minced Wet Canned Cat Food with Hydrating Bone Broth
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/w9k21Lb/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/4cg1MXn
HIGH-END 💲
⭐ Hill’s Science Diet Adult Multiple Benefit Chicken Recipe Dry Cat Food
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/XZ8VeRy/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/4iTrCTS
⭐ IAMS ProActive Health Adult Healthy Dry Cat Food with Salmon
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/0eQVwdl/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/4ckLMUe
⭐ Hill’s Science Perfect Weight Adult Wet Cat Food
➡ Chewy: https://prf.hn/l/kVk21VM/
➡ Amazon: https://amzn.to/42iyNxH
Disclosure: If you purchase through one of these links, we earn a small commission (at no cost to you). We only affiliate with products that we truly support, and commissions help support this channel.
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My cat doesn’t care what exerts say she likes what she likes and will only eat enough to keep alive if I don’t give her what she likes.
My cats are between fourteen to eighteen years old. Which of the products in your video would you suggest for them.
I may be crazy… But I don’t give my cats tap water… I’ll give them a high end bottled water… Until they were outside in the backyard with me… And we’re drinking out of a water puddle… I was mortified !!!!
My 2 kittens eat Fancy Feast. I also have a 6 year old cat who won’t eat any canned food. I try giving it to her occasionally but she never touches it
None of those are good options really. I’ve been feeding my kitten tiki cat baby and weruva kitten formula wet with nulo baked & coated kitten dry. Eventually plan on switching to smalls cat food.
My kitten actually prefers both types, after she’s come back in from exploring outside, she’ll go straight to her dry food ignoring her wet food for a little. At times she will also eat a bit of her dry food,then look at me until I get her some canned food to eat
Strangely, she will nag me when I have ice cream or cottage cheese, and then eats her serving like it’s a treat (she will avoid anything that isn’t good for her, so I don’t expect it does anything to her system)
Several of the recommended brands specify indoor, since there are three cats that are often outside, are those options still a good choice for them,or should we look elsewhere
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This is just a list of foods I’d never recommend. The info in the beginning of the video states to avoid fillers and by-products… but then lists a bunch of foods that contain those ingredients. 🚮 bad info, thumbs down.
Excellent information… I always get confused as to what kinds of food to get so this is really helpful! Thank you!
Honestly, I thought this would be very informative, but as a cat owner I consider these to be high-end:
1. dry food: Orijen, Acana, Applaws, Purizon, Carnilove, Taste of the wild
2. wet food: Schesir, Applaws, Canagan, Core and eventually Petkult
My LanaBella is supposed to be eating a cat food diet mainly of duck and venison but she refuses to eat it, so I give her Fancy Feast chicken 🐔 with beef and chopped grill! I also put in some fresh water. 💦
I’m a lifetime cat person. I have a mid to low income. Purina cat chow naturals and inside cat formula naturals do GREAT for my cats & my neighbor’s inside cats. I supplement with Friskies canned shreds in gravy or pate (chosen by my cats as their can food preferences). If I were wealthy, I’d feed Purina Pro Plan. It has great oils for fur condition and general health.
My kitty gets the Nulo Signature stews in two flavors the mackerel and seafood, and chicken a duck. This has lots of gravy which she likes. For dry food I get her the salmon and chicken from Rawz. I used to give her Wellness but she one day would not eat any of it and I found mold in multiple cans.
She also likes the Rawz rabbit pate but that’s a special occasion meal.
I also give toppers from Open Farm, chicken hearts, minnows and such.
We feed our Cats Fromm dry and Weruva wet and it has been the best combo for them.
When I see a wild bobcat digging up and eating carrots, I’ll add fancy vegs to their bowls…. [really, who do you think you’re kidding?]
heads feet blood and bones are the most nutritious part of animal you illiterate waste of internet bandwidth
Corn gluten, wheat gluten, and soy are not or shouldn’t be part of a obligate carnivore.
I feed Orijen, Farmina, and Rawz. All three have animal protien listed as the first ingredient. With Orijen and Rawz they have multiple proteins. No fillers.
Knowing about ingredients is important but also the order they appear.
Hills, Iams, Science Diet, and most Purina are full of corn and wheat gluten. Even Costco’s maintenance cat food has its first ingredient as chicken.
I’m disappointed in this video. Who sponsored your content?
None of Above
Science? Like Fauci? NO way! Fauci worked for the DoD
All of the foods you mentioned would be the ideal I aim for. However, I have limited financial resources and feed 17 feral cats every day in a registered cat colony in Madrid. Unforfunately, they don´t subsidise the food. Any suggestions for more economical dry and wet cat food of lesser quality but still healthy and available online would be much appreciated. Thank you.
