Kitten Food reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 191 Reddit reviews across 19 subreddits and 65 posts to rank the best Kitten Food brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/catfood, r/CatAdvice, r/scottishfold, r/ragdolls, r/cats. Top-rated brands include Royal Canin (4.5/5), Purina Pro Plan (4.6/5), Tiki Cat (4.7/5).
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Reviews191
Subreddits19
Posts65
Brands57
Products59
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#1
Royal Canin
4.5
(40)
"My cat does great on Royal Canin. I’d keep feeding it if you can afford. Very high quality food."
"I personally recommend royal canin, hills science diet or Purina pro plan."
"I’ve used Royal Canin kitten and cat food and had no issues."
"My vet and breeder both recommended Royal Canin kitten food, they have both wet and"
"I use Royal Canine Ragdoll dry food for mine."
"I love their mom and baby cat formula for kittens under 4 months."
"By far the best results from my standpoint are from Royal Canin Mother and Babycat up to eight weeks"
"Definitely Royal Canin or Hill Science"
"Royal Canin Sensitive Digestion is great for kittens with sensitive stomachs."
"It's worth it for me - despite having some ibd she hasn’t had any issues and is gaining weight at a healthy rate."
#2
Purina Pro Plan
4.6
(13)
"Purina Pro Plan and Hill's Science Diet are also excellent."
"Pro Plan Kitten from eight to 24+ weeks"
"Switched him to purina pro plan kitten, and a daily probiotic."
"Purina Pro Plan is great for my kitten's growth!"
"My kitten is on Pro Plan kitten and I’m planning on transitioning him to the adult version when he’s old enough. My adult cat eats Pro Plan Adult and she is happy and healthy."
"I use Purina Pro Plan for my foster kittens, no complaints and they've all grown up healthy."
"Purina Pro Plan – Most Widely Available Cat Food for Sensitive Stomachs."
"Purina Pro-Plan, Royal Canin, or Hills."
"Proplan would be a good option. I would encourage adding wet if you can."
"I also currently feed both my kitties Purina Pro Plan for Kittens."
#3
Tiki Cat
4.7
(12)
"My kittens love Tiki Cat Baby wet food. They prefer the shreds, but also like the pate style."
"My kitten likes merrick and tiki cat"
"I like tiki cat for wet food. Their after dark series I believe"
"I personally love tiki cat. It's grain free and very high protein which is what most kibbles are missing."
"Tiki cat wet and dry and blue buffalo dry are great."
"Tiki Cat Baby"
"My kitten devours these new choices, nothing compared to the previous food."
"I fed tiki cat kitten food"
"I really like tiki cat, since they are supposed to have high protein diets."
"Tikicat is great, though!"
#4
Fancy Feast
4.4
(9)
"My kitten, she’s 10 months old, loves fancy feast both dry/wet."
"Fancy Feast is always good and affordable!"
"Fancy Feast Kitten is a great option."
"My kitten loves Fancy Feast!"
"The juicier cat foods include Fancy Feast (anything with "gravy" in the title) and Sheba."
"You could try fancy feast! Idk if your cat will be like mine but it's been hard finding a wet food she likes that isn't RC."
"My beanie loves the fancy feast kitten line!"
"Fancy Feast Kitten is a good cheaper wet food option."
"We did Fancy Feast Kitten and Kitten Chow."
#5
Orijen
5.0
(7)
"My cat likes the Orijen dry cat food. I like it cuz it uses 90% animal ingredients. High in protein"
"My cats love the dry kitten food."
"Orijen/Acana is known for its excellent nutrition!"
"I like the Orijen foods - wet and dry. My cats LOVE the dry stuff. It has high quality animal protein too."
"I could not recommend origen wet and dry food more."
"Orijen cat and kitten."
"Orijen is a great choice for dry food, being grain-free and having good nutritional standards."
#6
Hill's Science Diet
4.6
(7)
"Purina Pro Plan and Hill's Science Diet are also excellent."
"Hill's Science Diet is another high-quality option."
"I usually recommend RC or Hill’s Science Diet for kittens."
"Purina Pro-Plan, Royal Canin, or Hills."
"We also use the hills science diet dry food as a free feed option"
"Hill’s Science Diet"
"I get science diet healthy something kitten food. It’s expensive, but my kitties are my life."
#7
Wellness
4.6
(7)
"Wellness never did me wrong and it’s one of the limited foods I can get for my cat with her allergies."
"My other cats are Wellness for most of their lives."
"Wellness wet food for cats has a great ingredient list and my cats really like it."
"Wellness is recommended for its quality wet food."
