Top ten wet/Top ten dry foods?

If you had to make a list for each, what would it be?

Tabbysia said:

If you had to make a list for each, what would it be?

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Wow. Not an easy one and answers for this will vary significantly depending on each person's cats and their tastes and dietary needs. For us, I'd go with the following (I don't feed them fish except on rare occasions)

Wet

Nature's Variety Instinct

Pride by Instinct

Nature's Variety Prairie Homestyle

Nutro Natural Choice

Red Barn (so far only Tricky Chicky)

Dave's (so far only turkey & giblets)

Merrick Chicken, turkey and duck pates

Soulistic Good Karma and Harvest Sunrise

Weruva Paw Lickin Chicken

Wellness Divine Duos

Dry

This one is much easier. I don't feed dry. I do have a bag that I bought for when I had to leave town for 2 days and didn't have anyone who could give them their wet food and the food I bought is Nature's Variety LID Turkey. If I didn't go with the NVI, the only other dry I'd choose would be Orijen. Short list I'm afraid.

They also eat commercial raw. Rad Cat chicken and turkey and Stella and Chewy's frozen Chick, Chick, Chicken and Duck, Duck goose. They like these much better than the Primal frozen raw.

All mentioned plus Tiki Cat Puka Puka Luau, plus the Carnivore Series. Iams Purrfect Delicasies Slow roasted turkey and liver. Fussie cat Tuna and prawns or tuna and white fish. Earthborne holistic chicken jumble. Merrick Grammys Pot Pie or Turducken.
I don't feed dry but Orijen or Acana seem to be best! If cost is an issue I feel Natural balance wet and dry is a good compromise.

No particular order and no specific variety within a brand:

Weruva (any of the lines)

Soulistic

Nature's Variety (any of the lines)

Wellness

Blue Buffalo

Merrick

Innova EVO

ZiwiPeak

Tiki Cat

Go Natural

Dry food - Um, none? Nature's Variety Instinct is the only one I would recommend to anyone who has to feed some dry.

In no particular order - Wet food:-
Thrive Complete, nature's menu, Feringa, Terra Faelis, Lily's Kitchen, Catz Finefood, Lily's, Forthglade, Applaws (not complete), Almo Nature classics pouches (not complete).

I do feed a little dry to my old boy who won't change, but I'm not a fan of dry foods personally and wouldn't feed them by choice. The best of the bunch seem to be:-
Purizon, Eden Holistic, Orijen, Applaws, Feringa, Acana, Thrive Complete. I can't find any more. As I said, it wouldn't be my choice to go with dry though. These are, at least, grain free and relatively high meat/low carb as dry foods go.

Are those all Canadian brands or something?The only foods that I recognize from that list are Orijen and Acana.

Nope - European. I'm in the UK

Columbine said:

In no particular order - Wet food:-
Thrive Complete, nature's menu, Feringa, Terra Faelis, Lily's Kitchen, Catz Finefood, Lily's, Forthglade, Applaws (not complete), Almo Nature classics pouches (not complete).

I do feed a little dry to my old boy who won't change, but I'm not a fan of dry foods personally and wouldn't feed them by choice. The best of the bunch seem to be:-
Purizon, Eden Holistic, Orijen, Applaws, Feringa, Acana, Thrive Complete. I can't find any more. As I said, it wouldn't be my choice to go with dry though. These are, at least, grain free and relatively high meat/low carb as dry foods go.

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For UK available foods I'm familiar with I like what I see on this list.  My current cat is on a limited and dry diet so not much choice but Thrive Complete, Lily's (kitchen), and Almo Nature are all wet foods I have chosen to feed because of the content and all have gone well.

I found Applaws USA online and the ingredients look good, but I think that all of the wet foods are only for supplemental feeding, because they don't contain any added vitamins or minerals. The dry formulas do, but all of them contain turkey meal too, which one of my kitties can't have. Bummer. They seem to be a little misleading because the dry food that is labeled as chicken and duck actually contains duck as the fourth ingredient, with turkey before it. It should be labeled as chicken and turkey. I hate it when cat food companies intentionally mislead consumers.

Glad someone knows what I'm talking about

FYI, I listed Lily's and Lily's Kitchen separately because just 'Lily's ' is a spin off licenced out to Tesco. Different recipes. I like it because Asha's not good with lamb or beef, which cuts out all the Lily's Kitchen trays. Once I eliminate fish as well it really limits my options. The tesco version is single protein source (if memory serves).

T tabbysia I noted that Applaws/almo nature wet aren't complete foods. The dry applaws isn't the greatest on my list, but it's still one of the better dry foods on the uk market.

*Confession* After all I've said, the only dry Shadow will eat is royal canin urinary s / o :anon: I only feed that because he goes through phases of only consenting to eat almo nature wet, and also because he hasn't had crystals since being on it and I'm a little reluctant to remove it now in case he has a flare...at 13 I don't want him having any avoidable procedures. *hides in shame*

@Columbine  - No shame.  Mouse has been on Hills Prescription TD dental dry food since he was about 8 or 9 months old:  better he has a healthy mouth, not in pain and constantly on antibiotics and pain relief than different food.   Also better he eat and if I offer him wet food he hardly touches it, possibly because he associates it with pain and illness.   The Thrive Complete and Lily's Kitchen fish are the only ones he's eaten a spoonful of more than once in his adult life!  I like them as they don't add carb's and don't add lots of different source proteins.

Tabbysia said:

I found Applaws USA online and the ingredients look good, but I think that all of the wet foods are only for supplemental feeding, because they don't contain any added vitamins or minerals. The dry formulas do,

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Yes, the Applaws sold in the US are supplement / complement foods only, not complete diets.

I saw Almo Nature at the independent pet store yesterday. None of the cans are complete diets http://www.almonature.us/gatto/legend/ It doesn't look like the pouches are either.

I have a picky kitty. She will only eat salmon or tuna flavored dry and only certain brands and TYPES of wet. I currently have a compromise of price, grain free, and what she will eat at Nature's Recipe Salmon and Potato dry food daily and half a small can of either Sheba cuts or I and Love and You Pate every other day. She won't eat any more than half a can every other day so I don't want to waste the food She has a clean bill of health and has a water fountain. She pees plenty and her poop is normal so I am good with it! 

LTS3 said:

 
Yes, the Applaws sold in the US are supplement / complement foods only, not complete diets.

I saw Almo Nature at the independent pet store yesterday. None of the cans are complete diets http://www.almonature.us/gatto/legend/ It doesn't look like the pouches are either.

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I feel guilty as I've always fed my cats Purina Urinary Tract formula. I thought it was good for my kitties. When my cats are sick, I will feed them Gerber chicken baby food or cook up and puree chicken breasts for them to eat.