CORE Pate Kitten Wet Cat Food, Natural, Protein-Rich, Grain Free, 3 Ounce, 12 Pack (Turkey & Chicken Liver)

Wellness Core Kitten Wet Food: Turkey and Chicken Liver This is the best quality kitten food I could find. I did a lot of research and from the available foods I found, this is the best diet I could find without going 'raw' or making my own. While 'raw' diets are supposed to be more nutritionally natural for a cat, there is the possibility of salmonella as well as a lot more work involved with refrigerating it, portioning it, and heating it. For the convenience of having portioned and fully cooked cans of food, I'll deal with the potential 'lesser' quality of this food. I can also order it from amazon and have it delivered to my door. This food does have 'chicken meal' which isn't something you necessarily want, but it's pretty far down the list of ingredients, so I'm not too worried about it. It also has cranberries, which are supposedly included for urinary tract health. I read that this isn't necessary for cats. I don't know for sure, so I'll mention it and not comment. This is fairly expensive food. It's currently $21.48 for 12 cans (3oz.). That's 1.79/can or 0.60c/oz. or 9.55/lb. Take that into consideration when buying. Around here, that's more per pound than about any good meat I could get for myself from a grocery store. The Wellness complete line is almost as good and is a decent amount cheaper, though still more expensive than something similar wet foods you might be more familiar with. In the end, I'm just buying it because it's the best I could find and I can afford it with my one kitten. I feed her (1) can in the mornings and supplement with the recommended amount of the complementary dry food of the same line. We had a cat growing up who subsisted on low end dry food, then was on Royal Canin S/O for urinary tract issues for the rest of his life. He only got the occasional pack of wet food or snack in the kitchen and he was healthy and trim till he died of old age at 16yrs. It'll be up to you to decide if the price is worth it, but I believe the quality is definitely there if you decide it is. Just as an extra note, my kitten was found abandoned at 2 weeks. I got her at 5 weeks and she'd been fed adult wet food. I switched her to wellness complete kitten pate and was feeding her two cans a day. I wanted to supplement with dry food because they said you're supposed to free feed till they're 1yrs old for growth. She didn't even realize it was edible at first and I'd sprinkle some over her wet food. She started eating it, (Royal Canin Kitten at the time) and developed a preference for it. She'd eat it all and have wet food going bad in the bowl. Then when I realized the Royal Canin wasn't that quality, I switched her over to Wellness Core Kitten Dry, along with the wet. She didn't like it nearly as good. I assume there is some kind of flavor sprayed on the Royal Canin to make it taste good to them and Wellness doesn't do that. She now eats all of her wet and won't touch her dry till I sprinkle just a little of the royal canin on top and mix it in. Kitten will develop preferences and like stuff that isn't good for them. Their diet will change based on those preferences. Just something else to keep in mind while planning what to get them. I can afford to buy the more expensive stuff, because instead of feeding multiple cans of wet per day, I feed one can and supplement with dry. They have feeding instructions based on this as well.

My senior very small cat was really thin. She’s small, so you can imagine how concerned I was when she lost a pound. She was roughly 7 lbs and she had been a little over 8! Her vet said to feed her 1/2 a can on top of her dry but switch to KITTEN food so she would receive more nutrition and GAIN WEIGHT. I had never given her wet food with the exception of giving her meds. This was rare, so I wasn’t concerned about Core. She was already on Wellness Core regular Cat food. So I switched her adult dry to the kitten version. Since I’ve changed her diet, she’s gained weight, is healthier and happier! This pate is easy to serve, it doesn’t stink, she loves the taste, the ingredients provide the proper nutrition the size is perfect. I can’t say enough positive this about the Wellness Kitten Pate! She loves different flavors of Wellness Core. I’m happier because I’m no longer worried about her health.

Pretty good quality food. I have been really interested in cat nutrition for about a year now so I have done lots of research into different foods. First of all I only feed wet/canned food for various reasons. Google can tell you more because I am not sure this is the right place for me to go on and on about cat nutrition. I also look for high protein and low carb foods. Ideally I am looking for food that is less than 5% carbohydrates as a percentage of calories and kitten food is typically a better bet for protein and carbs than adult foods. This kitten recipe is about 6% carbs which is only very slightly higher than my goal and is 36% protein and 58% fat which is honestly a pretty good ratio. Of the 6 Wellness CORE varieties kitten is definitely number one for what I am looking for. I like to mix up what foods I feed to my cats because I don't want them to become really dependent on one food because sometimes foods get discontinued or they might have to go on a specialty food, etc. and I don't want them to be completely lost because they have eaten the same food all of their lives. I also worry about recalls and nutritional deficiencies so I figure if I mix it up then if there is a recall then at least I know they haven't been eating that food exclusively before it was recalled. Also there was a recent case where a food (I am 99% sure it was not Wellness) was accidentally too low in taurine which is an essential amino acid for kitties. If my cats had been eating that particular food 100% of the time then it might be a concern but since I mix it up a potential taurine deficiency in one food should be corrected by feeding another food the next time around. Anyway.. So I have four cats so feeding high-quality canned food gets mighty expensive so I try to track good foods and their prices so especially if I see a sale I can take advantage of it knowing I am not sacrificing quality for price. Wellness CORE kitten is definitely in the rotation because it fits my particular nutritional values and the first ingredients are things like "turkey", "chicken liver" "chicken" "herring" and so it's not a lot of weirdness high up in the list and my cats like it. Which honestly despite the changing of foods they do get a bit stuck on certain ones. Calorie-wise it is 195 kcal/5.5 oz of food. So total cost per can through Amazon is $ 2.65, per ounce is $0.48 and per kcal it is 1.4 cents/kcal. This is significantly more expensive than something like Friskies which would be .3 cents/kcal but similar to something like Avoderm or Cats in the Kitchen. So especially since I got it on "Prime Day" on sale it was a really good deal for a good-quality food. To sum up this mess I recommend Wellness CORE Grain Free Kitten Formula for several different reasons although it is not my #1 choice for cat food. When it is not on sale I would probably skip it but when it is less than $2.65/can I will definitely get a case.

