If your cat prefers chicken free cat food, enjoy a number of quality options. Some cats simply do not enjoy the taste of chicken, others are allergic to chicken. If you're cat is suffering from itchy, dry skin and you've ruled out all grains as potential allergens, it's worthwhile to see if chicken is to blame. Many cats are allergic to chicken and owners state it is a struggle to uncover this type of allergy.
It's also difficult to find high quality pet foods that bypass poultry because it's a less expensive meat choice. Many companies add chicken fat regardless of the cat food's flavor. There are foods, however, that swap the poultry for lamb, fish or venison. Learn more about them.
California Natural Deep Water Fish and Brown Rice Canned Cat Food
California Natural's Deep Water Fish canned food does not contain any chicken meat or fat. The key ingredients are:
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Salmon
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Salmon broth
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Whitefish
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Mackerel
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Herring
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Brown rice
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Egg
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Flaxseed
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Sunflower oil
Evanger's Low Grain Cat Food
Evanger's low grain cat food contains no chicken. The chicken-free food's key ingredients are pheasant, whitefish, sweet potatoes, canola oil, peas, duck, oatmeal, millet, potato protein, flaxseed meal and a variety of vegetables and fruits.
EVO Herring and Salmon Grain-free Cat Food
Innova EVO's herring and salmon cat food does not add chicken. The grain-free cat food's first ten ingredients are:
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Herring
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Salmon meal
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Herring meal
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Peas
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Egg
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Herring oil
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Pea fiber
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Natural flavors
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Apples
Orijen's Six-Fish Dry Cat Food
Orijen's Six-Fish cat food contains no chicken, chicken meal or chicken fat. The fish food features deboned salmon, herring meal, salmon meal, russet potatoes, deboned walleye, salmon oil, green peas, whitefish meal, deboned whitefish, deboned herring, deboned trout, deboned flounder and a variety of fruits and vegetables.
Natural Balance Pea and Duck or Pea and Salmon Cat Food
Natural Balance offers two chicken-free cat food options. First is the pea and duck grain-free food with green peas, fresh duck, pea protein, canola oil and flaxseed as the main ingredients.
The pea and salmon dry cat food's main ingredients are: green peas, salmon meal, pea protein, salmon, canola oil and flaxseed.
Prairie Chicken-Free Cat Food
Prairie offers three varieties of dry cat kibble. One of them contains no chicken. The lamb meal and oatmeal medley is suitable to pets with allergies to chicken products. Avoid the salmon medley because it includes chicken liver.
Key ingredients in the lamb meal version are lamb meal, canola oil, oatmeal, brown rice, flaxseed, fish meal and lamb liver.
Primal Cat Food for Raw Food Diets
If you want to try something different, many pet food stores and Whole Food Markets sell Primal frozen raw meals for cats. The Feline Beef and Salmon formula mixes beef, beef hearts, beef liver, ground beef bones, salmon and a variety of fruits and vegetables.
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Feline pheasant formula
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Feline quail formula
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Feline turkey formula
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Feline venison formula
The foods are suitable to those who want to try a raw food diet but do not have the time or patience to make their own foods.
Wysong Anergen Dry Cat Food
Wysong's Anergen formula includes no poultry. The ingredients in this high-quality cat food are lamb, brown rice, ground oats, flaxseed, dried yeast, fish oil, coconut oil and fruits and vegetables.