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Best Cheap Dry Cat Food

We list 51 low-priced dry cat foods. Ingredients scores range from 28 to 72 out of 100. 8 of 51 have nothing on the Avoid List. Ground corn is the first ingredient in 16 of 51.

Highest Ingredients score: Earthborn Holistic Wild Sea Catch (72)Lowest price per pound: Special Kitty Gourmet Formula Seafood Blend ($0.70/lb)

Ranked by our Ingredients score. Foods with nothing on the Avoid List and a Nutrition score of at least 6/10 come first, the rest follow. No brand pays for its place.

Top 10

#FoodIngredientsNutritionAvoid ListPrice per lb
1Earthborn Holistic Primitive Feline699.5/100$2.56
2Iams ProActive Health Kitten with Salmon679.2/100$2.12
3Rachael Ray Nutrish Real Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe616.7/100$1.78
4Rachael Ray Nutrish Indoor Complete Chicken with Lentils & Salmon598.9/100$1.78
5Iams ProActive Health Senior569.5/100$2.12
6Iams ProActive Health Healthy Adult with Salmon528.9/100$1.82
7Iams ProActive Health Healthy Kitten499.2/100$2.12
8Iams ProActive Health Urinary Tract Health + Hairball Control499.1/100$1.82
9Earthborn Holistic Wild Sea Catch729.5/101$2.53
10Iams ProActive Health Adult Sensitive Digestion & Skin598.9/101$2.61

All 51, in Ranked Order

Cheap here means the lowest-priced third of the dry foods we list, by price per pound of the cheapest bag we found: right now $2.71 per pound or less. Prices are checked by hand and can change at the store. How we score