Kibble reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 316 Reddit reviews across 53 subreddits and 89 posts to rank the best Kibble brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/goldenretrievers, r/DogFood, r/catfood, r/puppy101, r/dogs. Top-rated brands include Purina Pro Plan (4.6/5), Royal Canin (4.2/5), Purina (4.3/5).

Stats

Reviews316

Subreddits53

Posts89

Brands61

Products44

Top communities

r/goldenretrievers41 r/DogFood24 r/catfood21 r/puppy10118 r/dogs18

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Purina Pro Plan

4.6

(47)

"These are the foods I use, in different mixes (to add variety in nutrition and flavor) that have been working for me."

"It really helped with my dogo Argentina. There are 3 flavors. She does best with the salmon one."

"My boy has a sensitive stomach and I'm quite certain he reacts poorly to poultry."

"We have been very happy with."

"For our girl!"

"My vet says the three gold standards are purina pro, hill science and royal canin."

"Purina Pro Plan 47 lb. Bag. Don’t look back."

"Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach for my mini Dachshund and FortiFlora"

"Purina Pro Plan is what I feed my dachshunds. They're fit & trim and very healthy."

"Purina Pro Plan Under 1 year."

Royal Canin

4.2

(32)

"Royal Canin Renal seems to be the gold standard."

"Royal canin!! My kittens LOVED it. It’s definitely pricey but it’s totally worth it"

"I used Royal canin for ALL 5 of my cats when they were kittens. It's pricey.. But it's good for them."

"Vet recommended Royal Canin for us!"

"On my 3rd boy and all good so far."

"You have to be VERY careful with the food you feed them as they are susceptible to heart problems."

"She LOVES it. She’s a very fussy eater but she absolutely loves this."

"I use royal canin chicken and rice Large breed puppy food at the moment."

"Love their formulations and meet high nutritional standards."

"I'd go with what others are saying....royal canin, science diet or purina pro plan."

Purina

4.3

(24)

"Purina Pro Plan seems to be a consistent favorite from what I’ve observed, and deservedly so: it is an excellent dog food. Our vet is also a huge fan of it. My standard is on Pro Plan Sensitive Skin and Stomach and does fantastic on it."

"Our pup was very sensitive and we switched her to the salmon and rice sensitive stomach purina proplan. She made a huge improvement and is totally fine now."

"I have used Purina One for all of my dogs for many years."

"Both Purina and Royal Canin are great!"

"Purina one is what we feed everyone in my house"

"Purina one 100%"

"I feed our kitten Purina one dry and fancy feast wet. She loves them both."

"Purina ONE, without question. Puts great condition on them, keeps their weight stable, inexpensive."

"Purina, hills, Iams, eukanuba and royal canin… these brands have science backed formulations."

"Anything science backed, such as purina, hills, royal canin."

Hill's

4.5

(16)

"Hills, Royal Canine, Purina, Is and Eaukanuba area all great brands."

"Hills perfect digestion."

"Hills has always been the best in my experience with my dogs."

"Hill’s."

"I use Hills dog food. My mother works at Hills."

"Love their formulations and meet high nutritional standards."

"On Hill’s and all symptoms cleared up."

"Hills or Royal Canin are great alternatives."

"I use Nulo or Hill’s and the pieces are pretty small."

"In terms of brands, I would recommend Hill's."

Orijen

4.7

(15)

"I feed one of my dogs and cats Orijen. It’s the best kibble I’ve ever come across."

"Orijen :)"

"I fed mine Orijin and recently changed to Earthborn!"

"Orijin is a higher quality choice with higher protein content."

"Would prefer an imported brand like Orijin or Call of the Wild but they are too pricy here."

"If you're willing to spend more, Orijen, Acana, First Mate, and Addiction are some of the best."

"I recommend Orijen or Acana."

"Orijen stands out for its high-quality ingredients."

"I feed my whippet with the Orijen brand, there a few recipe without poultry 6 fish, Regional red and Tundra (this one has duck)."

"My boy only gets about 20% dry to supplement. He gets a little Orijen overnight and Farmina N&D during the day."

Fromm

4.5

(10)

"The brand Fromm for sure. Their ingredients are super clean."

"She love Fromms chicken & brown rice."

"We switched from Purina to Fromm and have had pure good experiences!"

"Mine has done exceptionally well with Fromm."

