Purina Pet Foods Reviews

We have 2 Bull Terriers and were feeding Food For Dogs and considered switching to Farmer's Dog. Our 8 year old developed DCM heart disease and both dogs developed a stage 3-4 heat murmur. Dog cardiac vets advised us that dogs have to have grain in their diet or it can lead to heat disease. The Cardiac Vet and our own vet (not affiliated) recommended Purina Pro Bright Mind 7+ (which I understand many vets have their dogs on). We switched immediately and both dogs are doing better. DCM cannot be cured but we're trying to keep them as long as well can. We mix the food with a little canned pumpkin so it's moist. Good luck and please know incorrect food can have devastating effects. Being such a large manufacturer, Purina gets the pick of ingredients in the marketplace. We thought boutique food was better (being more expensive) but just doesn't have the same research behind it.

My kitten is 3 months old And I started to give her Purina pro plan kitten wet food, couple hours after eating it she started having diarrhea and that happened for several hours. Then she started screaming which is very scary when your little kitten is screaming and threw up a couple times. She had ate another brand of food as well so I wasn't sure What the cause was at first. So then for a few days she ate chicken and rice and a slowly started to incorporate her hard food back in which is not Purina and she was finally on the mend and her poop was hardening up. So day 6 I started to incorporate her wet food back in.

I will NEVER buy Purina again. My dog loves the lamb flavor and I have bought it for him, since he was weaned. I purchased a bag last week, like I always do but my dog wouldn't touch it. It's his favorite! I got to looking at the individual pieces and there in pieces of hair in almost every single piece, in this bag. Someone on the production line thought it would be funny to add their facial hair apparently. I called Purina and they just laughed it off. Obviously Purina doesn't care about the quality of their product.

I find that the purple Fancy Feast Grilled Seafood Makes my cats sick with throw up and diarrhea. Not the first time....I have tried contacting corporation with no response. I have no idea what's wrong with the purple can.

The absolute worst brand of food you can feed your dog. I got the Pro Plan for puppies under the age of one and he has been throwing up and even got diarrhea. Taking them back to the store and returning them asap!

I currently feed 2 inside kitties and a family of 4 ferals. They have all reliably and eagerly eaten Friskies Shreds and/or Fancy Feast Pates for YEARS. Also the FF Dry was eagerly "hoovered up!" I don't know when exactly but over the last months ALL of them, EVEN THE FERALS have started to refuse ALL OF IT. I am wasting so much money. Even tried giving the ferals the small FF cans.... Nope. They eagerly run up to the plates and take a sniff and walk away. I'm worried about them. Prior to this, especially the ferals, would lick plates clean! I've taken to poaching chicken breasts for inside kids, but I am elderly and can't keep this up. Apparently, Purina denies any issues (BIG SURPRISE). Can anyone shed any light on this for me? I could cry at the CASES of food that no one will touch that also represent a huge amount of money .

Tired of corporations changing formulas, packaging and labels to screw consumers and increase profits. Purina Turkey & Giblets Pate now contains "fish". Why isn't that disclosed in the Title as "Turkey & Giblets & Fish" (not in tiny print in the ingredients). Why add fish to Turkey & Giblets to begin with? Many cats are allergic to fish. My 3 cats are turning their noses up at several cans in every case for the last year or so (apparently "fish" was added in January 2023)! I would like reimbursement for all the cans I throw away and have thrown away since January 2023. Purina is offering to refund 45 days worth of wasted cat food, $168.00. I just started taking pictures of untouched wasted cans and am sending them to the FDA to demand a recall. Just because Purina ignores complaints and the FDA and brags about never having recalls, does not make their product animal friendly!

This is a hard review to write...I've owned many cats, many years - used every food product "under the sun" and always, trying latest brands and styles. Fast forward to now. My beloved cat going on 19 years...Will ONLY eat the Fancy Feast "Florentine' Medley line. Fine, but that's NOT the problem & NOT the issue. For snacks the past year? I have used the Fancy Feast Petites AND the Fancy Feast Gems. BOTH suffer from a serious product packaging problems - the SAME. I have written to Purina Consumer support TWICE now...They no longer reply. Presumably because they BELIEVE, they cannot improve the packaging which is utterly WRONG. What should be a simple case of pulling up the foil tabs and pulling back to open? IS IMPOSSIBLE. I have to use a steak knife or Exacto knife to open these two products. The "Petites" being worse than the "Gems" BUT STILL, problematic.

I was buying the turkey and venison true instinct for the last couple years... But Purina keeps jacking up the price. I can get a premium dog food for about the same price, so I'm going to be switching them. It's a shame Purina is price gouging people and their pets... I would urge everyone to check prices and force these companies to lower their prices back down...

I’ve had good success with the same dog food that we’ve been purchasing for years for our two dogs but they reformulated the dog food without alerting anyone. The kibble was different, and the picture of the dog on the front was different yet Chewy assured us that it was the same product. One of our dogs immediately starting having major allergic reactions. We took her off of the food and it got a little bit better, but she still itching frequently. My guess is they started purchasing some new mineral or other ingredient from China to save a few pennies, and the quality was poor. Surprise surprise. Serina should be ashamed of themselves for re-formulating a product that people rely on for its consistency so as to not interfere with their pets' digestive systems. We will never buy Purina again. Paul

I have a border collie and I have been feeding her Purina dog chow for already 8 years, she is 9. Just now, since three months ago, she has had a diarrhea that is imparable. She is taking prednisone because she has been diagnosed with PLE. And this will be forever…. Thank you purina.

Got my cat a bag of food yesterday, only to have opened it late last night to pouring bugs all in my cat's bowl, with bugs filling the bag with what looked like old dirt strings and such. It was just absolutely disgusting! The fact that I first poured it and didn't notice until my cat was meowing to alert me in disgust that something wasn't right with her food. Literally had bugs crawling out the mound and all out the bowl all over my floor. Was absolutely disgusting! Where was quality control when this made it through? Like that was something you literally wouldn't feed your dog, or in this case your cat! My children and I still have goosebumps and the creep crawly feeling after seeing that. Just sick!

I switched to Purina One after reading some reviews hoping it would be a nutritional and economical product for my cats. I had previously been giving them Dr. Elsey’s dry cat food which has a lot of protein but is more than $70.00 a bag. Well this product caused my cat to get pancreatitis and I just spent over $1400 on vet bills to help get one of my cats to eat again. I have had cats for more than 35 years and have never had both of my cats have issues with blood in their stool at the same time until I started using this product. I would not recommend using this product to anyone.

My cats have been on Purina tender selects for at least a year with no issues until recently. After buying a new bag both cats became very sick. My 15yo cat was violently vomiting the food up and was rushed to the ER where the vet did tests and found nothing wrong to cause the illness. A day later my 1yo kitten had a grand mal seizure and I couldn't get her to the ER because they were at capacity. I brought her to my vet first thing in the morning and all tests came back normal. The vet concluded it was the new bag of food and recommended getting rid of it immediately which I did. Since then both cats have been fine.

I have been giving my two cats Fancy Feast Medleys Primavera for the last 6 years, and the other cat of 5 years the Fancy Feast pate. The last 5 months I've been having a problem with my cats eating it, the tuna primavera my cat's put their nose up to and walk away without even tasting it. The chicken primavera I've noticed different inconsistencies on where I purchase it, if I get it from PetSmart it has less gravy and it's much chunkier big slices that I know they will choke on so I just throw it out. When I buy it from Chewy the consistency has more gravy and smaller pieces, but I still have to cut it up a little, but it does have more gravy and veggies than the the case is if buy from PetSmart. Also, the chicken used to be white and now it is brown, just saying. I'm just not understanding that inconsistency when it is the same product coming from two different locations.

I have recently learned that the best food for a cat is a mostly wet food diet and having several cats with urinary issues and irritable bowels I thought this wet food would greatly benefit them. Where I live is a mostly rural area and the predominant wet foods available are Fancy Feast and Friskies. I purchased a couple of cans of Fancy Feast pate from my local grocery store and from my local Walmart. I also ordered several cases of Fancy Feast's grilled food with cheese and Fancy Feast pate food from Chewy because with multiple cats it is extremely helpful to be able to buy in bulk.

We bought the "Purina Fancy Feast Gourmet Gravy Wet Cat Food, Petites Turkey & Sweet Potato Entree" at Petco in November 2023. Our cat loves this, but this is the second time we found a rotten package of food. When the package was opened, the cat food was completely black and smelled horrid. The expiration date of the product was February 2025. We filed a complaint with the company when the same issue happened in March 2023. They haven't changed their ways, so we will no longer be buying this for our cat.

We have three dogs in our family. I make a homemade food for all of them, but we supplement for the two larger dogs with Purina One dog kibble. Earlier this year, they both began itching like crazy. It was summer so we assumed it was fleas. We treated them, all three of them just in case even though the Chihuahua (who does not eat the Purina) was displaying no symptoms. Nothing helped.

I've been feeding cats Fancy Feast for 20 years. During COVID, something changed in their seafood pates. My cats were refusing to eat it, or if they did eat a little they would vomit immediately. Then, my cat got violently ill. Nothing else in her environment or diet changed except that the Fancy Feast pates now had weird little white bits in it. My cat had explosive diarrhea all over the house for 6 hrs accompanied by vomit. The vet wasn't sure she'd survive. She lived. Next case of fancy feast seafood mix pates were fine. But, the next case and every case since then has those little white bits in it and cats won't eat it.

I have used this brand for years. I bought a bag on Sunday, by Monday night one of my two boxers was deathly ill and the other boxer would not eat the food. Thursday morning we rushed our sick boxer to the vet because he was still could not hold down water and the other boxer still refused to eat. The vet told us it had to be the food. I called Purina to report it and hopefully save someone’s pet. Purina told me that it was not uncommon for a bug to get into the bag during packaging, causing one bag to be contaminated and not an entire batch. They instructed me to throw the food away and send them my vet bills for compensation. After that their claims department calls me saying that there is nothing they can do unless I get the food (that they told me to throw away) tested and paperwork stating it was the food that got my dog sick. They have no intention of helping their customers and set them up so they don’t have to.

I've been feeding my indoor and feral cats Purina One for years and I had zero problems. Lately though, I've noticed that my cats have been throwing up a lot more. One has developed some kind of food allergy. There's something wrong with this batch or the formula has been changed in recent years. I think this should be looked into because I'm not the only one experiencing this. I've read other reviews where pet owners who've used Purina One for many years suddenly have the same complaint as I do.

Cat #1-3 year old female currently hospitalized for acute liver failure. Blood levels also indicate hyperthyroidism. The ONLY change to her diet and/or environment is Friskies Natural dry cat food and Friskies Farm Fresh cat food. She better survive this Purina!!! Cat #2- 2year old male began vomiting yesterday after eating Friskies Natural dry cat food. I HAVE REMOVED ALL PURINA FRISKIES FOOD FROM MY HOUSE! Not going to take ANY chances because they cannot be trusted!

We have used Purina One sensitive skin and stomach cat food for about 2 years now. We have a lot of cats, some of which never interact or share litter boxes with others. Only thing they all have in common is this food. Within the last week, 11 of our cats have been having projectile vomiting and/or diarrhea after eating. Again, only thing they share in common is this food! I believe they have salmonella poisoning as another Purina brand has been recalled this year due to it.

BUGS in the Beggin' Strips! Nasty! Gross! Unacceptable! I thought I was purchasing a quality product from a well-known company that's been around for decades! I gave a few to my dogs before I saw the BUGS. Which means I touched these pieces of crap! NEVER again!

I've been feeding this food for years. Now, all of a sudden, my 6 cats will vomit after eating Purina One. I've had to return 2 bags to Wal-Mart now. No more. Irresponsible Purina and their incompetent factory workers are not going to kill my cats. I fed them Iams this morning with no issues and no vomiting. Thanks a lot Purina for letting us down. CLEAN UP YOUR ACT, PURINA. YOUR ENTIRE REPUTATION IS, ONCE AGAIN, AT STAKE!

I have used Purina One cat food for years but the last bag I purchased had larvae in it. I found these things were hatching inside the bag. My cats had recently started throwing up and that's what made me examine the bag more closely.

I have used Purina One hairball formula for years. I recently noticed sewer flies in the area so after a thorough cleaning I thought it would be a good idea to pour the food into an airtight container. As soon as I opened the bag these little black moths were flying out! I then went to the pet store to buy more food and the salesperson told me that they had many complaints about moths in Purina One. I also came here and saw other people had posted. I will never buy Purina One again, I can only imagine what their mfg plant looks like. So sad they obviously don't care.

After purchasing (24 count) 4 pallets of Fancy feast salmon pate, my cat began to lose weight, not eat and became lethargic. I took him to our veterinarian and he had high levels of calcium. The vet asked if I have been giving him supplements and I said no. Excess vitamin D can cause high levels of calcium. I decided to take him off of the Fancy feast and would give him anything he would eat at this point - Meow mix, not the best, but he eats it up. Amazingly he is 99% better and gaining weight back. Today I take him for his follow up appt and bloodwork. If his calcium levels are normal, then Purina should take this into consideration - you may have too much vitamin D in it.

I feed Gravy Lovers as a method to give my cats their daily **. It is the only reason they get it at all. Today I found a long white larva in the can. I tossed the whole can. Now I am concerned about the other cans in that case. I emailed Purina and sent them photos.

We had to take run our cat to the Gainesville Emergency animal clinic. She stopped eating, throwing up and was totally lethargic, we thought she was going to die. We spent over $1000 and ended up bringing her home with special food. Slowly she started getting better. We then got two more cats and bought expensive food for the kitten and better food for the stray. Later we switched to Friskies pate food for all of them. The cats got diarrhea and started throwing up. We thought they caught something and took them to the vet. Hundreds of dollars later, the cats were still throwing up and one had horrible diarrhea. Back to the vet. We somehow looked up friskies pate on the web and consumers affairs. To our horror, a LOT of people were having this problem and purina knows about it.

Since the new 'improved' recipe I have had to take my cat off AGaiL, Soups and dried food. It was giving all 3 of my cats diarrhea and sickness. As soon as I stopped they improved. So annoying as they only like gravy and few other options especially with the meat texture.

Though I have tried other brands of dog food, I always find myself going back to Purina brand. Every store carries this brand and the price and quality are comparable, if not better to other brands.

I've had cats turn their noses up at other name brands, but both of my cats and a few neighborhood visitors seem to love this stuff. I even put a large bowl for raccoons each night, and they come up on my deck (often up to four at a time!) and eat it clean. It's also very reasonably priced.

I have been using Purina dog food for my golden retriever since she was a puppy and I really enjoyed how much she loved the food. Once she turned 1 year’s old, I began giving her the adult Purina Pro Plan. Two months ago, she stopped eating her dog food, upon smelling the food we believed it was bad due to the foul smell. We had bought the largest bag at our local pet store and thought maybe they had not gotten rid of the expired bags. One month ago, we had a medium size bag of food. Again, after a week from purchase my dog stopped eating the food. We also began to find maggots around our apartment, with no clue how we could have gotten these insects into our living space.

Purina Pro Plan is an outstanding food. My dog loves it. But most of all, this brand has different stages as your dog. Start with puppy then adult, if your dog gets fat, weight management, sensitive stomach, and focus for senior dogs. All of my dogs have lived long, healthy lives.

The ONLY brand of food my dog will eat is Purina Bright Mind beef and brown rice. I've tried every other kind, even the super expensive ones, but he's very picky and walks away from every other food. So I'm very grateful to have found one thing that he likes. The only other canned food he'll eat is cat food!

My Babies have been on Pro Plan diet for 16 years, their vet is amazed by their appearance, health check A+, NEVER been sick. Beautiful, shiny coats, bright eyes and happy!

I have been feeding my two indoor cats Fancy Feast food for over a year now. They like the gravy kind. Well, recently BOTH of my cats got sick because of the food. They started vomiting and had severe diarrhea. I took them to the vet because I thought perhaps they had a virus and $700 later, I realized it was just the Fancy Feast food. How do I know? Well, at first I gave them special food for their digestive track, but as soon as I gave them 1/2 a can of Fancy Feast again, they both started throwing up and had terrible diarrhea again. I thought maybe they were not over the bug. A week later when they were perfectly fine, I gave them Fancy Feast again and voila...they got sick all over again. I now have two boxes of this food and vet bills. They should recall their latest food because it is definitely contaminated.

If I could rate them 0 stars, I would. I am absolutely disgusted with Purina. Purina is usually the brand of food I use to feed my dog, recently I made a purchase and found maggots inside of the dog food.

I fed my adult cat Fancy Feast for 5 years, but recently her stools became so extremely smelly that a vet trip was necessary. $500 later, I got her home, but the medication didn't work and the problem continued. In desperation I switched her to another brand of food and she has been fine and symptom-free for two weeks. Clearly this issue was a result of a bad batch of Fancy Feast, bought in southern CA in early 2021. Since I can no longer trust Fancy Feast, I'm in search of a better brand.