Born Carnivore Herring & Salmon
Tiki Cat Born Carnivore Herring & Salmon is a grain-free dry adult cat food. Its first ingredients are herring, herring meal and salmon meal. It has an Ingredients score of 87/100, a Nutrition score of 10/10 and nothing on our Avoid List. The lowest price we found is $4.79/lb (11.1 lb bag at Chewy).
Label checked Nov 1, 2026 · Price checked Oct 29, 2026
How It Scores
The first 5 ingredients count for 70%, the rest for 30%.
- Herring
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Herring meal
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Salmon meal
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Dried egg product
- 5 / 5
- Named animal protein
- Chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid)
- 4 / 5
- Named animal fat
- Other ingredients
- 3.4 / 5
- Average of the other 34 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 42%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 35% and 45%
- Fat 19%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 22%
- Carbohydrates 18.5%
- 5 / 5
- Full points between 15% and 25%. Our estimate: the label does not list ash.
- Fiber 3.5%
- 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) | 42% | 46.7% |
| Fat (min) | 19% | 21.1% |
| Fiber (max) | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Ash | not listed | - |
| Carbohydrates (estimate) | 18.5% | 20.6% |
| Moisture (max) | 10% | - |
| Calories | 3,777 kcal/kg · 480 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.
- Herring
- herring meal
- salmon meal
- dried egg product
- chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid)
All Ingredients (Label Order)
Herring, herring meal, salmon meal, dried egg product, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), peas, tapioca, chickpeas, natural chicken flavor, ground whole flaxseed, brewers dried yeast, tomato pomace, calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, vitamin E supplement, salmon oil, pumpkin, inulin (prebiotic), taurine, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, niacin supplement (vitamin B3), copper sulfate, vitamin A supplement, manganese sulfate, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), biotin, riboflavin supplement (vitamin B2), vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, calcium iodate, folic acid, sodium selenite, rosemary extract, ascorbic acid (preservative), citric acid, tannic acid
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 (3,777 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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Similar Price, Better Ingredients
Same age group, a higher Ingredients score, a Nutrition score no more than 0.5 lower and no more unwanted additives, at most 20% more per pound.
Last checked: Nov 1, 2026 ·Maker's page ·Suggest a correction