Original Cat
Orijen Original Cat is a grain-free dry adult cat food. Its first ingredients are chicken, turkey and whole herring. 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 $6.33/lb (12 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Oct 27, 2026 · Price checked Oct 27, 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
- Whole herring
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard)
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Salmon
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Other ingredients
- 3.4 / 5
- Average of the other 42 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
Adult targets. Values as listed on the label.
- Protein 40%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- 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.
- Chicken
- turkey
- whole herring
- turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard)
- salmon
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Chicken, turkey, whole herring, turkey giblets (liver, heart, gizzard), salmon, dehydrated chicken, dehydrated turkey, dehydrated salmon, dehydrated chicken liver, dehydrated egg, whole red lentils, whole pinto beans, whole green lentils, chicken liver, eggs, chicken fat, natural chicken flavor, whole navy beans, whole chickpeas, whole peas, pollock oil, lentil fiber, chicken hearts, choline chloride, whole cranberries, dried kelp, mixed tocopherols (preservative), vitamin E supplement, zinc proteinate, whole pumpkin, whole butternut squash, collard greens, whole apples, whole pears, thiamine mononitrate, copper proteinate, niacin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, dried Bacillus coagulans fermentation product, dried chicory root, turmeric, sarsaparilla root, althea root, rosehips, juniper berries, citric acid (preservative), rosemary extract
Estimated Monthly Cost
By your cat's weight, using an estimated daily amount and the cheapest bag. Your cat may eat more or less.
We could not find the maker's feeding chart. These amounts come from a general formula: the calories on the label (4,120 kcal/kg) and the daily energy a cat of that weight needs according to the Merck Veterinary Manual, using the figure for a neutered adult. The chart on the bag may say something different.
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Last checked: Oct 27, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction