Recommended Food
Feeding a cat with IBD is extremely difficult given the enormous challenges of changing their foods, finding the
right protein source, trying not to irritate their GI tract or stomach, etc. The following is a list of foods, food
companies and their websites to give you a good head start. The company’s website usually provides you with
ingredients, calories, etc. for each product. It's a good idea to check these to make sure you're not giving your cat
something they aren't supposed to have or they're getting enough calories, etc. You can also go to their sites and
plug in your area to see where you can buy their products. Ask your veterinarian what your cat's dietary
requirements and daily intake should be for your cat's illness.
These lists will be updated periodically so check back often. When a product is no longer available, has been
recalled or pulled from the shelves, has a new flavor or protein source coming out, we will try and add or change
it as soon as possible. But please email us with any news of these changes if you can, to keep us ahead of the
game. Or if you have a food that works for your IBD kitty that isn't on this list please share the information with
us and we'll be happy to post it to share with others.
We're including canned, dry and raw foods in these lists as well as some products that have a few ingredients we
don't particularly care for. But as long as they are tolerated by some IBD cats, we need to give them as many
options as possible because they MUST eat. Be aware that certain ingredients that are natural, can also be
irritating to the GI tract and if you notice your cat doesn't tolerate that particular food well, stop feeding it to
them. Learn to read food labels and recognize these as possible irritants: ginger, rosemary, clove, carrageenan,
kelp and guar gum. These will not affect every cat but it's better to know that these can be causes of GI distress
in an already compromised system. The goal is to switch from dry to wet foods but some cats absolutely won't
have it. So we need to offer as many choices to stay grain free and still provide something your cat will want to
eat. Venison, lamb, rabbit and duck are all considered novel proteins since they are ingredients not usually found
in supermarket or large pet store varieties.
Other foods listed are to help all pet owners feed their cats a better quality pet food, even if they don't have IBD
or GI problems. Certain varieties of the products listed are purposely left out because of their ingredients such
as grains, dairy or certain herbs and spices that can irritate your cat's condition. For a listing of raw foods, please
click on the raw food link at the top of this page.
Nature's Variety Instinct Grain-Free - Canned
Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Rabbit, Venison & Duck Formulas
Nature's Variety Instinct Grain-Free - Dry
Chicken Meal and Rabbit Meal Formulas
www.naturesvariety.com/instinct_cat
Evo Ancestral Diet - Canned
95% Beef, 95% Chicken & Turkey, 95% Duck, 95% Venison
Evo Cat and Kitten - Canned & Dry
www.evopet.com/products
Evo Wild Cravings Crunchy Cat Treats
Turkey & Chicken Formula - www.evopet.com/products
Herring & Salmon Formula - www.evopet.com/products
Weight Management - www.evopet.com/products
Innova - Canned & Dry
Cat & Kitten Food
www.naturapet.com/brands/innova
California Natural - Canned & Dry
Chicken & Brown Rice Cat and Kitten Food
Venison & Brown Rice Canned Cat and Kitten Food
Deep Water Fish & Brown Rice
www.naturapet.com/brands/california-natural
Natural Balance - Canned
L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets™ DUCK & GREEN PEA FORMULA
L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets™ VENISON & GREEN PEA FORMULA
Natural Balance - Dry
L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets™ Green Pea & Duck Formula
www.naturalbalanceinc.com/catformulas/allergy
Royal Canin (IVD) Limited Ingredient Prescription Diets - Canned & Dry
Green Pea & Duck, Venison or Lamb Formulas
www.royalcanin.us/cats/Veterinary_Diets
Now! Grain Free Fresh Water Trout Dry Formula
Now! Grain Free Chicken, Turkey & Duck Dry Formula
www.petcurean.com
Now! Grain Free Kitten, Adult & Senior Dry Formulas
www.petcurean.com
Wellness - Canned
Kitten Grain Free Formula
Turkey; Turkey & Salmon; Chicken & Herring; Chicken; Beef & Chicken; Beef & Salmon
Chicken & Lobster; Salmon & Trout; Sardine, Shrimp & Crab all contain brown rice
Wellness CORE Grain Free Chicken, Turkey & Chicken Liver Formula
Wellness CORE Grain Free Salmon, Whitefish & Herring Formula
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_can
Wellness Healthy Indulgence - Wet Pouches
Chicken; Crab & Herring Recipe; Turkey & Duck Recipe; Salmon & Chicken Recipe; Chicken, Duck & Shrimp
Recipe;
Chicken & Chicken Liver Recipe; Tuna Recipe; Salmon & Tuna Recipe; Turkey & Chicken Recipe
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_pouches
Wellness CORE Grain Free Dry
Fish & Fowl for Adult Cats & Kittens
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_dry_core
Wellness Pure Delights - Treats
Beef; Chicken & Lamb; Turkey; Turkey & Salmon
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_treats_pure_delights
Fancy Feast - Canned
Only THESE specific cans don't contain wheaten gluten of any kind.
Chopped Grill Feast; Cod, Sole & Shrimp Feast; Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast; Gourmet Chicken Feast; Gourmet
Seafood Feast; Tender Beef Feast; Tender Beef & Chicken Feast; Turkey & Giblets Feast; Gourmet Salmon &
Shrimp Feast; Ocean Whitefish & Tuna Feast; Savory Salmon Feast; Tender Beef & Liver Feast; Tender Liver &
Chicken Feast; Tender Turkey Feast for Kittens; Tender Ocean Whitefish Feast for Kittens.
www.fancyfeast.com/all-products
Petguard - Canned
Chicken & Beef Dinner; Fish, Chicken & Liver Dinner; Savory Seafood Dinner; Premium Feast Dinner.
(All contain rice flour)
www.petguard.com/cat-products/canned-food
Wysong - Canned
Au Jus Diets: These 95% meat diets need to be supplemented.
Venison, Rabbit, Duck, Turkey, Chicken & Beef
www.wysong.net/products/aujus-natural-healthy-dog-cat-ferret-food
Solid Gold - Canned
Blended Tuna; Chicken, Turkey, White Fish & Liver
www.solidgoldhealth.com/products
Solid Gold Indigo Moon Adult Cat Food - Dry
www.solidgoldhealth.com/products
Artemis Cat Food - Canned
Seafood; Chicken; Turkey & Giblets
www.artemiscompany.com/products
Weruva - Canned
Paw Lickin' Chicken; Grandma's Chicken Soup; Funky Chunky; Nine Liver; Green Eggs and Chicken; Peking
Ducken; On the Cat Wok; Steak Frites; Outback Grill; Marbella Paella; Asian Fusion; Mack and Jack; Polynesian
BBQ; Meow Luau; Mediterranean Harvest; Mideast Feast.
www.weruva.com
Tiki Cat - Canned
Hawaiian Grill; Tahitian Grill; Bora Bora Laua; Puka Puka Luau; Koolina Luau; Hanalei Luau; Napili Luau;
Hookena Luau; Papeekeo Luau; Manana Grill; Lanai Luau; Hana Luau; Waimea Luau; Molokai Luau; Waikiki
Luau; Honolulu Luau; Makaha Luau.
www.petropics.com/catalog
Merrick Cat Food - Canned
Ocean Breeze; California Roll; Cowboy Cookout; Granny's Pot Pie; New England Boil; Southern Delight; Surf &
Turf; Turducken; Thanksgiving Day Dinner.
www.merrickpetcare.com/store/canned_cat_food
Merrick Before Grain - Canned
This product needs to be supplemented.
Beef; Chicken; Quail; Salmon; Tuna and Turkey.
www.merrickpetcare.com/store/bg_canned_cat_food
Merrick Before Grain - Dry
Chicken, Salmon and Tuna
www.merrickpetcare.com/store/bg_dry_cat_food
Sheba - Wet
Tuna Filet Dinner with Sauce; Tuna Prawn Dinner with Aspic; Ocean Seafood Cocktail with Sauce; Tuna and
Mussel Dinner with Sauce; Tuna Filet & Egg Dinner with Sauce.
Sheba is meant for interim feeding only and must be either supplemented or given with other food.
www.sheba.com
Triumph - Canned
Only THESE specific ones don't contain wheaten gluten of any kind. The pouches DO contain wheat gluten.
Beef 'N Chicken; Beef 'N Salmon; Beef 'N Tuna; Beef; Beef Stew; Beef, Liver 'N Bacon; Beef, Tuna 'N Chicken;
Chicken 'N Liver; Chicken 'N Whitefish; Chicken; Ocean Fish; Salmon; Trout; Turkey; Seafood Formula for
Kittens; Turkey Formula for Kittens.
www.petfooddirect.com
ZiwiPeak 'Daily-Cat' Cuisine - Air-dried Pouches
Venison; Venison & Fish; Lamb
Moist Easy-tab Canned
Venison; Venison & Fish; Lamb
www.ziwipeak.com/nzl/cuisinefamily
'Good Cat' Treats
Venison, Lamb, Beef, Venison & Fish, Lamb Liver, and Venison and Green-lipped Mussel
www.ziwipeak.com/nzl/treatsfamily
Meow Mix Market Select - Wet
Real Tuna & Whole Shrimp in Sauce; Real Salmon & Crab Meat in sauce
www.meowmix.com/products/wet
Lick Your Chops, Distinctive Delicacies - Canned
Turkey & Sweet Potato; Salmon & Whitefish; Chicken & Catfish; Chicken & Crab
(All contain Brown Rice)
www.healthypetfoodsinc.com/delicacies
right protein source, trying not to irritate their GI tract or stomach, etc. The following is a list of foods, food
companies and their websites to give you a good head start. The company’s website usually provides you with
ingredients, calories, etc. for each product. It's a good idea to check these to make sure you're not giving your cat
something they aren't supposed to have or they're getting enough calories, etc. You can also go to their sites and
plug in your area to see where you can buy their products. Ask your veterinarian what your cat's dietary
requirements and daily intake should be for your cat's illness.
These lists will be updated periodically so check back often. When a product is no longer available, has been
recalled or pulled from the shelves, has a new flavor or protein source coming out, we will try and add or change
it as soon as possible. But please email us with any news of these changes if you can, to keep us ahead of the
game. Or if you have a food that works for your IBD kitty that isn't on this list please share the information with
us and we'll be happy to post it to share with others.
We're including canned, dry and raw foods in these lists as well as some products that have a few ingredients we
don't particularly care for. But as long as they are tolerated by some IBD cats, we need to give them as many
options as possible because they MUST eat. Be aware that certain ingredients that are natural, can also be
irritating to the GI tract and if you notice your cat doesn't tolerate that particular food well, stop feeding it to
them. Learn to read food labels and recognize these as possible irritants: ginger, rosemary, clove, carrageenan,
kelp and guar gum. These will not affect every cat but it's better to know that these can be causes of GI distress
in an already compromised system. The goal is to switch from dry to wet foods but some cats absolutely won't
have it. So we need to offer as many choices to stay grain free and still provide something your cat will want to
eat. Venison, lamb, rabbit and duck are all considered novel proteins since they are ingredients not usually found
in supermarket or large pet store varieties.
Other foods listed are to help all pet owners feed their cats a better quality pet food, even if they don't have IBD
or GI problems. Certain varieties of the products listed are purposely left out because of their ingredients such
as grains, dairy or certain herbs and spices that can irritate your cat's condition. For a listing of raw foods, please
click on the raw food link at the top of this page.
Nature's Variety Instinct Grain-Free - Canned
Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Rabbit, Venison & Duck Formulas
Nature's Variety Instinct Grain-Free - Dry
Chicken Meal and Rabbit Meal Formulas
www.naturesvariety.com/instinct_cat
Evo Ancestral Diet - Canned
95% Beef, 95% Chicken & Turkey, 95% Duck, 95% Venison
Evo Cat and Kitten - Canned & Dry
www.evopet.com/products
Evo Wild Cravings Crunchy Cat Treats
Turkey & Chicken Formula - www.evopet.com/products
Herring & Salmon Formula - www.evopet.com/products
Weight Management - www.evopet.com/products
Innova - Canned & Dry
Cat & Kitten Food
www.naturapet.com/brands/innova
California Natural - Canned & Dry
Chicken & Brown Rice Cat and Kitten Food
Venison & Brown Rice Canned Cat and Kitten Food
Deep Water Fish & Brown Rice
www.naturapet.com/brands/california-natural
Natural Balance - Canned
L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets™ DUCK & GREEN PEA FORMULA
L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets™ VENISON & GREEN PEA FORMULA
Natural Balance - Dry
L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets™ Green Pea & Duck Formula
www.naturalbalanceinc.com/catformulas/allergy
Royal Canin (IVD) Limited Ingredient Prescription Diets - Canned & Dry
Green Pea & Duck, Venison or Lamb Formulas
www.royalcanin.us/cats/Veterinary_Diets
Now! Grain Free Fresh Water Trout Dry Formula
Now! Grain Free Chicken, Turkey & Duck Dry Formula
www.petcurean.com
Now! Grain Free Kitten, Adult & Senior Dry Formulas
www.petcurean.com
Wellness - Canned
Kitten Grain Free Formula
Turkey; Turkey & Salmon; Chicken & Herring; Chicken; Beef & Chicken; Beef & Salmon
Chicken & Lobster; Salmon & Trout; Sardine, Shrimp & Crab all contain brown rice
Wellness CORE Grain Free Chicken, Turkey & Chicken Liver Formula
Wellness CORE Grain Free Salmon, Whitefish & Herring Formula
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_can
Wellness Healthy Indulgence - Wet Pouches
Chicken; Crab & Herring Recipe; Turkey & Duck Recipe; Salmon & Chicken Recipe; Chicken, Duck & Shrimp
Recipe;
Chicken & Chicken Liver Recipe; Tuna Recipe; Salmon & Tuna Recipe; Turkey & Chicken Recipe
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_pouches
Wellness CORE Grain Free Dry
Fish & Fowl for Adult Cats & Kittens
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_dry_core
Wellness Pure Delights - Treats
Beef; Chicken & Lamb; Turkey; Turkey & Salmon
www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_treats_pure_delights
Fancy Feast - Canned
Only THESE specific cans don't contain wheaten gluten of any kind.
