Is feeding my cat raw food expensive? 2026 Edition

"Raw food is expensive" - Big. Fat. Myth!

For anyone considering making the change to natural feline food in 2026, I would like to dispel the myth that it is more expensive compared with the current popular wet cat foods.

I wrote the first version this article in 2025 to highlight the costly facts, but am doing an updated version here to make it more current to 2026**
If you would like to read 2025's article about feeding costs you can read it here. (in comparison to these figures, it demonstrates an interesting example of rising costs in the UK as well as 'shrinkflation')

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 in April 2026.

Switching to raw is better for the environment as well as your cat, as the packaging waste produced daily with some wet foods is ridiculous!

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, if possible, and don't include the cost of postage. The raw food costs are Kitty's Rawr Store's current prices.**
I have also stuck with chicken based, complete recipes across the range. I have started with the most expensive and worked my way down - see the costs go down as you scroll down....

Wet Food (cooked)

Scrumbles Shredded Chicken Breast in Broth Wet Cat Food 12 x 70g tins (scrumbles.co.uk)

• £5.98 a day, creating 4.5 empty waste metal tins (recyclable)

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

• £4.77 a day, creating 3 empty waste metal tins (recyclable)

Lily's Kitchen Chicken Shredded Fillets in Jelly 1 x 70g tin (lilyskitchen.co.uk)

• £3.88 a day, creating 2.5 empty waste metal tins (recyclable)

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

• £3.43 a day, creating 2.5 empty waste foil pouches (recyclable only at Terracycle points)

Gourmet Revelations Mousse with Chicken 24 x 57g pots (purina.co.uk)

• £3.13 a day, creating 5 empty waste plastic pots (recyclable)

Katkin 'Cluck' recipe 14 pouches - only available to buy 14 days worth at a time (katkin.co.uk)

• £2.33 a day, creating 2 empty waste plastic pouches (recyclable with soft plastics)

Untamed Chicken Breast in Gravy 56 tins - only available to buy 28 days worth at a time (untamed.co.uk)

• £2.10 a day, creating 2 empty waste metal tins (recyclable)

Whiskas Poultry Feasts in Jelly 1+ 12 x 85g pouches (zooplus.co.uk)

• £1.60 a day, creating 4 empty waste foil pouches (recyclable with soft plastics)

Raw Food from Kitty's Rawr Store

Bella + Duke Complete Turkey & Chicken 1 x 250g

• £1.57 a day, not creating any empty waste packaging until day 3 (recyclable)

Purrform Adult Complete Chicken 1 x 450g

• £1.45 a day, not creating any empty waste packaging until day 4 (recyclable)

Petalicious Chicken Slice 1 pack of 6 x 60g Slices (360g)

• £1.03 a day, not creating any empty waste packaging until day 4 (not recyclable)

Hear Me Raw Complete Chicken 1 x 500g

• 83p a day, not creating any empty waste packaging until day 5 (recyclable)

Southcliffe Complete Chicken 1 x 150g

• 81p a day, not producing any empty waste packaging until day 2 (recyclable)

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 April 2026

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