Best Dry Cat Food Without Chicken
We list 27 dry cat foods without chicken. Ingredients scores range from 30 to 90 out of 100. 16 of 27 have nothing on the Avoid List. Salmon is the first ingredient in 9 of 27.
Highest Ingredients score: Acana Highest Protein Wild Atlantic (90)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
| # | Food | Ingredients | Nutrition | Avoid List | Price per lb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acana Highest Protein Wild Atlantic | 90 | 9.9/10 | 0 | $5.60 |
| 2 | Acana Bountiful Catch | 76 | 9.3/10 | 0 | $4.30 |
| 3 | Open Farm Farmstead Duck Recipe | 71 | 10/10 | 0 | $6.25 |
| 4 | Open Farm Wild-Caught Salmon Recipe | 70 | 10/10 | 0 | $6.25 |
| 5 | Open Farm Pasture-Raised Lamb Recipe | 70 | 10/10 | 0 | $6.25 |
| 6 | Halo Holistic Grain Free Wild-Caught Salmon & Whitefish Kitten Recipe | 70 | 8.9/10 | 0 | $5.20 |
| 7 | Open Farm Goodbowl Wild-Caught Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe | 69 | 8.1/10 | 0 | $4.28 |
| 8 | Halo Holistic Healthy Grains Wild-Caught Salmon & Whitefish Recipe | 69 | 9.3/10 | 0 | $5.20 |
| 9 | Open Farm Catch-of-the-Season Whitefish Recipe | 67 | 10/10 | 0 | $6.00 |
| 10 | Halo Holistic Sensitive Stomach Healthy Grains Whitefish Recipe | 67 | 9.3/10 | 0 | $5.67 |
All 27, in Ranked Order
- Adult · Grain freeAcana Highest Protein Wild AtlanticIngredients 90 · Nutrition 9.9/10 · Avoid List 0$5.60 / lb
- Adult · With grainsAcana Bountiful CatchIngredients 76 · Nutrition 9.3/10 · Avoid List 0$4.30 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeOpen Farm Farmstead Duck RecipeIngredients 71 · Nutrition 10/10 · Avoid List 0$6.25 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeOpen Farm Wild-Caught Salmon RecipeIngredients 70 · Nutrition 10/10 · Avoid List 0$6.25 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeOpen Farm Pasture-Raised Lamb RecipeIngredients 70 · Nutrition 10/10 · Avoid List 0$6.25 / lb
- Kitten · Grain freeHalo Holistic Grain Free Wild-Caught Salmon & Whitefish Kitten RecipeIngredients 70 · Nutrition 8.9/10 · Avoid List 0$5.20 / lb
- Adult · With grainsOpen Farm Goodbowl Wild-Caught Salmon & Brown Rice RecipeIngredients 69 · Nutrition 8.1/10 · Avoid List 0$4.28 / lb
- Adult · With grainsHalo Holistic Healthy Grains Wild-Caught Salmon & Whitefish RecipeIngredients 69 · Nutrition 9.3/10 · Avoid List 0$5.20 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeOpen Farm Catch-of-the-Season Whitefish RecipeIngredients 67 · Nutrition 10/10 · Avoid List 0$6.00 / lb
- Adult · With grainsHalo Holistic Sensitive Stomach Healthy Grains Whitefish RecipeIngredients 67 · Nutrition 9.3/10 · Avoid List 0$5.67 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeOpen Farm RawMix Wild Ocean RecipeIngredients 66 · Nutrition 7.2/10 · Avoid List 0$6.25 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeNatural Balance L.I.D. Green Pea & DuckIngredients 66 · Nutrition 7.4/10 · Avoid List 0$4.30 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeHalo Holistic Healthy Weight Grain Free Salmon & Whitefish Indoor RecipeIngredients 64 · Nutrition 6.5/10 · Avoid List 0$5.20 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeNow Fresh Grain Free Adult Turkey, Salmon & Duck RecipeIngredients 64 · Nutrition 9.2/10 · Avoid List 0$5.56 / lb
- Kitten · Grain freeNow Fresh Grain Free Kitten Turkey, Salmon & Duck RecipeIngredients 64 · Nutrition 8.6/10 · Avoid List 0$8.66 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeInstinct Limited Ingredient Diet Real Turkey RecipeIngredients 63 · Nutrition 9.8/10 · Avoid List 0$4.27 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeEarthborn Holistic Wild Sea CatchIngredients 72 · Nutrition 9.5/10 · Avoid List 1$2.53 / lb
- Adult · Grain freeTaste of the Wild Canyon River Feline Recipe with Trout & Smoke-Flavored SalmonIngredients 71 · Nutrition 4.5/10 · Avoid List 1$2.86 / lb
- Senior · With grainsPurina Pro Plan Adult 7+ Sensitive Skin & Stomach Salmon & Rice FormulaIngredients 46 · Nutrition 5/10 · Avoid List 1$4.01 / lb
- Adult · With grainsPurina Pro Plan Adult Complete Essentials Salmon & RiceIngredients 46 · Nutrition 4.9/10 · Avoid List 2$3.34 / lb
- Adult · With grainsPurina Fancy Feast Filet Mignon Flavor with Real Seafood & ShrimpIngredients 43 · Nutrition 4.8/10 · Avoid List 1$2.71 / lb
- Adult · With grainsPurina Fancy Feast Ocean Fish & SalmonIngredients 43 · Nutrition 4.8/10 · Avoid List 1$2.11 / lb
- Adult · With grainsSpecial Kitty Gourmet Formula Seafood BlendIngredients 38 · Nutrition 3.7/10 · Avoid List 5$0.70 / lb
- Adult · With grains9Lives Plus Urinary Tract HealthIngredients 37 · Nutrition 3.5/10 · Avoid List 8$1.32 / lb
- Adult · With grainsPurina Friskies Seafood SensationsIngredients 36 · Nutrition 3.7/10 · Avoid List 4$0.88 / lb
- Adult · With grainsPurina Cat Chow Gentle Sensitive Stomach + SkinIngredients 33 · Nutrition 4.3/10 · Avoid List 1$1.41 / lb
- Adult · With grainsPurina Kit & Kaboodle OriginalIngredients 30 · Nutrition 3.5/10 · Avoid List 4$1.66 / lb
A food counts as chicken-free only if "chicken" appears nowhere in its full ingredient list, so chicken fat, chicken meal and chicken by-product meal all count as chicken. Foods with unnamed poultry are included, since the label does not say which bird it is. For grain-free ones, see Grain-Free Cat Food Without Chicken. How we score