Cat Freeze-Dried Raw Food Chart

This information is for cats.
If you have ferrets, please check out Ferret Love

Last updated: May 10, 2024 (6 months ago)

Freeze-dried raw is another easy way to feed your ferrets raw, if you feel intimidated by a true raw diet. All you need to do is add water. It provides most of the benefits of a full raw diet, except it doesn't naturally clean their teeth as well since there is nothing tough to chew on (they usually include ground bone, but those pieces are too small).

Freeze-Dried Raw Brands

Note: the average score is for each brand's freeze-dried raw foods only. They may offer other types that score higher or lower.

Name	Average Score	Website	# of Freeze-Dried Raw Foods
Smalls	A+	smalls.com	3
Nulo	A+	nulo.com	2
Raw Paws	A+	rawpawspetfood.com	1
Vital Essentials	A+	vitalessentialsraw.com	3
Feline Natural	A+	felinenatural.com	3
Northwest Naturals	A+	nw-naturals.net	6
Smallbatch	A+	smallbatchpets.com	1
Stella & Chewy's	A+	stellaandchewys.com	4
Steve's Real Food	A+	stevesrealfood.com	4
Open Farm	A+	openfarmpet.com	4
Nature's Variety	A+	naturesvariety.com	2
Wysong	–	wysong.net	0

All Freeze-Dried Raw Foods

Legend

		Analysis			Ingredients
Name	Score	Meat	Protein	Fat	grain- & starch- free	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
Smalls Water Bird Recipe Discontinued	A+	98%	45%	20%		finely ground duck with bone	duck heart	duck liver	duck gizzard	duck egg
Nulo FreeStyle Chicken & Salmon	A+	98%	46%	23%		chicken	salmon	chicken necks	chicken liver	chicken hearts
Smalls Other Bird Recipe Discontinued	A+	98%	49%	17%		finely ground turkey with bone	turkey heart	turkey liver	turkey gizzard	goat's milk
Smalls Bird Recipe Discontinued	A+	98%	45%	15%		finely ground chicken with bone	chicken heart	chicken liver	chicken gizzard	chicken egg
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Chicken Recipe	A+	98%	45%	15%		chicken	chicken necks	chicken hearts	chicken liver	egg
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Turkey Recipe	A+	98%	45%	15%		turkey	turkey neck	turkey hearts	turkey liver	egg
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties	A+	94%	47%	21%		duck	duck gizzard	duck heart	duck liver	herring oil
Stella & Chewy's Duck Duck Goose	A+	98%	40%	30%		duck with ground bone	turkey with ground bone	turkey liver	goose	turkey gizzard
Nulo FreeStyle Turkey & Duck	A+	98%	42%	37%		turkey	turkey necks	turkey liver	duck	duck liver
Raw Paws Complete Chicken Pet Food	A+	100%	45%	27%		ground chicken with bone	chicken heart	chicken liver	herring oil	mixed tocopherols
Feline Natural Chicken & Lamb Feast	A+	99%	48%	31%		chicken	lamb heart	lamb kidney	lamb liver	lamb blood
Open Farm Chicken & Salmon Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food	A+	98%	47%	37%		chicken with ground bone	salmon	chicken neck	chicken liver	montmorillonite clay
Steve's Real Food Quest Cat Food Chicken	A+	95%	45%	22%		chicken	chicken liver	chicken heart	chicken necks	raw goat milk
Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties	A+	94%	53%	20%		turkey	turkey heart	turkey liver	herring oil	mixed tocopherols
Feline Natural Lamb & King Salmon Feast	A+	99%	44%	37%		lamb heart	salmon	lamb kidney	lamb liver	lamb blood
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties	A+	94%	55%	18%		chicken	chicken heart	chicken liver	herring oil	mixed tocopherols
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Duck Recipe	A+	98%	35%	30%		duck with bone	duck heart	duck liver	egg	gelatin
Stella & Chewy's Chick, Chick Chicken	A+	98%	45%	25%		chicken	chicken liver	chicken gizzard	pumpkin seed	potassium chloride
Steve's Real Food Quest Cat Food Whitefish	A+	95%	55%	18%		pollock	pacific cod	rockfish	salmon	chia seed
Feline Natural Beef & Hoki Feast	A+	99%	47%	32%		beef heart	hoki	beef	beef kidney	beef liver
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Rabbit Recipe	A+	98%	45%	15%		rabbit with bone	rabbit heart	rabbit liver	gelatin	water
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Beef & Trout Recipe	A+	98%	33%	45%		beef heart	trout with ground bone	ground beef bone	beef	beef liver
Smallbatch Freezedried Chickenbites	A+	95%	57.8%	27.5%		chicken including bone	chicken	chicken gizzards	chicken hearts	chicken livers
Open Farm Surf & Turf Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food	A+	98%	45%	34%		salmon	beef	beef liver	beef heart	beef bone
Open Farm Harvest Chicken Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food	A+	98%	47%	40%		chicken with ground bone	chicken liver	chicken neck	montmorillonite clay	organic dandelion greens
Stella & Chewy's Tummy Ticklin’ Turkey	A+	98%	40%	37%		turkey with ground bone	turkey liver	turkey gizzard	pumpkin seed	potassium chloride
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe	A+	95%	44%	32%		pollock	beef	beef spleen	beef liver	beef kidney
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Whitefish Recipe	A+	98%	50%	9%		whitefish	whitefish with bone	egg	gelatin	water
Steve's Real Food Quest Cat Food Pork	A+	95%	49%	29%		ground pork	pork liver	pork heart	ground pork bone	goat milk
Steve's Real Food Quest Cat Food Beef	A+	95%	46%	37%		ground beef	beef hearts	beef kidney	beef liver	raw goat’s milk
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken	A+	93%	38%	34%		chicken	chicken liver	chicken heart	montmorillonite clay	ground flaxseed
Open Farm Wild-Caught Salmon & Cod Freeze Dried Raw Cat Food	A+	92%	41%	25%		salmon with ground bone	cod	sweet potato	montmorillonite clay	fenugreek seeds
Stella & Chewy's Absolutely Rabbit	A	98%	44%	30%		rabbit with ground bone	rabbit liver	olive oil	pumpkin seed	potassium chloride

Dark Green	Pure meat source (1st - 5th ingredient)
Light Green	Pure meat source (6th ingredient +)
Green Outline	Meat by-product
Orange	Fruit / Grain / Vegetable / Dairy (1st - 5th ingredient)
Orange Outline	Fruit / Grain / Vegetable / Dairy (oil or 6th ingredient +)
Red	Sugar
Blue Outline	Vitamin / Mineral / Amino Acid / Probiotic
Blue Dashed Outline	Preservative / Coloring