"Fromm's is great! Top quality."

"Has a ton of options"

"Fromm! Expensive but worth it!"

"I use: Fromm, against the grain “nothing else”, evangers and the occasi"

"I like Fromm. Made in Wisconsin."

"We have tried a couple different foods from Fromm and Taste of the Wild."

Taste of the Wild

4.5

(10)

"We use Taste of the Wild. Our dogs live very long healthy lives."

"Taste of the wild! I win my saint bernard is 12 year old and holding strong lol"

"I used Taste of the wild puppy & adult dog food for the past 7 years."

"We are now feeding him Taste of the Wild Ancient Grains."

"My dogs love Taste of the Wild. There's several varieties and I think the fewer ingredients is good for my girls' sensitive tummies."

"Taste of the wild is good for kittens and senior cats alike."

"I eventually ended up switching him to Taste of the Wild."

"My puppy likes Taste of the wild."

"Lamb was the ticket for me."

"Taste of the wild with ancient grains."

Diamond Naturals

4.2

(10)

"Diamond Naturals large breed puppy and adult food . 4 Danes and no issues at all."

"I've had really good luck with diamond natural brand."

"We are feeding Diamond Naturals Large Breed Puppy (Lamb)."

"Diamond naturals large breed puppy lamb flavor"

"Diamond Naturals has been great for us (although we're on the adult feed now). Also fairly reasonably priced for good quality food."

"Diamond Naturals just started make Kirkland dog food for Costco."

"I’m currently on diamond naturals with our puppy and used it for our last one as well."

"We feed our beagles Diamond Naturals."

"Diamond naturals! budget friendly but very high quality."

"Blue Buffalo was the best for him. Our current boy is on Diamond Naturals and doing well."

Acana

4.4

(9)

"My Belgian Malinois gets Acana, and that’s also an excellent brand."

"My guys always did well on."

"I recommend Orijen or Acana."

"They've all done great!"

"Acana is one tier lower, but a solid choice."

"If you're willing to spend more, Orijen, Acana, First Mate, and Addiction are some of the best."

"I feed acanna. Dog loves it."

"I don't think this has ingredients linked to DCM and does not contain chicken."

"Mine is insanely picky and he seems to 'like' the Acana Beef and whole grains."

#10

Hill's Science Diet

4.3

(9)

"Our vet prescribed the Hills Science Biome, both wet and dry."

"Hill's Science, PurinaPro Plan, and Royal Canin."

"We feed Hill’s Science Diet, mainly because our guy was picky as a puppy."

"Hills Science Diet is what we’ve always used!"

"I have always had luck with Purina Proplan, Hill’s Science Diet, or Royal Canin."

"I always recommend Hills Science Diet, Royal Canin, or Purina Pro Plan."

"Science diet. I’ve had problems with anything grain free."

"I use science diet."

"The 3 we recommend at our clinic are: Royal Canin, Hills Science Diet, Purina Pro Plan."

#11

Wellness

4.6

(8)

"I have fed all my dogs Wellness for years and have never had a problem."

"Is a great brand!"

"Wellness is a great overall brand."

"Is my recommendation!"

"Is hands down the #1 best food for kittens."

"My vet started my cats on wellness until there was an underlying health issue that popped up."

"I personally get grain free but check the ingredients for legumes."

"Wellness kibble is all pretty small."

#12

Iams

3.9

(9)

"Iams. Our dogs only ate Iams and lived nearly 15 years."

"I also give him Iams stew wet."

"If you want to try the Iams Portions they are fairly cheap"

"IAMS follows WSAVA guidelines and is a decent price."

"We use Iams"

"A brand backed by science - Iams or Purina (pro plan, one, and dog chow) are probably the ones available at most wal marts"

"I’d put them both on Iams."

"Any Purina brand (Dog Chow, Purina One, Beneful, Beyond) or IAMS."

"Iams or Purina"

#13

Open Farm

4.1

(8)

"You should try open farm! Great quality and they have a lot different options."

"I eventually want to feed open farm kibble."

"Open farm and Raw food from a butcher."

"Great foods to try are Open Farm, Stella & Chewy, and Redford Naturals."

"Open Farm is GMO free & supposedly they know where the product is sourced."

"I switched him over to open farm & he’s doing well!"

