Kitten
Orijen Kitten is a grain-free dry kitten food. Its first ingredients are chicken, turkey and salmon. It has an Ingredients score of 91/100, a Nutrition score of 10/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $7.14/lb (7 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 29, 2026 · Price checked Oct 29, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Chicken
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Turkey
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Salmon
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Whole herring
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Chicken liver
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Other ingredients
- 3.4 / 5
- Average of the other 43 ingredients
Avoid List
0The label lists none of the additives we count.
The number of unwanted additives on the label, counted separately from the two scores: 0 is best. How we score
Kitten targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 40%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 39% and 49%
- Fat 20%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 20%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 3%
- not scored
- Shown for information.
What Is in It
Dry matter means the food with the water taken out. It lets you compare foods with different moisture fairly.
| On the label | Dry matter | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein (min) | 40% | 44.4% |
| Fat (min) | 20% | 22.2% |
| Fiber (max) | 3% | 3.3% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 20% | 22.2% |
| Moisture (max) | 10% | - |
| Calories | 4,120 kcal/kg · 515 kcal/cup | |
Label numbers are limits, not exact amounts: protein and fat are minimums, fiber and moisture are maximums.
Labels do not list carbohydrates, and this one does not list ash either. We estimate carbohydrates by assuming 7% ash, a typical value for dry cat food, and subtracting everything else from 100.
First 5 Ingredients
Ingredients are listed by weight, heaviest first. The first few usually make up most of the food.
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken, turkey, salmon, whole herring, chicken liver, dehydrated chicken, dehydrated turkey, dehydrated herring, dehydrated chicken liver, dehydrated egg, whole red lentils, whole pinto beans, turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard), eggs, pollock oil, chicken fat, whole green lentils, whole navy beans, whole chickpeas, whole peas, natural chicken flavor, ground miscanthus grass, chicken hearts, choline chloride, whole cranberries, dried kelp, mixed tocopherols (preservative), whole pumpkin, whole butternut squash, collard greens, whole apples, whole pears, zinc proteinate, riboflavin, folic acid, thiamine mononitrate, niacin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, copper proteinate, dried Bacillus coagulans fermentation product, dried chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries, citric acid (preservative), rosemary extract
Estimated Monthly Cost
We could not find the maker's feeding chart, so there is no monthly estimate. Price per pound in the cheapest bag: $7.14.
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Last checked: Oct 29, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction