Fancy Feast Reviews

Lately Fancy food wet cat food has been different, altered and no good; my cats wouldn’t touch it. Very disappointed and unhappy. They used to eat Florentine packs, now the quality is bad and do not recognize the food.

Our two indoor cats have been on Fancy Feast canned for several years. Some time in early Dec., our 12 yr old started having unexplained diarrhea. Fast forward to today January 11, 2025, two vet visits of stressful tests, $765 later... our cat is healthy. The vet can't find a reason for her diarrhea and has scheduled ultrasound in morning. Yesterday we changed her food to Tiki Cat for seniors 11+. She loves the food and overnight it looks as though her stool is firming. We are very pleased. I am fuming! We all know these changes were not for the health of anyone's cat, but for the health of the corporation. If anyone find a legitimate reason to bring a class action suit, count me in. I'd like to recoup some of my money spent on vet bills.

We have been feeding our cats Fancy Feast for years. They used to love the pate...mainly chicken, turkey and beef. About 6 months ago, they started refusing to eat the chicken and turkey and would only eat the beef. With my latest case that I got last week, they are refusing the beef as well. I see many reviews that indicate something has changed with the recipes or quality of ingredients that are causing cats to either refuse it or to get sick from it. I hope Purina sees these reviews and takes some sort of action to correct the situation. In the meantime, I'll have to switch to something else.

Lately the Florentine labeled cat food has been canned with primavera cat food. I called fancy feast on their 800 number (866) 979-2470 and was on hold for five minutes before reaching someone. After explaining that their Fancy feast Primavera cat food is mislabeled as Florentine and it has gotten me three times already. The people at pet smart don’t believe it’s happening and just shrug it off.

After years of giving my cats Friskies, I switched to Fancy Feast because they had gravy options with pate. I've been giving this to my 20 year old cat for a while with no issues. I recently got a batch from Amazon (purchased Dec 2025) with an expiration of Sept 2027 and it gave my cat extreme gi issues including bloody diarrhea. After the first can (his gi issues started about 18 hours after the first can), he was hungry but refused to eat a fresh can from the same batch. I got a fresh batch dated Nov 2028 and he hasn't had any issues since recovering. I did notice that the plastic was ripped like someone had checked the bottom of the can for lot/exp info. Now I'm having trouble finding this food anywhere. I wonder if this food was pulled due to quality concerns.

My cats love Fancy Feast Medleys, specifically Primavera. In the past 6 months I've noticed the white meat chicken Primavera hasn't been diced/chopped up like the other flavors. There are large chunks mixed in as if the blades to the machine cutting up the food aren't sharp enough. I'm having to use a fork and knife to cut up the food, which is annoying.

My cat Josh has been eating Fancy Feast for about 2 years. All was good until the last few months. Stopped eating any of the turkey. He doesn't like the gravy ones. Now he is throwing up after the 1.15 price ones in gravy, white. He is now drinking a lot of water. More harm than good? Stop hurting our cats!!

Opened up a sealed case of 24 Fancy Feast Grilled Seafood and 3 cans were completely without a label and 20 cans seem to be fine. One can was missing from the bottom tray of 12. I’m including the numbers on the side and the bottom of the three cans. What is going on?

I adopted two female cats last year and have been feeding them Fancy Feast Mesleys, along with Purina One Plus Dry. In the past month, I’ve noticed that the girls are not eating their fancy feast anymore. Now they take a couple of bites and won’t touch it anymore. Something told me that the recipe might’ve changed because in the past, they loved this stuff. Long story short today, I did some Google research and saw that I was right. The formula did change and there are other pet owners who are having the same issue. I wish I had known because I have two boxes left of this stuff because I ordered from Chewy and get it shipped monthly. In the past I used Friskies wet and never had any problems. I think I’m going back to that.

I really loved Fancy Feast for my cat, and she loved it as well until I started seeing bugs in my house. They were coming from the food and it was nasty. They’re tiny and flies really fast. The food was completely sealed and there was probably 100+. I killed a lot but they’re still so many wandering around.

My cats have been on Fancy Feast most all their lives. Ages are 16, 14, 10 and 11/2 years old. All had their favorite flavors of Fancy Feast. But in The last few months they eat it half- heatedly and the one year old has flat - out recused any flavor. The cans look very different upon opening and smell different too. Even the 10 year old, who is a TNR cat and would eat any flavor and clean everyone's plate now leaves some too. Such a shame, Fancy Feast! Do better!!!

The new batch of of chicken vegetable broths has little green specs. My cat doesn't like it at all. He has always craved it but not now. He takes one sniff and walks away. It was always the treat I gave him when I got home but now I don't have an alternative.

We have been feeding our 15 year old male cat Fancy Feast gravy lovers for years now. The past 6 months + He still enjoys the turkey and beef, not the chicken. When all he has to eat is the chicken with gravy in his bowl he will eat a spoonful and 10 minutes later he throws it up.

My cats used to love your cat food. Now they won't even touch it. It has a weird odor and smell and it just stinks lately. I don't know what you changed. My cats used to love it. Whatever you did to change this food put it back. I love my cats like their own my own because I have no kids. These are my life and the food is just disgusting.

My cats; 3 1 yr old tortie sisters and one 4 year old Maine Coon/tabby used to love Fancy Feast. About 4 months ago, they started refusing to touch it. I thought it was a bad batch but I have tried everything from new batches to switching to cuts instead of pate. They will not eat it. They sniff it and walk away. I'm so confused and frustrated! I have to switch and I'm sorry, but don't know what else to do as I have spent way too much on trying to figure this out. I've bought from Walmart, Chewy, and PetSmart but usually autoship from Chewy.

I have 4 cats and have been feeding all my cats Fancy Feast for over 10 years. In the last 2 months my cats have been throwing up and getting occasional diarrhea and no longer finishing their food. I am going to have to change brands. So frustrating that the quality has gone down so much.

I have fed my cats Fancy Feast for about 13 years with no problem until the last month. I have 2 adult cats and as soon as they would eat the pate (many flavors), they would throw up. Not just a little bit, it was a lot. I just changed foods and they have done a complete turnaround with no vomiting. What happened, Fancy Feast! Do not recommend this product that I used to like.

I have been buying 2 cases a month for many years. I have 2 males that suddenly will not eat the food they have loved for years. I called Chewy tonight to ask if they would take a report on my lot #. They were very accommodating. The only thing I asked of them was to make a report. I was more curious to see if others have had the same problem. Some of the reviews I saw confirmed my suspicions, a few others had the same issue.

The quality of Fancy Feast wet pate has changed DRASTICALLY in the last 2 years! My cats won't even touch it! I have 5 feral cats and 1 indoor cat. The smell, color, texture have all changed. It smells EXACTLY like cheap cat food we used to get in the 1980's! I had TOTALLY forgotten that smell until I opened a can in the last few months (until just now - so for months) and cut it in half. Purina is claiming it's due due the removal of artificial preservatives and dyes. COME ON! BULL! It's a decline in quality all together! 100's of millions (of dollars) are not enough for these companies anymore. They want BILLIONS. I guarantee the companies they WERE using had to up their prices and Purina said, "Bye Bye". The only thing the cats will still eat of Fancy Feast is the flaked Tuna/Fish (dark blue one). That's it. I'll have to find another brand. Been buying Fancy Feast for over 20 years. Too bad.

Wanted to try a different type of wet cat food as my senior (18 y o) cat was getting tired of the FF pate varieties. I ordered the Fancy Feast Gems from Chewy to give them a try. My cat LOVED them, but the same day he tried them for the first time, he went blind. I ended up taking him to the emergency vet where he presented with a high WBC count and low RBC and lymphocytosis.

Even though my 17-year-old cat loved the Fancy Feast gems, all flavors made her throw up shortly after eating them. My cat had previously only ate Fancy Feast savory centers (it was the only wet food she really liked) due to the fact that she is pre-diabetic (per blood levels) and the vet recommended that I only give her wet food, which I have been for the past 5 years. She has never had any vomiting issues with Fancy Feast savory centers or any of the other Fancy Feast pate flavors that I have given her in the past, but Fancy Feast gems were awful.

What is going on with Purina lately? They are not even cutting up the wet cat food now. I am finding huge pieces of uncut chicken, beef, turkey and seafood in all the cans of food lately including Purina ProPlan. They are also adding excessive liquid to the cans and way too many tomatoes and carrots (and less meat) in most of the ProPlan brands. It is sickening and disgusting! Today I found two small, white bones in a can of Fancy Feast beef & gravy. Goodbye forever PURINA! TRIPLE SHAME!

