Feeding the Best Whilst Saving Money

"Raw food is expensive" - Myth!

For anyone considering making the change to natural feline food, I would like to dispel the myth that it is more expensive compared with the current highlighted wet cat foods.

I have searched online, looked into the facts for you and done a price analysis based on feeding a healthy adult cat weighing in at the average 4.5kg. During these investigations, I was shocked by some of the prices I discovered, but what was more alarming to me was the obscene amount of packaging you get through when feeding the equivalent daily amount of wet food from a tin/pouch!

Switching to raw is better for the environment as well as your cat.

The prices shown are based on the products' base value (without any kind of offer or subscription applied) and I have calculated it for if you were to buy the smallest available amount of it in one go to keep it as close to the equivalent as possible. The wet food prices come straight from the company they are made by where possible, don't include the cost of postage and are chicken based varieties. I have started with the most expensive and worked my way down - see the savings for yourself...

Wet Food (cooked)

Scrumbles Chicken in Jelly Wet Cat Food 12 x 80g tins (scrumbles.co.uk)

• £5.00 a day using 4.5 metal tins (recyclable)

Canagan Fresh Chicken 12 x 75g tins (canagan.com)

• £4.77 a day using 3 metal tins (recyclable)

Royal Canin Instinctive Thin Slices In Gravy 12 x 85g pouches (royalcanin.com)

• £4.11 a day using 2.5 foil pouches (recyclable only at Terracycle points)

Gourmet Revelations Mousse with Chicken 8 x 57g pots (zooplus.co.uk)

• £2.86 a day using 5 plastic pots (recyclable)

Katkin 'Cluck' recipe 28 pouches - only available to buy a months worth at a time (katkin.co.uk)

• £2.35 a day using 1 plastic pouch (recyclable with soft plastics)

Untamed Chocka Chicken 56 tins - also only available to buy a months worth at a time (untamed.co.uk)

• £1.99 a day using 2 metal tins (recyclable)

Applaws Chicken & Fish in Broth Selection 12 x 70g tins (zooplus.co.uk)

• £1.54 a day using 2 metal tins (recyclable)

Raw Food

Naked Cat Complete Turkey & Chicken 250g (Kitty's Rawr Store)

• £1.57 a day not producing any empty packaging until day 3

Purrform Adult Complete Chicken 450g (Kitty's Rawr Store)

• £1.37 a day not producing any empty packaging until day 4

Nutriment Complete Chicken 500g (Kitty's Rawr Store)

• 92p a day not producing any empty packaging until day 5

Hear Me Raw Complete Chicken 500g (Kitty's Rawr Store)

• 83p a day not producing any empty packaging until day 5

Southcliffe Complete Chicken 3 x 150g (Kitty's Rawr Store)

• 60p a day not producing any empty packaging until day 2

So in conclusion, if you like saving money, helping to reduce environmental impact and feeding your cat the best, raw is definitely for you both! Plus the extra money you save can be used to buy your companion new toys and tasty treats for that extra purr factor.

**Prices gathered Feb/Mar 2025

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