There’s no way I’d feed any of this junk to my cats.
I will never feed with Iams.
With the Iams while you even show 5 different bags you only mention one formula and say it only comes in one flavor; you sell them short
Also why no mention at of the Iams wet cat food?
Question: both my cats like dry food that have small kibble pieces… what dry foods fit this? They won’t eat large kibble… one cat is smaller and can’t get her mouth around larger pieces. Also she needs hairball control… she’s long haired and is a picky eater. My other cat will eat anything! Lol!
Sorry – this is an awful video – cats are carnivores! Why all the dry food? Dry food leads to kidney problems along with a host of other problems. You didn’t mention to watch out for carrageenan – a deadly additive for cats. I wouldn’t feed my kitty any of these.
Good to see that Colgate-Palmolive and Mars are still keeping the disinformation going.
😺😺 good afternoon all 🐱 when I brought home my kittens from St John’s Animals house told me not to give them fish and I don’t give them beef stay with turkey or chicken if I cook a chicken breast will give the cats some with little potatoes and put some v 8 and mix it in they meal
Weruva is our favorite. It is a bit expensive but it is excellent!
can’t even trust the experts with cat food 🤣
Awesome suggestions ❤
Tiki cat. Never recalled in the history of their company. All ingredients are human quality. No corn or what gluten. No potatoes. Its a carnivore feast. I also like Kirkland wet food. Its all meat and broth and livers. Dry food is too high in carbs, that can rot their teeth. Most Vets have very short nutrition info, and its mostly by companies like Hill. Most of today’s cat foods are made by companies like Schmuckers a jam company, and candy and cereal companies. My cats loved Bobby Flay’s Nacho brand, I can not find it at the only pet store in Anchorage. Petsmart is expensive and Chewy does not ship here. Most of us ALaskans depend on Amazon for products.
What’s your take on Sheba cat food
For the last 40 years I have fed all my cats Iams dry with occasional wet food. As long as I made certain they have fresh water every day I have not had any problem with them drinking and staying hydrated. Iams has different formulas such as original, hairball control, and senior so pick the one that is best for your cats stage in life. Also don’t just go by price per found. Compared to brands like Purina the cats are able to digest the Iams better so they get everything they need while eating less. An added bonus to that is they also leave less in the litterbox. So even if a 20# bag of the Iams is a few dollars more than a 20# bag of the Purina it will last longer.
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The info at the beginning directly contradicts the following lists of foods… the ingredients are full of by product, grains, and the afformentioned ingredients that are fillers or preservatives that are scientifically proven to damage a cats health… I see you only recommend and listed the mega corporations’ brands which have paid partnerships with veterinary clinics to promote their awful quality food to these poor pet owners. This video is terribly misinformed, spreading harmful misinformation that can harm cats and end up absolutely devastating a cat owner as these babies are our family! You should be ashamed to shill out such low quality food from billionaire companies. Telling poor misguided qnd desperate owners who want the best for their precious babies that these are the top foods when they are in fact some of the lowest quality foods out there.
One of the expensive wet foods had rice in it. I thought grains weren’t good for them.
My cat is so fussy. She might like something one day but not the next. I have good dry food, which she eats when she feels like it. It is so difficult to know what to get. I do know she can devour temptation treats.
Dry food does not help clean their teeth..big myth plus Royal Canin n Hills is crap. This group knows nothing..an vets are not experts on cat nutrition
Hills / Science Diet is pushed by Vets… because they have a deal with them. I would never feed my cats these choices… they are not high quality as far as I’m concerned. For dry, better ones are Orijen, N&D, Acana, Taste of the Wild.
The only one I don’t remember is Nacho. The other foods are all conglomerates and they are actually garbage food Hill science diet anything your vet tries to sell you iams Purina any of those even the high-end stuff is garbage
James Wellbeloved?
What I find discouraging is that vets never mention raw food, which my research shows is the healthiest food source available.
Royal canin also have a monopoly with the veterinarians. Whenever I mention what I feed my cat they turn their head, saying they never heard of it (despite being quite common), and proceed to recommend Royal Canin…
My cat is allergic to chicken. I feed small amounts of Orajen regional red dry or Chewy brand American Journey salmon dry. For wet food it’s some varieties of Fancy Feast
If you’re on a budget, even Fancy Feast is no bargain. I certainly wouldn’t consider it affordable at 90¢ a 3 oz can
Is this a joke