My cats have been eating Fancy Feast for years. Recently, both cats started throwing up after eating it and one lost her appetite completely so now I’ll have to make a vet visit. My cats are inside cats. So now I’m going to have to switch brands.

My cats only would eat Fancy Feast. For 30 years! All my cats. But now without any warning they have changed their formula and my cats not only will not eat any of the varieties but the little bit they licked made them deathly ill. Bleeding mouths, lethargic, etc. etc. I had to hear from Pets Mart and Chewy that not only did Purina change the formula, but that there were many many many complaints about the food. This is also on Chewy and Pets Mart, they should have warned me of this problem. SHAME ON YOU PURINA. I AM NOT ONLY OUT PURCHASING 14 CASES OF FOOD, BUT MY CATS WILL NOT EAT IT. AND THEY WILL NOT EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. FANCY FEAST WAS, USED TO BE MY ONLY OPTION....

I purchased 20 cans of Fancy Feast flaked food in Tuna and Chicken on May 11, 2025. My cat did NOT want to eat it and I had to throw out atleast 9 cans. This has been becoming an increased issue with this brand. This year has been the worst with this brand. This first happened with their flaked Fish and Shrimp cans 3 years ago, so I switched exclusively to the other flavors. I buy from Target, Walmart and Petsmart. Each location if I purchase 3 cans atleast 1 Fancy Feast can is spoiled. This is absolutely ridiculous because I buy atleast 8 at a time. If you're experiencing this issue as well, switch to another Cat food brand for your cats needs.

The recipe for the Filet Mignon & Shrimp dry food has changed & now my cats, who have eaten in upwards of 10(+) years, won’t eat it. It’s very disturbing that it advertises same great taste when it’s not. You would think that a cat food manufacturer would know that cats can sense the slightest change in anything & it impacts them! Please bring back original recipe. I had very healthy, happy cats & now they are losing weight & literally can’t eat during the day because they refuse to eat the new recipe. I’ve tried other brands & nothing.

Fed a gravy chunky form of FF, which is NOT the Pate FF I've given my cats for years. This one can was off, one car refused it after smelling and just went hungry. The other cat, which eats anything and everything took one bite, and never ate again. Died 6 days later with progressive paralysis and kidney problem flare ups. The cat was completely healthy and recent vet visit showed NO signs of kidney problems. It was horrific. But we didn't dx this in time to give the cat Antitoxic medicine that would have saved him. If I had just put all the pieces together and pointed the vet team in the right direction, that winder cat would be recovering. This had all the signs of Botulism. Please please be careful. FF pate was always their favorite but this was the chunky gravy cuz I couldn't find the late that day in Ralph's.

Female cat 12 years old. Three months ago, stopped eating the Friskies Prime Chicken Filet that she had eaten for years. Went to FF Chick Classic Pate for Seniors about twelve weeks ago and she's asking for more and eating more volume than before. In the past 4 weeks she has had impacted bowels every 3-5 days. She cries a bit and then defecates on the floor instead of the litter box. The first part of stool comes out is very hard and "marbles -like". She only goes on the floor when she's plugged up. In the past weeks I have also given her 10-15 small pieces of dry food. Since this started a few weeks ago, I've limited the dry pieces to 2-3 in morning and 2-3 at night but will stop the dry now. I will start adding some type of stool softener. Has anyone else experienced this? Thoughts appreciated. Thanks.

We have three cats: 16, 3 and 2 years old. The senior we give a vet-sold food. The other two get that market food: FancyFeast. What is in these cans is NOT fancy, and I question if it’s food. Cats are notoriously finicky, but come one. We tried 80% of what is sold, and they turn their snouts and strot away. Aside from that, as a UX designer, here is my Biggest pain point: The label. I have to remind myself to bring reading glasses to the store. Come on guys, think of your buyer and what they need: to READ THE LABEL. The flavors are in such small print. These cans need a complete overhaul of the design of them. And while you’re at it, put actual cat food in them—Please!

I have always fed my cats Fancy Feast wet food, I purchase the gravy, medleys, grilled and pate in different flavors. The past two weeks both of my cats refuse to eat any Fancy feast flavors. One cat is very skinny. I would hope if Purina was told to recall this food and still allowed Chewy to sell it. They should be sued. One cat eats maybe 1/8 and my other cat who use to chow down won't touch it. So now I have to give them vitamin supplements.