Side by Side Comparison of: Purina Fancy Feast

Most cat food of this caliber are texture:glob or goo, color: consistent varying to “flavor”, odor: weird overcooked meat-like substance.My cats are finicky, so I mix and match brands, textures, and flavors in the hopes of hitting on the combination that works on a given day.THIS exact variety is DIFFERENT. You can see that over half of it is actual chunks of fish, or actual tiny shrimp. It costs more than other brands, textures, and varieties... but I will pay more for it and include it more often.My cats regularly prefer it. This is the best reason I can think of for recommending it to you.

My 3-year old pound purry who grew up institutionalized will only eat the flaked food. I have been seen it available in a case or even a 12-pack at the grocery store. I have been buying singles for the past two years and sometimes cannot get much of a variety. I think most cats either prefer pate or the gravy varieties. So glad I looked for the flaked foods on Amazon. I was able to purchase 4 different flavors of a case each. Best way to buy her food.

We adopted one cat named Jonathan Louise (female) who will only eat Purina Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp. Until we found it, I thought she'd starve because she refused to eat anything. The can really does have a shrimp in it, right on top as you peel back the top. The food is flaky and comes out of the can easily. Any other cat who approaches her Fancy Feast suffers her claws of death. The rest of us suffer her screaming at the fool who dared approach her food dish, too.

So, if you have a very picky, demanding cat, try this one.

For eight (8) years my cat would eat no Fancy Feast wet food other than Poultry & Beef Classic Pate. But the last couple of months he's been eating less and less. So I started cutting it up for him and he'd eat a little more. Then I decided to buy (6) different cans of food he never HE ABSOLUTELY LOVES FLAKED FISH & SHRIMP! I know for a fact that I tried this once before seven years ago and he wouldn't touch it.
But just like humans, if we eat the same exact food day after day for years, I guess cat's taste will change as well.

Sigh. I know your not Supposed to give Cats a lot of fish, is that correct: but one of our two cats is a Picky eater and she Loves this Trout. She actually makes happy noises what we give her this.

We have 14 all indoor cats & I've been ordering this for at least a few years...I noticed that the little pieces of shrimp are no longer in the cans...I thought it may have been a one time thing but no...I don't think I'll be ordering this anymore coz of that reason...The boyz don't like it as much...

The cat food received from this order was well liked by both inside and neighborhood cats. Previous orders of this product weretainted somehow and even hungry cats avoided it. The problem seems to have been fixed.

Cat only likes this flavor and one other. I cannot get Fish and Shrimp feast during the summer in any of the grocery stores. Maybe they use the fish products for something else during the summer.Delivered in a timely matter at a good price. Almost all the cans arrived dented, but all were still usuable.

I have four cats, all are rescues. One cat, who came to live with me when she was seven years old, will ONLY eat this brand, this flavor. She's got a big weight problem, too, which we're working on (she's 24 pounds). She doesn't eat any other canned food (I've tried), she only eats one kind of dry food, and she will not eat human food or kitty treats.My other three cats love it. But then, they'll eat anything!Since this is the only food she will eat, and I often can't find it at the pet food stores, I buy it by the case from Amazon.

I'm giving this food a good rating, because it's the closest thing to a natural, diabetic-friendly food that a cat owner can get at the local pet or grocery store. My cat who recently passed, liked this food. I did too, but I was disappointed to notice a change in the quality of the last batch I purchased. It seemed to have a stronger smell, and the texture was different. It looked like it might be made from lower-quality fish. My cat still liked the food however, and didn't suffer any health consequences from eating it.I am thinking that this food might change from season to season, as the available catch changes. So maybe the removal of the star isn't really deserved. However I am keeping the star removed, as this food isn't quite the quality of some other foods like Tiki Cat and Fussie Cat brands. I think 4 stars sums up my enthusiasm however that a mainstream cat food company is making a food that is not full of grains, gluten and meat byproducts. I wish others would follow suit and change their formulas to be less processed and to use more natural ingredients, and perhaps come out with whole lines of products made with such a philosophy.

First ... this is one of the Fancy Feast dinners my cats like. And I appreciate the fact that I can identify the ingredients visually.Printed here is the list of ingredients, finally in type I can read without a magnifying glass. I did not know they add sodium nitrate, which is carcinogenic. I have had three of my cats over the years die of cancer. Most of the tumors were in the stomach.I can see that the food looks like food, and it is acceptable regardless of how "red" it looks. To add sodium nitrate to a catfood, when the cats only care about the smell and condition, is simply endangering the life of a pet. Animals have difficulty enough. I still buy this, but not very often. At least it does not have animal or fish byproducts. But I will add an anti-angiogenesis product to their diet in hopes it will counteract the nitrates, at least until I can either find a product I can trust or start cooking for them myself.

My 3 cats like it some days and do not on other days.... but you know cats if you own one or many, as I do. I love my cats and they rule!

SOME CANS ARE FRESH & CATS LOVE, BUT A LOT OF CANS WERE OLD & UNAPPEALING TO MY 9 INDOOR CATS...OKFOR ALL THE STRAYS THOUGH.

Over time, there are increasingly fewer flakes and more pieces in the tins, requiring that I separate the pieces into flakes so that the cats will eat it. It would not seem to be a mistake, as it was not always so.

My Cats don't care for this flavor

My cats love this...but the price has gone up almost $7 dollars since my last order...so will look elsewhere. Good stuff but...now overpriced.

My cats would give this five stars. They enjoy Fancy Feast more than any other brand of cat food. I do buy this flavor for variety on occasion, but it contains both wheat gluten and soy products - not the best ingredients for obligate carnivores like house cats. Also it's recommended that fish be fed as a treat, rather than a staple for cats and good health.Addendum: Amazon has raised the price (by $5) on most of the Fancy Feast, and they are no longer competitive. I'll be buying this cat food elsewhere.

My cats love this food. However, there were 7 cans that were spoiled in this case of food and several other cans were bent out of shape. This is not the first time this has happened with this variety. I don't know if this is a quality control problem or a shipping and handling problem, but it should not happen!

We use Fancy Feast extensively and while I thought my "boys" world love this variety by its looks, they didn't care for it.

Thought my cats would luv it but it was a big loser in my house of 3 cats, don't know why??? They are FF fanatics!

There are fish bones in this! It does not look safe to feed to your cat! Unfortunately I can't return it and I was able to mash it up enough and sort through to get rid of the bones and kitty seemed to like it, but I get too worried feeding this to my cat because it does not look good. It's better to feed cats poultry than seafood because you don't know how fresh the fish is, and that is definitely the case with this. Wish I could return it but I already used one can so I guess I'm stuck with it.

I want to start by saying this used to by my cat's absolute favorite food, for probably a good decade or so. I was excited when I finally started to get it via Amazon Subscribe & Save, too. However, I recently completely cancelled any future deliveries of this particular flavor. It turns to a bright pink color when left out longer than a couple of hours. I know that sounds weird to say. "Eat the darn cat food, cats!" Or, "throw it away, owner!" But, that is not my point. My point is that sometimes cats don't eat right away, and over the last decade when this happens, the food just got dried out. No color change. NOW it not only changes to that weird bright pink, but they are also not a super fan of it like they once were. So, I am saying I think something is now added to the food for WHATEVER reason, or they have changed the formula for the food. SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT. That is all I am saying. For our household, we are done with this particular flavor. We are now sticking just with the cats' (hopefully unchanged) favorite, the chunky chicken feast in the dark green can. I don't want my cats to eat something they used to love that is now gross, and I cannot tell just b/c I do not eat it. Just like I cannot stand when someone changes how a favorite food product of my own is made, and changes the whole taste or texture of it. Yuck. (That could possibly be directed at TGIFriday's spinach dip in the freezer section of the grocery store. Used to be awesome. Now, not as much.)

I would not normally feed any cat Fancy Feast brand- gluten, byproducts &mystery meat is NOT healthy for ANY animal! If you have done research ( which u should!) on cat food ingredients, you would realize that your hurting your cats w/that &in turn will spend much more $ on Vet bills than u would on "grain& gluten free" foods. However, THIS particular flavor has NO gluten &minimal filler if any. Also @17.5% PROTIEN it towers over most more expensive brands!! So this is a good pick at a resonable price for those who don't wish to spend, or cannot spend the $for the better brands. Ppl, our Pets are our Children, u wouldn't feed ur kids any old' junk so "RESEARCH" your brands ingredients! It's not all the same & it's not all marketing hype- I lost my beloved cat of 10 yrs to a sudden Diabetic COMA, DUE to her wet& dry FOOD ( which was "fancy feast"!) So if this saves 1loved companion, I'd be thrilled.. Btw-my cat had never once had any problems, in her 10 yrs.by the time she had any symptoms( which I now realize they WERE symptoms) the vet said " at the time the finnally show symptoms, it's generally too late! So just because your animal "seems" to love the food & show no problems, does not mean there aren't any :( . Hope this helps Someone~UPDATE: 2nd case I have received & I must agree w/others- THIS FOOD HAS CHANGED! My cats USE to love this flavor, now it's a can of soupy mush! Yuck! The all ( but 1of 6!) walk away & it ends up wasted! I am canceling my Sub &save immediately .this stuff is gross &I will no longer feed any animals this. Please read NEWEST reviews , as this formula HAS CHANGED! Will not buy anymore. ;(

If I could give no stars I would. I bought this from the supermarket for my kitten to see if he liked it. He ate it in a heartbeat so I figured I would order it from Amazon and save a few bucks. I didn’t not realize until it was in his plate as my sister gave him the food that the tuna and shrimp feast was literally blackish and rotten. He would not go near it at all. Extremely disappointed with this order as it could have made him sick.

my cat vomits every time she eats this, and within minutes there are fruit flies all over this product. gross-

The smell is certainly "fishy" enough...something I figured only a cat would love. I must have some real finicky cats as only one will dig in, albeit only for a couple minutes, and the rest just sniff and walk away. I myself have no complaints about the product.

Update 7-22-17....found fish bones in last few cans. They are razor sharp. BEWARE!!°Cats love this food.

Just like other reviewers said, my cats loved this at first, then stopped eating it. I cancelled my subscribe and save. I wanted them to like it, low carbs, high water content, and cheap!It's a no-go for us.

I chose one star because my cats won't eat this. I buy this product locally all the time at one of the big pet stores. This product that I purchased on Amazon smells different and has a totally different color. My cats who will eat the other product bought locally will not eat this product so it sits out and I end up throwing it away. Will not recommend to any one.