Chopped Grill Feast; Cod, Sole & Shrimp Feast; Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast; Gourmet Chicken Feast; Gourmet
Seafood Feast; Tender Beef Feast; Tender Beef & Chicken Feast; Turkey & Giblets Feast; Gourmet Salmon &
Shrimp Feast; Ocean Whitefish & Tuna Feast; Savory Salmon Feast; Tender Beef & Liver Feast; Tender Liver &
Chicken Feast; Tender Turkey Feast for Kittens; Tender Ocean Whitefish Feast for Kittens.
www.fancyfeast.com/all-products
Petguard - Canned
Chicken & Beef Dinner; Fish, Chicken & Liver Dinner; Savory Seafood Dinner; Premium Feast Dinner.
(All contain rice flour)
www.petguard.com/cat-products/canned-food
Wysong - Canned
Au Jus Diets: These 95% meat diets need to be supplemented.
Venison, Rabbit, Duck, Turkey, Chicken & Beef
www.wysong.net/products/aujus-natural-healthy-dog-cat-ferret-food
Solid Gold - Canned
Blended Tuna; Chicken, Turkey, White Fish & Liver
www.solidgoldhealth.com/products
Solid Gold Indigo Moon Adult Cat Food - Dry
www.solidgoldhealth.com/products
Artemis Cat Food - Canned
Seafood; Chicken; Turkey & Giblets
www.artemiscompany.com/products
Weruva - Canned
Paw Lickin' Chicken; Grandma's Chicken Soup; Funky Chunky; Nine Liver; Green Eggs and Chicken; Peking
Ducken; On the Cat Wok; Steak Frites; Outback Grill; Marbella Paella; Asian Fusion; Mack and Jack; Polynesian
BBQ; Meow Luau; Mediterranean Harvest; Mideast Feast.
www.weruva.com
Tiki Cat - Canned
Hawaiian Grill; Tahitian Grill; Bora Bora Laua; Puka Puka Luau; Koolina Luau; Hanalei Luau; Napili Luau;
Hookena Luau; Papeekeo Luau; Manana Grill; Lanai Luau; Hana Luau; Waimea Luau; Molokai Luau; Waikiki
Luau; Honolulu Luau; Makaha Luau.
www.petropics.com/catalog
Merrick Cat Food - Canned
Ocean Breeze; California Roll; Cowboy Cookout; Granny's Pot Pie; New England Boil; Southern Delight; Surf &
Turf; Turducken; Thanksgiving Day Dinner.
www.merrickpetcare.com/store/canned_cat_food
Merrick Before Grain - Canned
This product needs to be supplemented.
Beef; Chicken; Quail; Salmon; Tuna and Turkey.
www.merrickpetcare.com/store/bg_canned_cat_food
Merrick Before Grain - Dry
Chicken, Salmon and Tuna
www.merrickpetcare.com/store/bg_dry_cat_food
Sheba - Wet
Tuna Filet Dinner with Sauce; Tuna Prawn Dinner with Aspic; Ocean Seafood Cocktail with Sauce; Tuna and
Mussel Dinner with Sauce; Tuna Filet & Egg Dinner with Sauce.
Sheba is meant for interim feeding only and must be either supplemented or given with other food.
www.sheba.com
Triumph - Canned
Only THESE specific ones don't contain wheaten gluten of any kind. The pouches DO contain wheat gluten.
Beef 'N Chicken; Beef 'N Salmon; Beef 'N Tuna; Beef; Beef Stew; Beef, Liver 'N Bacon; Beef, Tuna 'N Chicken;
Chicken 'N Liver; Chicken 'N Whitefish; Chicken; Ocean Fish; Salmon; Trout; Turkey; Seafood Formula for
Kittens; Turkey Formula for Kittens.
www.petfooddirect.com
ZiwiPeak 'Daily-Cat' Cuisine - Air-dried Pouches
Venison; Venison & Fish; Lamb
Moist Easy-tab Canned
Venison; Venison & Fish; Lamb
www.ziwipeak.com/nzl/cuisinefamily
'Good Cat' Treats
Venison, Lamb, Beef, Venison & Fish, Lamb Liver, and Venison and Green-lipped Mussel
www.ziwipeak.com/nzl/treatsfamily
Meow Mix Market Select - Wet
Real Tuna & Whole Shrimp in Sauce; Real Salmon & Crab Meat in sauce
www.meowmix.com/products/wet
Lick Your Chops, Distinctive Delicacies - Canned
Turkey & Sweet Potato; Salmon & Whitefish; Chicken & Catfish; Chicken & Crab
(All contain Brown Rice)
www.healthypetfoodsinc.com/delicacies
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