"Wellness, Nulo, tiki cat, weruva"
"Wellness is a popular choice for many cats and is suitable for long-term feeding."
"Wellness might have something cheaper but still has quality ingredients."
#8
Nulo
5.0
(6)
"We feed our babies Nulo wet food (we fed them kitten food until they were 1 year to make sure they got all the good fats and such before switching to Nulo)."
"Nulo Baked & Coated dry kitten food."
"And we really like nulo kitten!"
"I also really like nulo as well as Stella and Chewy."
"We use the Nulo brand for our 2 finicky kittens."
"I tend to rotate her food with Nulo and Stella and Chewy’s, which are all life stages."
#9
Blue Buffalo
4.1
(7)
"Tiki cat wet and dry and blue buffalo dry are great."
"Blue Buffalo is a higher-end brand that tends to be better."
"She seems to like the Blue Buffalo more."
"Blue Buffalo is another premium choice for kitten food."
"I switched then to Blue as well, wet and dry for my 4 adult cats of different ages... All 4 are doing great on it."
"Blue buffalo kitten kibble & Rachel ray natural wet food"
"Just don't feed blue buffalo it's garbage."
#10
Purina One
4.4
(5)
"Purina One sensitive is the only one that works for my sensitive stomached boy."
"Purina one is “healthiest”"
"Look into Purina One and Iams!"
"Purina One is a good quality food for someone on a budget."
"Purina one sensitive, hills science diet sensitive stomach and skin"
#11
Weruva
4.4
(5)
"I'm feeding mine Weruva wet kitten food."
"Their kitten specific line is great, well-sourced, and easy to digest."
"My kittens also like Weruva's kitten foods. The Kittens in the Kitchen line in particular."
"Weruva has good kitten options."
"Weruva has popular wet kitten foods."
#12
Stella & Chewy's
4.8
(4)
"I use the Stella & chewy and instinct freeze dried raw as toppers"
"I also really like nulo as well as Stella and Chewy."
"Stella and Chewys freeze dried is great."
"What works for us is Stella and Chewy’s freeze dried raw food."
#13
WeRuva
4.5
(4)
"WeRuva is one of the main brands I use for my kitten."
"If you ever want to start wet food look for Weruva, they use human grade ingredients."
"If your cat likes we ruva stick to that as it’s a decent brand."
"I feed a rotation of weruva, tiki cat, fancy feast non-seafood patés"
#14
Purina
4.0
(4)
"Purina, Hill's and Royal Canin are all good brands."
"Purina and Science Diet are fully nutritional and will meet their needs."
"Recommended by veterinarians for its scientific backing."
"We use purina high protein dry food and then I add a little pumpkin."
#15
Taste of the Wild
4.7
(3)
"My cats really love Taste of the wild."
"My cat loves ‘Taste of the Wild’"
"I think taste of wild is its own brand. We switched to it bc the dry food we had was making him lose his fur and wasn’t providing proper nutrition"
#16
Purina ONE
4.7
(3)
"It’s the only thing my girl can tolerate it’s dry food."
"Switched her to classic Purina ONE kitten dry and wet and now her farts are gone."
"I have two Scottish folds and fed them purina one kitten."
#17
KatKin
4.7
(3)
"I also highly recommend Katkin, our girl loves every mouthful, we have zero waste and a happy, healthy Bengal."
"Their breeder only used katkin and had nothing but praise for it. I’ve continued with katkin and they seem to thrive on it."
"We did a little research and subscribed to KatKin. It has been a few months now and bowel movement is regular."
#18
Merrick
4.3
(3)
"My kitten likes merrick and tiki cat"
"Merrick might have something cheaper but still has quality ingredients."
"I feed my cats Merrik, it's a little less pricy and still available at Petco/Petsmart/Chewy."
#19
Iams
4.0
(3)
"My cat likes Iams, he’s a man of simple tastes."
"We feed our girl Iam’s sensitive stomach and pro plan wet food."
"It's not the most fancy cat food I've ever bought but it does have a high protein content."
#20
Fromm
5.0
(2)
"My cats love Fromm!"
"Fromm is a personal favorite brand that provides quality food."
#21
Blue Wilderness
5.0
(2)
"I fed mine Blue Wilderness Kitten food and she loved it."
"My kittens love Blue Wilderness kitten food!"
#22
Rawz
4.0
(2)
"The company is called Rawz. It is a kibble, but not made with fillers and junk."
"I do like the Rawz dry because it doesn't have a bunch of filler or meal."
#23
Ziwi Peak
4.0
(2)
"You might like Ziwi Peak Air Dried food."
