Live category

Cat rubric48 products scored

Cat food, scored honestly.

Cats are obligate carnivores. The cat food rubric raises the protein bands, requires taurine declaration on every adult diet, and weights the feline allergen profile differently (fish penalized, wheat unpenalized). Same five sub-scores as dog food, different biology. 48 products scored so far.

Category stats

What 48 cat products look like on the rubric.

Composite average
7.09 / 10
Highest score
8.10
Lowest score
5.70
Taurine hard-fails
1

By format

Coverage across dry, wet, fresh, and freeze-dried.

33 Dry cat food12 Wet cat food2 Freeze-dried cat food1 Fresh cat food

Methodology flag

1 cat product hard-failed the taurine declaration check.

The cat rubric floors Nutrition Fit at 4.0 when an adult or all-life-stages cat food does not declare taurine on the label. Some recipes use organ meats naturally rich in taurine, but the rubric scores label declarations, not inferred nutritional content. See the cat methodology for the full rule.

All scorecards, ranked

Every cat product scored on PetScored, highest to lowest.

Cat rubricPublic beta data
I AND LOVE AND YOUINaked Essentials Grain-FreKIBBLE7.5SAMPLE PLACEHOLDER

I and Love and You

Naked Essentials Grain-Free Chicken + Duck

7.5

$1.83 / 1,000 kcal · 8% above median

A grain-free all-life-stages kibble that stacks chicken, chicken meal, and turkey meal with declared taurine, priced unusually low for the format. Garbanzo beans and peas carry the carbohydrate load and the recipe layers several common feline triggers, but the named-meat lead and clean label score well.

Dry cat foodGoodPartially verified
Buy on Amazon
IAMSIProActive Health Indoor WeKIBBLE7.2SAMPLE PLACEHOLDER

Iams

ProActive Health Indoor Weight & Hairball Care Chicken & Turkey

7.2

$1.61 / 1,000 kcal · 15% above median

An indoor weight-and-hairball kibble with chicken first and declared taurine, but a corn-heavy base (corn grits, corn gluten meal, whole corn) plus chicken by-product meal, powdered cellulose, and caramel color keep Ingredient Clarity low. The high fiber maximum is typical of the hairball positioning.

Dry cat foodMixedPartially verified
Regulatory history
Buy on Amazon
DR. ELSEY'SDcleanprotein Chicken RecipKIBBLE6.6SAMPLE PLACEHOLDER

Dr. Elsey's

cleanprotein Chicken Recipe Kibble

6.6

$5.57 / 1,000 kcal · 179% above median

An ultra-high-protein recipe (59% crude protein, positioned as ~95% animal-based) led by chicken with declared taurine and a notably short, low-carb label. The protein comes partly from processed sources (hydrolyzed pork, pork plasma, gelatin); the small 2 lb bag is expensive per calorie, which pulls Value down.

Dry cat foodMixedPartially verified
Buy on Amazon

What's next on cat

The cat rubric is live. Now: coverage and editorial.

The cat rubric is at v1.0 as of 2026-05-18. The four open editorial decisions from v0.1 are resolved (see /methodology/cat-food): therapeutic cat diets split from dog Rx, dual-species brands inherit dog-verified Brand Trust signals with caveat, VOHC dental acceptance noted but not scored, Verlinden 2006 canonical for sensitivity.

Next on the cat workstream: more products, more editorials. The launch QA set proved the rubric and the catalog now sits at 48 scored products. You can already filter the full set at /cat-food/browse, narrow by need at /cat-best-for, or size a portion with the feeding calculator. Coverage expansion continues toward boutique brands, additional veterinary therapeutic recipes, and broader fresh / freeze-dried representation. Next category expansion is on the category roadmap.