Wellness CORE Cat Food

Wellness CORE builds cat food around the way cats actually eat: high animal protein, no grains, and no wheat, corn or soy. The range splits into one dry line and three wet lines, and the wet lines differ more than the packaging suggests.

Choosing between the lines

Grain free dry food runs from 38% to 45% protein depending on recipe. Original (Chicken & Turkey) is the highest at 45%. Indoor comes in two versions - Chicken & Turkey, which carries 10% fewer calories than CORE Original plus added L-carnitine, glucosamine and chondroitin, and Salmon & Herring for cats that do better without poultry. Turkey & Duck is the one to look at if you are avoiding both fish and chicken. Kitten is formulated for growth and gestation/lactation.

Signature Selects are 79g single-serve cans in shredded, flaked and pate textures. Most are adult maintenance recipes; the Kitten Boneless Chicken & Turkey pate is actually approved for all life stages, so it suits an adult cat too.

Tiny Tasters are 50g easy-squeeze pouches - smooth pate, minced in gravy, or flaked in broth. The small portion is the point: one pouch, one meal, nothing left in the fridge. Two genuine kitten recipes sit in this line, both formulated for growth.

Tender Cuts are 85g pouches in savoury gravy, complete food for adult cats, and the one CORE cat line where the brand states the recipes contain no carrageenan. Read the recipe names as flavours rather than composition: "With Tuna" is a chicken-led recipe with 6% tuna.

The Bowl Boosters cat toppers are a different thing again - labelled for intermittent or supplemental feeding, so they go over a complete meal rather than being one.

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• All Wellness CORE
• Wellness CORE dog food
• All grain free cat food
• Dry cat food
• Wet cat food
• Pate cat food
• Kitten wet food