"You may want to try wet food varieties that do not use these thickeners (Ziwi Peak, Feline Natural)."
#24
Sheba
3.5
(2)
"Sheba kitten food is all meat, with higher fat than their adult cat food."
"What kind of wet kitten food does everyone feed their babies ? My boy is a year old and he eats Sheba, doesn’t like fancy feast anymore, I think a higher quality food would be better but he’s kind of picky"
#25
Whiskas
2.0
(3)
"Whiskas😳"
"He said stay away from Whiskas."
"Avoid whiskas in general. Buy kitten food in small quantities until you find what your cat likes."
#26
Pro Plan
2.5
(2)
"The vet clinic I take my dog has proplan food."
"He said stay away from Pro Plan."
#27
Farmina
5.0
(1)
"My cats all love farmina dry food."
#28
Wellness Core
5.0
(1)
"I feed mine Wellness Core wet, and Crave dry."
#29
BLUE Buffalo
5.0
(1)
"I’d recommend BLUE Buffalo Tastefuls dry cat food. It has meat as the first ingredient and avoids fillers like corn, wheat, and soy."
#30
Premium Junior Chicken
5.0
(1)
"Cats love premium junior chicken that includes 92% meat in form of patee"
#31
Untamed
5.0
(1)
"We had trouble until we put him on untamed and they do an range of flavours and he loves them all."
#32
Scrumbles
5.0
(1)
"Larry has Scrumbles dry which has prebiotics in, and also tuna/prawn Applaws wet."
#33
Real Nature Wilderness
5.0
(1)
"My absolute favorite is real nature wilderness because it has a lot of fresh meat and the vitamins and fiber come from vegetables and fruits instead of wheat unlike in some other brands."
#34
Darwin’s Pet
5.0
(1)
"Our little guy gets Darwin’s Pet (raw) twice a day."
#35
Crave
5.0
(1)
"I feed mine Wellness Core wet, and Crave dry."
#36
Hill's
5.0
(1)
"My kitten had diarrhea at first so we got hills perfect digestion for kitten and it helped him a lot."
#37
Powercat
5.0
(1)
"You should buy organic cat foods (like powercat/aozi) since ibang catfood is mataas ang sodium."
#38
Freeze Dried Raw
5.0
(1)
"Freeze dried raw is your best bet."
#39
Katkins
5.0
(1)
"Our breeder (UK) recommended Katkins which our MC loves and so do our other cats now!"
#40
Feline Natural
5.0
(1)
"Suitable for all life stages: Feline Natural, Northwest Naturals, Rawbble, Stella&Chewy, Vital Essentials"
#41
Darwin's Raw
5.0
(1)
"Darwin’s Raw 💯 💯 💯"
#42
Freeze Dried Raw Rabbit
5.0
(1)
"I switched to freeze dried raw rabbit and he throws it up maybe once every 2 months."
#43
Blink
4.0
(1)
"We’ve been using blink kitten food and it’s been great for him."
#44
WholeHearted
4.0
(1)
"I like wholehearted wet food ! it was good ingredients and good price for great nutrients."
#45
Tiki
4.0
(1)
"I gave him the Tiki pumpkin topper that he loves."
#46
Schesir
4.0
(1)
"The Schesir kitten line is also complete."
#47
Hilife
4.0
(1)
"Hilife had the best meat concentration and no fillers!"
#48
Fancy Feast Naturals
4.0
(1)
"Fancy feast naturals and Purina One grain free are excellent choices."
#49
Fussie Cat
4.0
(1)
"Fussie Cat, low ingredient food."
#50
Acana
4.0
(1)
"We feed ours Acana dry food."
#51
Encore
4.0
(1)
"We started our kitten off on Encore kitten dry food alongside seriously good"
#52
Wellness Complete
4.0
(1)
"I used to feed my kitten Royal Canin but switched over to Wellness Complete after I found out that Royal Canin wet food has certain ingredients such as carageenan that aren't ideal in the long run."
#53
Aozi
4.0
(1)
"Aozi kitten sa pusa namin tapos pinapalambot ko sa tubig."
#54
Josera
4.0
(1)
"We do a mix of Josera and Wolfood kitten food (for the dry part)."
#55
Iams Adult Indoor
4.0
(1)
"It's not the most fancy cat food I've ever bought but it does have a high protein content - 89%."
#56
Wholehearted
4.0
(1)
"If you can swing it, You might look at Petco’s Wholehearted grain free dry food"
#57
Grain Free Kitten Dry Kibble
4.0
(1)
"Moved to kitten dry kibble (grain free) and mashed it with formula for a few days to get their stomachs acclimated to solids"
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