Catit Cat Food Review 2024

Chances are, if you've been to a big box pet store in the last decade, you've seen Catit products. While they are known for their interactive cat toys, fountains, and cat condos, you might be surprised to learn that in recent years, they've released an innovative cat food and treat line.

This line focuses on whole, eco-friendly ingredients and affordable prices. Some of their ingredients are quite unconventional— like insect protein! But is it what it's hyped up to be? How is the quality, and what are pet parents saying about it? Don't worry; we will get into that further down! First, let's take a peek at their product offerings!

Let's explore Catit's range of wet foods, dry foods and meowtastic treats!

Wet cat food

Catit's wet food offerings also double as food toppers and are spread across two distinct lines: their Catit Dinner subrange and their Divine Shreds in Jelly subrange.

The Catit Dinner recipes come in 12 separate flavors and fall into two categories, either chicken- or fish-based recipes. The chicken-based line includes flavors like Duck & Potato, Salmon & Carrots, and Tilapia & Green Beans; however, as the label suggests, chicken broth, water for processing, and chicken are the first 3 ingredients. These are usually followed by the named meat sources indicated in the recipe name. 

The fish dinner recipes have names like Crab Flavor & Pumpkin, Shrimp & Green Beans, and Tilapia & Potato and typically have the same first three ingredients, which are fish broth, water for processing, and tuna. One thing to note about these recipes is that they are approved for supplemental feeding only and should not be used as a primary diet.

Catit's smaller line, Divine Shreds in Jelly, comes in 8 flavors and is also broken down into chicken and fish recipes as denoted on the packaging. The chicken line comes in four flavors: Salmon & Pumpkin, Liver & Broccoli, Tuna & Carrot, and Mackerel & Broccoli.

The fish line also comes in 4 varieties and includes Chicken & Wakame, Shrimp & Pumpkin, Seabream & Wakame, and Shirasu & Sweet Potato.

Dry food

Catit's only dry food line is their Nuna Insect Protein-Based Cat Food, which comes in two flavors: Insect Protein & Herring Recipe and Insect Protein & Chicken Recipe. This recipe utilizes black soldier fly larvae as the main protein source and the first ingredient in both recipes, followed by hydrolyzed yeast protein, herring meal, millet, peas, and lentils. 

You may wonder, what are the advantages of using insect protein in pet food? One of the reasons this protein is gaining popularity is because it is more eco-friendly, sustainable, and less costly to produce than meat. Plus, they are low-fat and high in protein! To ensure the recipe maintains its nutrition content, Catit uses a special kibble extrusion technique to maintain the bioavailability of the vitamins and minerals in its dry recipes. This food comes in 5lb bags and 11 lb bags, which are made from 100% recyclable plastic.

Treats

Catit's largest range is their treat lines, which has 7 different varieties and 20 different flavors! These include a variety of crunchy, creamy, and jerky-style treats.

Nuna Insect Protein-Based Cat Treats

As the name suggests, these treats are part of the Nuna Insect-Protein line, which derives its protein content from the black soldier fly larvae (similar to a mealworm.) The first three ingredients in these recipes include things like black soldier fly larvae, hydrolyzed yeast protein, and herring meal. These treats come in three distinct flavors, which include:

• Insect Protein Medley Recipe
• Insect Protein & Chicken Recipe
• Insect Protein & Herring Recipe

Nibbly Chicken & Fish Wraps

Their Nibbly Wraps are one of the most unique treat creations we've seen. This protein-packed, low-cal snack is comprised of anchovies wrapped in chicken breast and is free of fillers like grains and corn!

Nibbly Grills

These GMO- and grain-free treats are made of 80% chicken, giving them a yummy, meaty flavor that cats love. Not only are they high-quality, but they are low fat and high protein, too.

