Open Farm Cat Food Review 2024

Open Farm is an environmentally-conscious pet food brand producing some of the highest-quality foods for canine compadres and feline friends. Using human-grade produce, 100% humanely-raised meats and sustainably sourced fish, Open Farm is an excellent choice for your purring pal. 

Wag! rates Open Farm cat food 5 out of 5 paws due to its nutritional value and the Open Farm's use of sustainably, transparency, and ethically sourced ingredients. 

Is Open Farm right for your cat? Scroll down for our 2023 Open Farm cat food review, where we examine different product ranges, considerations, recalls, and more!

Open Farm offers 5 cat food ranges, which include wet, dry, and freeze-dried recipes. You'll find 20 Open Farm cat food varieties overall. 

All Open farm recipes are "complete and balanced," meeting the nutrient profiles established by AAFCO for all life stages, maintenance (adults), or growth (puppies). 

Let's take a closer look at each Open cat food range!

Open Farm dry cat food

Check Open Farm Dry cat foods if you're searching for 100% human-grade dry recipes for your fur-baby. Suitable for all life stages, Open Farm dry cat food recipes are grain-free, with humanely sourced human-grade meat as the top ingredient. 

As well as high-quality meat, Open Farm dry foods contain many nutritionally rich superfoods like pumpkin, dandelion greens, and cranberries. Open Farm Kitten Grain-Free recipe contains DHA fatty acids for brain development and boosted mineral and vitamin levels for extra immune support.   

Open Farm dry cat food 5 varieties:

• Catch-of-the-Season Whitefish
• Wild-Caught Salmon
• Pasture-Raised Lamb
• Homestead Turkey & Chicken
• Kitten Grain-Free

Open Farm RawMix cat food

Open Farm RawMix is a blend of kibble and freeze-dried meat chunks. Each kibble piece is covered with bone broth and freeze-dried to preserve nutritional value and improve taste. Freeze-dried meat chunks are mixed in to satisfy your kitty's inner carnivore. 

RawMix recipes contain very similar ingredients to Open Farm dry food. The main difference between the ranges is that RawMix recipes are lower in fat but with a similar protein ratio. Open Farm RawMix is available in 2 flavors: Open Prairie and Wild Ocean.

Open Farm Rustic Blends wet cat food

Open Farm wet cat food, known as Rustic Blends, comes packaged in fully recyclable cartons. They're loaded with nutrients, with a humanely sourced, named meat as the top ingredient.

Rustic Blend recipes contain superfoods similar to dry recipes, such as pumpkin and carrots. Chicory roots and red lentils are excellent fiber sources. Recipes include agar-agar, a thickening agent from red algae that can cause gastrointestinal inflammation and may not be suitable for cats with sensitive stomachs. 

It's worth noting that Open Farm wet food only meets the AAFCO guidelines for maintenance (adults) and is unsuitable for kittens. 

Open Farm Rustic Blends 6 flavors:

• Harvest Chicken
• Wild-Caught Salmon
• Chicken & Salmon
• Homestead Turkey
• Grass-Fed Beef 
• Herring & Mackerel

Open Farm Freeze-Dried Raw cat food

Open Farm Freeze-Dried Raw cat food is made from over 92% meat, making it great for cats that require a limited ingredient diet. Most Open Farm Freeze-Dried Raw recipes consist of less than 8 primary ingredients.

Each recipe lists at least 3 named quality cuts of meat as the top ingredients. Recipes are grain and legume-free. A common ingredient aside from meat in Open Farm Freeze-Dried Raw recipes is montmorillonite clay, an anti-caking agent rich in manganese, iron, and zinc. 

Open Farm Freeze-Dried Raw cat food 4 flavors:

• Chicken & Salmon
• Harvest Chicken
• Wild-Caught Salmon
• Surf & Turf

Open Farm Bone Broth Meal Toppers

Open Farm Bone Broth Meal Toppers are supplemental recipes that add extra flavor and nutrients to your cat's diet. They are not complete and balanced cat foods. Each variation contains bone broth, carrots, pumpkin, parsley, turmeric, and cinnamon. 

Open Farm Bone Broth Meal Toppers 3 flavors:

• Harvest Chicken
• Homestead Turkey
• Grass-Fed Beef

Here are a few reasons why Wag! gives Open Farm cat food a flawless 5 out of 5 paws up!

Vet recommended 

Dr. Georgia Jeremiah, pet nutrition expert and one of Wag! 's veterinary consultants, purrsonally recommends Open Farm to pet parents:

"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."

100% human-grade ingredients

Open Farm uses 100% human-grade ingredients in its cat foods. Using human-grade ingredients ensures each recipe has high nutritional value and is easy on your fur-baby's digestive system. 

Commitment to sustainability and transparency

Open Farm pledges to reduce its carbon footprint by 42% by 2030, making it among the most environmentally conscious pet food brands around. Plus, Open Farm offsets emissions through forest conservation and wind farm projects. 

Open Farm is completely transparent about where it sources its ingredients. Check out each recipe list on its website; it'll say where every ingredient comes from. For example, Open Farm sources its humanely-raised chicken from Pennsylvania, New York, and Virginia.

Here are a few things to bear in mind before buying Open Farm cat food for your feline friend. 

On the pricey side

Open Farm is more expensive than many budget-friendly alternatives due to its human-grade quality and careful ingredient sourcing.

At the time of writing, an 8-pound bag of Open Farm Homestead Turkey & Chicken Dry Cat Food costs $42.99 — that works out at around $5.37 per pound. By comparison, a 15-pound bag of Purina Cat Chow Naturals Original costs around $26 on Chewy — which works out at $1.44 per pound. 

Limited recipes for different life stages and breeds

Open Farm has only one recipe specially formulated for kittens and no recipes for seniors. There are also no wet food recipes suitable for kittens, which isn't ideal if you're trying to get your latest fur-baby used to different food textures and tastes.

"Both my cats eat every morsel of this when I feed them twice per day. Their fur is super shiny and soft. Plus with the all natural ingredients their stool doesn't smell as bad and they don't have to use the cat box as often either because it's much better for their digestive systems."

"Our cats love it; all three of them (two 1yos and one 18yo). It smells like chicken soup and they go nuts for it. The consistency (pretty soupy) is a surprising benefit, because it drastically slows the youngin's down!! They can't just wolf it down in two bites, they have to work at it. But we've been feeding it for almost two months and have no complaints (and neither do the cats)!"

Open Farm's journey began in 2011 when husband and wife Jacqueline Prehogan and Isaac Langleben adopted a rescue pup named Bella. They decided they wanted to feed Bella not only the best quality diet possible, but one that aligned with their values. 

After being unable to find dog food that met their nutrition and sustainability standards, Jacqueline and Isaac decided to start their own pet food brand. So, they founded Open Farm in Toronto, Canada, in 2014. 

They were soon joined by Isaac's brother, Derek, to help build a pet food brand made that uses human-grade ingredients and meets the highest sustainability and transparency standards. Today, they've expanded their operation outside of Canada to the U.S., Australia, and parts of Asia. 

As of October 2023, Open Farm cat food has never been recalled.