I just got a kitten in May and I really wanted to provide him with the best food I could. I started him off on Hill science diet, but he just wasn’t finishing all the food and he would eat it, but he never lick the bowl clean. I also did some research and found out that Hills science has corn And wheat and dairy and sugar in their food which animals do not need! My cat gets to eat gluten and dairy so I tend to stay away from it. Best I can. I stumbled upon this food on a YouTube website and decided to give it a try. I went and bought one can from Petsmart and my cat ate it so fast! He basically licked bowl clean so I didn’t even have to clean it , I got the chicken and salmon flavor and that has been his favorite so far, I haven’t tried the other flavors because I just don’t want to stick with what he loves best. I’ll definitely stick with this when he gets into an adult and I’ll find an adult flavor of wellness chicken and salmon. I highly recommend this, I always get many compliments on how he is very healthy growing really well and by giving him wet food he is staying hydrated. I even add a little bit of extra water or , carnivore bone broth to his food just to keep an extra hydrated!

A couple of times the kitten got a case of loose stool following eating a tablespoon of this food in warm water before bed. She weighed a few pounds at the time. She eats the other Wellness wet chicken food and dry, as well, with no problems. This variety didn't agree. There are still cans left so I'm waiting a few months until she's bigger and sees if this helps her digest it better. I've used Wellness for older cats and for large breed dogs for years. Though one option of dried chicken didn't work for one of the cats the indoor variety does. I do not believe when a food doesn't agree with a cat that it makes the brand or variety a one-star food. Especially when the brand has provided a lot of quality of life to the animals. A kitten growing up want her to have plenty of nutrition. Especially after being rescued and having been sickly for the first two months of life. So far this brand has poofed the little nugget out really well. She's a robust healthy playful happy buddy to her friends and humans. I recommend this brand for pets. The older cats had no issue cleaning up the food the little nugget left in the bowl and neither got sick. This is why I think it's unique to the little one. Almost forgot, the kitten eats the dry Core kitten food and has zero issues. Just this variety of wet a few times.

My kitten absolutely loves this stuff! I think this is a lot easier for him to eat than some other foods I've tried (like Science Diet canned kitten food) because he still has his baby teeth, and the smooth pate texture gives him less trouble. I feel very good giving him something that I know is made with high quality ingredients (no artificial flavoring or by-products here, unlike Science Diet) and he looks so much healthier and happier than when we first rescued him. His coat is shiny and super soft, his eyes are bright and clear, and he has endless amounts of kitten energy. He gets 1/3can each night to supplement his Wellness Kitten Health dry food, which we free-feed him. His favorite part is when we get to the end of the can and I swirl a little water in it to get the gravy! My only complaint is that when Amazon shipped this to me (I didn't buy from a third-party seller), many of the cans were dented and one was damaged to the point where it had popped open, so I didn't think it was safe to feed him. That was quite upsetting. It works out to $1.45/can at their incredible price, though, and I didn't want to deal with exchanging the product just because one can was ruined.

Please note: this review is for the Wellness Core Kitten food purchased from Amazon. The product itself is stellar and my kitten is doing very well on this food. Beautiful kitten coat, growing like a weed, high energy and perfect poops. She thinks it's tasty, the vet thinks it's great, so Wellness Core kitten is a no brainer for me. And for a low, low price on Amazon? What could go wrong? I had previously been buying this food at my local Petco, but was lured in by the low price on Amazon. I purchased two cases which arrived 2 weeks later. Each case of 24 cans had exactly 15 dented cans. The label on all of the cans was of a much lighter color than the Petco cans, and many of the labels were loose and scraped. The cardboard case itself was completely unharmed and many of the dented cans came from the center row. This was not a poorly packaged shipping issue. I called Wellness. We verified that the lot numbers and time stamps were legit. They assured me that the product was authentic despite the color difference, but were dismayed by the dented cans. Wellness strongly recommended discarding all dented cans as the food may be compromised due to damage, and no longer safe to consume. Wellness customer service was terrific and they said they would send me a coupon covering the cost of the food. They suggested online retailers wag or chewy for future purchases. I'll continue to buy Wellness Core for my kitten, but I will not be buying it from Amazon. Disappointing, as I am a proud Prime member, but I do feel that Amazon failed me here. Amazon, if you're going to sell seconds, especially in food, you should say so. Buyer beware.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Lifesaver for My Kitten! My baby kitten was starving and so weak, but this cat food turned things around! Within days of switching to this, he was eating eagerly, gaining weight, and full of energy. The quality ingredients clearly made a difference. I’m beyond grateful—this food truly saved his life! Highly recommend to any pet parent!