• Lobster Flavor
• Scallop Flavor
• Shrimp Flavor

Nibbly Jerky

Nibbly Jerky is Catit's signature limited-ingredient jerky style line. These treats are soft and easy to chew while still having the meaty flavor and look of real jerky. Nibbly Jerky flavors include:

• Chicken
• Chicken & Fish

Nibbly Crispy

If you're in search of a more traditional, crunchy-style cat treat, Nibbly Crispy definitely checks those boxes. The leading ingredients in these treats are either chicken meal or salmon meal, and they come in 3 yummy flavors, including:

• Salmon
• Chicken & Liver
• Chicken

Creamy Cat Treats

If your kitty is part of the creamy cat treat craze, they will definitely want to get their paws on these. These meaty purees are under 5 calories per pouch and even have added taurine! These treats come in the following flavors:

• Chicken & Liver
• Salmon
• Tuna
• Chicken & Shrimp

Creamy Super Foods

Catit Creamy Super Foods are similar to their original creamy cat treats in they come in single-serve tubes and have the same creamy texture cats love. The main difference is these have the addition of antioxidant ingredients like coconut, kale, quinoa, spirulina, and seaweed! The flavors of this line include:

• Chicken Recipe with Coconut & Kale
• Lamb Recipe with Quinoa & Chia
• Salmon Recipe with Quinoa & Spirulina
• Tuna Recipe with Coconut & Wakame

Creamy Cups

Catit Creamy Cups give your feline bestie the ultimate treat with these delicious mousses spiked with healthful fruits.

• Chicken Mousse with Mango
• Chicken Mousse with Pineapple
• Chicken Mousse with Kiwi
• Tuna & Chicken Mousse with Blueberry

Transparent ingredients

So often, we see pet foods with tasty recipe names like "Salmon and Veggies" or "Roast beef and Rice" only to look at the label and see chicken as the primary ingredient with the recipe's namesake ingredient 4, 5, or even 10 ingredients down the list! This might not seem like a big deal, but ingredient lists are written in order of descending weight, meaning the first ingredient is the most prominent (barring misleading practices like ingredient splitting). 

However, we greatly appreciate the transparency of the label with Catit's recipes. The wet food lines are split into two different formulations: fish recipes and chicken recipes. So even if the flavor is "Salmon & Pumpkin," it is clearly labeled as a chicken product. This is important because chicken is a common cause of protein allergies in pets! We give them major props for these transparent practices since misleading recipe names can cause pet parents to accidentally expose their pets to a known allergen.

Innovative recipes

We also like Catit's innovative recipes that include ingredients like insect proteins, which are much more eco-friendly and sustainable than traditional proteins like chicken, beef, and fish. While some pet parents might be put off by the idea of feeding their pets insect protein, they are quite nutrient-dense and bioavailable forms of protein. What's more, this leads us to believe that Catit is interested in keeping up with the latest innovations in pet health, which makes us very eager to see what other products they will come out with in the future.

Affordable

Last but certainly not least, we are big fans of Catit's affordable price point. From the dry food to the creamy lickable treats, this brand seems to have found the magic formula to use quality ingredients while still keeping prices budget-friendly.

Check the small print

We highly recommend paying close attention to the fine print on Catit, packaging, and especially the wet food lines. Some of the Catit pate dinners are not nutritionally complete and are labeled for supplemental feeding only.

Little variety

Catit has a lot of quality recipes; however, they lack variety. While they do have a couple of low-fat wet food options, we would love to see their offerings expand to recipes for kittens, seniors, cats with sensitive stomachs, and those with allergies.

"My cats love this brand even the picky eaters will eat any flavor in this brand! Packaged well easy to open. Kind of a paté with the way it congeals together in the container so I just break it up into bite sized pieces with the edge of the container but even when I don't my cats will still eat it all and they hate paté wet food or any food that isn't [bite-sized] so that's saying something! Definitely wouldn't recommend as a replacement for dry food or a meal but as a treat it's absolutely perfect!"

"My senior cat, a borderline diabetic, has decided he no longer likes any wet food. And then I tried this food. And for the first time in his entire life, he cleans his plate when served this food. Of course, he'll probably tire of this food eventually, but for now, it is keeping him healthy and me happy."

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Catit products have been around for over 25 years; however, they haven't gotten their start in the pet food sector! The brand Catit started as a family-owned business managed by the Hagan Group that primarily sold cat toys and accessories. Nowadays, their pet fountains and cat furniture are a pet store staple and are available nationwide in big box stores like Petco and Petsmart, as well as online retailers like Chewy. 

More recently, Catit has expanded its offerings to cat food and, in 2021, launched an innovative new cat food line that features insect protein as the primary ingredient, one of the first commercially available foods of its kind. The company is based in Quebec, Canada, and sources the majority of the ingredients for these recipes locally.

We were unable to find any recalls of the Catit cat food brand, but we will update this article as needed should a recall arise.