Best Dehydrated Cat Food

Easy to Prepare

Although this diet is an investment, its formula of real turkey and veggies is both a balanced meal and an appetizing stew that comes to life with just a little warm water.

Turkey and eggs are the first 2 ingredients. Grain-free. High-moisture. Includes healthy ingredients like pumpkin, potatoes, and chard. Just add water.

Air-Dried Mackerel & Lamb Recipe

While it’s both fun and cute to prepare little stew meals for your cat every day, a 4-pound box is expensive.

Best Bang for the Buck

Ziwi

96% Meat

If you can get over the cost, this cat food is full of nutrient rich protein sources and its dehydration process naturally preserves both the healthy minerals and savory flavor cats love.

Mackerel, 5 cuts of lamb, and New Zealand green mussels are the first 7 ingredients. Grain, soy, sugar, and preservative-free. 96% meat. Limited ingredient diet.

Although it is an incredibly healthy high-protein diet, this New Zealand-sourced food is fairly expensive.

Primal Pet Foods

Freeze Dried Cat Food

Chicken & Salmon

A moderately priced, well-rounded formula that provides a balanced diet from clean ingredients. Squash, berries and pumpkin seeds round out the natural proteins.

Made with chicken and salmon that's free from antibiotics, hormones and steroids. Meat complemented by organic produce and minerals. Balanced amino acid, fatty acid and enzyme levels. High protein content. Mix with water to serve.

Grain-Free Freeze Dried Cat Food

Food comes in large nuggets which can be challenging to re-hydrate, and some cats find the dry nuggets hard to eat.

Feline Natural

Chicken & Lamb

This high-protein, low carb blend of chicken, lamb and mussel is recommended for all cats from kittens to senior felines. Mixing with water is recommended although some cats like it dry.

Has a 99 percent meat content, thanks to barn-raised chicken, free range lamb and green-lipped mussel from New Zealand. No gluten, wheat, soy or rice. Low carbohydrate.

Pricey. May be too chewy for some cats who are missing teeth or have other oral problems.

Ziwi

Air-Dried Beef Recipe

100% Beef

While Ziwi Peak is an expensive brand of dehydrated cat food, you can expect the highest quality ingredients available in their mouthwateringly meaty recipes.

6 cuts of beef and New Zealand green mussels are the first 7 ingredients. 96% meat recipe. Made from free-range, grass-fed New Zealand beef.