March 5, 2024
The Best Cat Food Toppers to Enhance Your Pet's Mealtime
If you’re passionate about your furry companion’s well-being, you’ve likely explored various ways to elevate their dining experience. There’s lots of ways to provide them some mental stimulation, help those picky eaters enjoy their food, and further enrich your bond with your cat.
What is a Cat Food Topper?
Cat food toppers are supplemental additions to your pet’s regular meals, designed to add flavor, texture, and nutritional value. They can come in various forms, from freeze-dried meats and wet cat food, to broths and veggies and fruits!
Cat-safe food toppings (when served in small amounts):
- Cooked meats like chicken or turkey (without seasoning or added fats)
- Cooked eggs (scrambled or boiled and served in bite-sized pieces without added salt or seasonings)
- Fish like salmon or sardines (cooked with no seasoning, bones, or skin)
- Plain, cooked pumpkin (with no added sugar or spices)
- Unsweetened, cooked cranberries
Of course, we love to share snacks with our cats, but be sure to check and make sure it isn’t unhealthy before letting them have a bite.
Remember: Always check with your vet before introducing new proteins, especially if your cat has known allergies or sensitivities. Ensure additions to your cat's meal never exceed 10% of your cat’s daily caloric intake.
What Are the Benefits of Cat Food Toppers?
Adds Variety
Cats, like humans, can appreciate a variety of flavors and textures. Toppers can make their meals more appealing, encouraging even the pickiest eaters to enjoy their food.
Hydration Boost
Wet cat food toppers offer an excellent option to keep your cat well-hydrated, especially if they’re not keen on drinking water. This is particularly beneficial during those hotter months or for cats who live in warmer climates.
Health Support
Toppers can often pack a nutritional punch. Some can provide some protein packed goodness for those high energy, active cats. Others could provide some extra antioxidants with berries or greens to support a healthy immune system.
What is the Best Cat Food Topper?
Feeling overwhelmed by the options? Choose a wet food or topper that's formulated by pet nutrition experts to add additional nutritional benefits that take the prep work out for you!
Recommended Solution
Wet Cat Food Toppers for a Boost of Flavor + Nutrition
Perfect as a topper or complete & balanced meal, each single-serve pouch is designed to fully satisfy while supporting a specific dietary need. Offered in a range of mix-and-match flavors & textures that will have any finicky cat excited about mealtime.
View all cat food toppers
Our expert pet nutritionists have carefully selected some nutritional focus areas which cats and cat parents are often looking for support:
Digestive Health
For the felines that could use a little extra gut support, featuring ingredients like dried chicory root as a prebiotic and brown rice, pumpkin, and chia seeds for some extra fiber.
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Digestive Health Minced Chicken + Duck with Gravy Topper
Formulated by pet nutrition experts to support digestive wellness, this delicious blend is enriched with sources of prebiotic and dietary fiber including flaxseed, psyllium husk, chicory root, and pumpkin.
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Immune Health
A tasty way to offer some immune support, includes functional ingredients like vitamin E, postbiotics, and antioxidant rich fruits to help keep your cat feeling their best.
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Immune Health Minced Chicken + Salmon with Gravy Topper
Packed with antioxidants from blueberries, cranberries, and raspberries, plus postbiotics to nourish a healthy gut microbiome and support healthy immunity, this topper is expertly crafted for immune system support.
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Weight Management
Go! Solutions Weight Management Booster recipes include fiber-rich psyllium husk to help keep your kitty feeling full and is combined with L-carnitine for healthy fat metabolism.
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Weight Management Shredded Chicken + Duck in Broth Topper
Formulated with a blend of lean proteins, pumpkin, and psyllium husk for fullness, bone broth for hydration and flavor, plus L-carnitine for healthy fat metabolism.
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Brain Health
Help keep those kitties clever and curious with our Brain Health Booster recipes! This food topper contains functional ingredients like DHA and EPA-rich salmon and marine microalgae oil to help keep your cat's cognitive capabilities in tip top shape.
Recommended Solution
Brain Health Minced Chicken + Salmon with Gravy Topper
Formulated with DHA and EPA-rich salmon and marine microalgae oil with a nutritious blend of fruits and veggies to nourish your feline’s brain functions.
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How Do I Feed a Cat Food Topper?
Food toppers are intended to be a flavor enhancing additions. Be sure to slowly introduce to not upset any tummies. They can be fed however works best for your kitty, whether it be daily or once a week. Once your pet is used to their new meal addition, there’s a ton of fun ways to feed!
Different Ways to Feed Cat Food Toppers:
- On top of kibble
- Build a bowl with kibble and wet food
- Serve as a treat
- Use it as enrichment, spread it on a lick mat, freeze it in a Kong
- Rotate through recipes for different nutritional benefits
- Serve as a complete and balanced meal
Conclusion
Whether you’re looking to add nutritional value, enhance taste, or simply spoil your furry friend, these toppers are a fantastic addition to any cat’s diet.
Remember the amount of food your cat needs varies based on breed, activity level, and age. The key is variety and balance. Feel free to experiment to find the perfect combination for making mealtime a delicious and enriching experience for your feline companion.
Taylah Kocak
Nutrition Assistant
Taylah studied animal biology at the University of Guelph and has spent significant time in the pet-retail world providing nutritional advice for pet parents. In her free time, she trains and competes with her German Shorthaired Pointer, Rhunia.