"Good dry food/kibble for dogs: Open Farm, The honest kitchen, Farmina, OptimPlus, Orijen, Acana, Zignature, Stella & Chwey's, Boss Dog."

#14

Instinct

4.6

(7)

"Instinct! I had a very allergy sensitive dog and it was the only thing that helped him. Get the one with the freeze dried salmon pieces in it."

"I highly recommend Nature's Instinct ultimate protein chicken and Dr. Elseys chicken formula."

"These are the 3 I feed mine"

"Instinct limited ingredient rabbit has identical ingredients to the RC PR."

"I feed my 8 month olds Instinct and Farmina N&D. They tend to eat a little more than when I fed them Purina pro plan, but haven’t developed the bulging belly they did with Purina."

"I use Instinct. Instinct has a variety of proteins available once they start eating adult food."

"Instinct protein"

#15

Costco

4.0

(6)

"I used to leave kibble out all day and then take some kibble and mix it with wet food once a day."

"If you get the Costco canned food, get the turkey stew (in the red cans) and NOT the chicken and rice, even my fat bulldog wouldn't eat that."

"Yeah, we mix a spoonful of the Costco food into our dogs' kibble and add water. They both love it."

"Ours get a mix of Costco dog food and science diet."

"Can't go wrong with the Costco kibbles."

"Feed both of ours a mix of salmon and sweet potato, and lamb & oatmeal. Both from Costco."

#16

Farmina

4.6

(5)

"Farmina only."

"My puppy is on Farmina and has been good for us so far."

"Really happy with the quality of farmina and the variety of proteins."

"I feed farmina"

"Look into Farmina."

#17

Nulo

4.6

(5)

"Now, he's on Nulo (a local company I discovered when I lived in Austin)."

"Nulo has the smallest kibble I've seen tbh."

"I use Nulo kibble and it's never jammed."

"I use Nulo or Hill’s and the pieces are pretty small. They’re flatter, which I think is why your pieces get stuck since they’re cubed."

"They always seemed to like it and do well."

#18

Kirkland

3.7

(6)

"I wanted to try the Kirkland brand of adult food."

"Once we moved our puppy to adult food, we just do the Kirkland brand from Costco. Lamb and Rice."

"Kirkland brand."

"We had a similar problem and now our golden eats Costco Kirkland lamb and rice."

"We tried the Kirklands food when we got our aussiedoodle and he did fine on it."

"I switched my dog who had PPP for 3 years to Kirkland to save money."

#19

Blue Buffalo

3.6

(5)

"Blue Buffalo will be there Friday"

"I have used Blue Buffalo for my cat with success. It has a good reputation and perhaps that extends to dog food."

"Fill the bottom 1/4 of bowl with Blue Buffalo and the 1.5-2 cups on top with Freshpet raw food."

"We switch to Blue Buffalo and he's been great since then."

"I thought they were supposed to be one of the better brands but BBB has mostly really awful reviews on it."

#20

Oxbow

4.5

(4)

"Oxbow/ science selective is the best brand."

"I've had a lot of success feeding mine oxbow, personally."

"For kibble I'd recommend Oxbow or Science Selective as brands."

"For Kibble, I use Oxbow Essentials ferret food."

#21

Tiki Cat

4.7

(3)

"You can try Tiki Cat which is also smaller than Hill's."

"This is the absolute best brand I found."

"I switched them to tiki cat which they have loved forever."

#22

Nutro

4.3

(3)

"We’ve been feeding our two corgis the Nutro brand for small dogs since we had them at 3 months."

"We used Nutro large breed puppy until Nikki was two and then switched to Nutro large breed adult."

"I use Rachel Ray's nutrish and Nutro chicken."

#23

Farmer's Dog

3.7

4.5

(2)

"Ziwi Peak is what I use."

"I use ziwi peak when I can get it on sale at pet supplies plus."

#32

1.8

(4)

"I think of it as dry cereal. Total cereal is supposed to have all the essential vitamins and minerals."

"I always refer to kibble as kitty Cocoa Puffs."

"Kibble is made with preservatives, is extruded at high temperatures."

"Kibble in general would be the same as a human eating fast food three meals a day their entire life."

#45

Pedigree

3.5

4.0

(1)

"Fill the bottom 1/4 of bowl with Blue Buffalo and the 1.5-2 cups on top with Freshpet raw food."

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