Best Cat Food for Picky Eaters 2024

Open Farm Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food is an excellent alternative to traditional cat foods for fussy eaters, especially for pet parents who want to serve raw food easily. Just add water to rehydrate — it can be served as a main meal or mixed into less expensive kibble. 

These freeze-dried clusters are made of between 92% and 98% meat, bones, and organs. All recipes list a named quality meat as the top ingredient.

Freeze-drying locks in nutrients and flavor, making Open Farm Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food as tasty as it is healthy. There's also a decent variety of flavors, making it easy to please fussy felines. Open Farm sources all its ingredients sustainably, ethically, and transparently.

Dr. Georgia Jeremiah approves of Open Farm Cat Food and recommends it to her clients:

“Open Farm offers grain-free, high-quality protein diets using human-grade wet ingredients. Their sourcing emphasizes ethical practices and humanely raised meats, whilst their non-GMO, antibiotic and hormone-free recipes with freeze-dried raw and wet options provide a tasty and nutritious alternative to most commercial diets.”

All Open Farm Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food recipes are complete and balanced, meeting the nutrient guidelines established by the AAFCO for all life stages. 

• Available in four varieties: chicken, salmon, chicken & salmon, and surf & turf

The Honest Kitchen is the oldest human-grade pet food company around, and its wet cat food is ideal for picky eaters. 

It's available in seven flavors and two different consistencies: minced in bone broth gravy and paté. With two different consistencies and a wide variety of flavors available, you're sure to find a recipe your cat craves. 

All recipes list a quality named cut of meat or a meat broth as the top ingredient. Plus, The Honest Kitchen has a generous money-back guarantee. If you're unsatisfied with your online purchase, you can return it, no questions asked, as long as you bought it within the last 90 days — perfect for picky cats!

Dr. Georgia Jeremiah recommends The Honest Kitchen wet food to her clients:

“The Honest Kitchen offers high-protein, human-grade cat food that's grain-free and devoid of artificial preservatives, GMOs, corn, wheat, and soy. Prioritizing meat as the first ingredient, their range includes both wet and dry varieties in multiple flavors to satisfy picky eaters - all with a money-back guarantee.”

The Honest Kitchen wet cat foods are complete and balanced, meeting the nutrient guidelines established by the AAFCO for all life stages. 

• Available in seven varieties: chicken, turkey, turkey chicken & duck, chicken & salmon, salmon & cod, beef & chicken, salmon & turkey

Check out Tiki Cat Broths Meal Toppers if you're looking to add flavor to your cat's existing food without completely changing their diet. Tiki Cat offers 5 broth recipes made with real meat to attract fussy felines. 

Tiki Cat Broths contain only a handful of ingredients and have high moisture levels to keep your cat hydrated. Small pieces of meat mixed into the broth add more texture and taste to your cat's food. 

Dr. Georgia Jeremiah recommends Tiki Cat to her clients:

“Tiki Cat cat food is known for high-quality, human-grade ingredients, focusing on natural, whole foods, rich animal proteins, limited ingredient options for sensitive cats, grain-free, low-carb recipes, and palatable flavors for picky eaters.”

Tiki Cat Broths Meal Toppers are not complete and balanced and are for supplemental and intermittent feeding only. 

• Available in five varieties: beef, chicken, duck & chicken, salmon, tuna

With 11 recipes, Blue Buffalo Wilderness dry cat food is an excellent option for picky eaters. This is a high-quality cat food, with each recipe listing a named quality cut of meat as the top ingredient. Blue Buffalo Wilderness is not human-grade and contains meat meal. 

One of the best qualities of Blue Buffalo Wilderness is its recipes for specific age groups and health concerns, with recipes for kittens, hairballs, and weight control. Blue Buffalo caters specifically to your cat's carnivorous instincts, with food rich in meat and free from fillers. 

Dr. Georgia Jeremiah recommends Blue Buffalo Wilderness dry cat food to her clients:

“Blue Buffalo provides wet and dry recipes tailored to various life stages, including high-protein and grain-free choices. Catering to special dietary needs, they offer limited ingredient varieties such as "Blue Basics" without common allergens such as chicken, beef, corn, wheat, soy, dairy and eggs. With real meat, omega fatty acids and plenty of antioxidants, Blue Buffalo recipes are a good option for felines with delicate digestive tracts."

All Blue Buffalo Wilderness dry cat food recipes are complete and balanced, meeting the nutrient guidelines established by the AAFCO for all life stages. 

• Available in 11 varieties: kitten, chicken, duck, salmon, weight control, indoor chicken, indoor hairball, indoor hairball & weight control, trout, red meat, mature chicken

Freshpet is one of the best fresh cat food options for picky eaters. Take Freshpet's quick quiz and enter info about your cat's favored protein and texture to get the purrfect recipe for your feline. 

All recipes come packaged in rolls with a moisture-rich smooth consistency cats love. Each recipe is gently steam-cooked to retain taste and nutrients, with quality, named cuts of meat as the top ingredients. 

Dr. Georgia Jeremiah BSc (Hons) BvetMed (Hons), pet nutrition expert and one of Wag!’s veterinary consultants, personally recommends Freshpet fresh cat food to her clients: 

“Fresh Pet cat food offers fresh, whole-food recipes that are conveniently available in most grocery stores. These recipes feature real meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, and grains while avoiding gluten, soy, and fillers. With no by-product meals and protein as the first ingredient, they are gently steam-cooked to retain essential nutrients, providing balanced nutrition and improved palatability for finicky eaters."

Freshpet fresh cat food recipes are complete and balanced, meeting the nutrient guidelines established by the AAFCO for all life stages. 

• Available in two varieties: grain-free salmon, grain-free chicken & beef