Hi AW,

No, I wouldn’t be concerned.

The natural diet of a cat is protein and fat, whereas most cat foods lower both protein and fats by increasing carbohydrates (because non-animal carbohydrate ingredients are cheaper). Not having carbohydrates, or keeping carbohydrates to a minimum, will consequentially make a cat food look higher in fat (or higher in protein/moisture) compared to dry cat foods. With Frontier Pets the composition is freeze dried without moisture, so reconstituting with water would effectively lower protein/fat percentages.

My cat Lyka will not feed. Tried her on Applaws and she has been vomiting ever since, i just realised perhaps it is the food after she literally vomited it straight up today (tried both the normal applaws and more recently she has been eating vitality). She is still eating wellness core dry food and is happy with that. She has lost a lot of weight since eating applaws vitality and vomiting, even the vet commented which drew my attention to it. Will see how she goes with Zealandia and Ziwi peak wet food, fingers crossed. She tried ziwi peak chicken wet food today and did not vomit. She is a 17+ year old cat, who is quite well on the surface, hoping these NZ foods may help.

No doubt Frontier Pets is quality, but not sure if it is the soggy texture, but none of my pets will eat it more than once perhaps a month (to try and finish off the bag).

It’s there! Under “ingredients”

Hi David,

Thanks so much! I’m happy to report that my two kitties have taken to Frontier Pets right away. My younger one is ravenous for it, while her mum is a bit more tentative but still manages to enjoy her meals.

I’ll continue with this for now and see how they go, but everything I’ve read about Frontier Pets has been great. I’m really pleased to be supporting such a wonderful company!

Hi Joseph,

I would say don’t worry about the complexities of feeding full raw until you feel comfortable doing so. I tend to feel it’s unnecessarily complex, and I personally feel my cat achieves a balance through the variety of foods I feed him – some kibble, dried raw (such as Frontier Pets), and a range of meats/fish/organs/raw meaty bones in the way you’ve mentioned. A little bit of liver here and there, hearts, kidneys etc fairly regularly.

Doing what you’re doing now, with a really decent food like Frontier Pets combined with some cheaper foods and fresh foods sounds pretty decent to me.

Thank you so much for the review and for the work you do. I’ve been diving into your site and the American Raw Fed Cats page—there’s so much great information, although it can be a bit overwhelming!

I’ve been transitioning my rescues from Royal Canin/Dine to lower-budget options like Applaws/Paw and Spoon. Recently, I’ve started incorporating chicken necks, hearts, and have taken the big step to Frontier Pets based on your insights.

I’ve seen many members on the Facebook page successfully transition to a full raw diet using Raw Meow Mix. However, at this stage, I’m not sure I’m ready to tackle sourcing and balancing muscle meats and ratios. Do you think using Frontier Pets as a base, supplemented with Weruva and Applaws wet food (volume for budget), ZiwiPeak dry food (to replace royal canin as our autofeeder content), and treats like necks, hearts, sardines, and tuna, is a solid approach for my kitties going forward?

Thanks again for all the valuable guidance!

Not sure where you found that HIL I couldn’t find that in their page?

Hi Jos, a good starting point might be this page .

Indoor cat foods can be higher carbs, and given cats don’t need carbs they’re not ideal. Personally I would feed a more meat-based kibble even if it’s for “outdoor cats” and your cats are indoor. Cats eat to satiate, so rarely overeat. In fact the only reason they overeat is when consuming a kibble with a lot of carbohydrates, because they’re forced to to get enough meat to satiate on. If that makes sense? (Writing this late at night!)