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About Smalls

Smalls cat food provides your cat with high-quality food through a subscription plan. Cats receive fresh, human-grade food packed with dry ice to keep it cool. Wet food is available in three recipes: chicken, turkey and beef with consistency choices of minced or pate. If your cat isn’t fond of wet food, Smalls also offers freeze-dried raw protein as a kibble alternative. It’s available in chicken, turkey and duck and includes the meat, bones and organs. Smalls also offers healthy treats and food-toppers to entice your cat.

Pros
  • Recipes backed by science
  • Several plans to choose from
  • Human-grade ingredients
  • Plans are customizable
Cons
  • More expensive than kibble
  • Food isn’t pre-portioned

Smalls cat food plans

Your Smalls cat food plan starts with a sampler that lets you find products your cat prefers before committing to a larger purchase. To get your sampler, simply answer some questions about your cat and your budget. From there, you can choose a plan that suits your needs. Smalls then sends you a two-weeks supply of the food chosen at a reduced cost.

The Monday after you receive the sampler, a "cat concierge" contacts you to check in. You can tell them what your cat likes or dislikes and whether there are any products they haven't tried.

In the second week, you schedule your first full order based on your chosen plan and feedback from the check-in. You can make changes until the Thursday before the box ships. Shipments continue every two, four or eight weeks, depending on your needs. Available plans include:

  • Complete Balance: 50% essential kibble, 50% fresh food
  • Healthiest Balance: 75% essential and raw kibbles, 25% fresh food
  • Fresh Food Starter: 75% essential kibble, 25% fresh food
  • Total Moisture: 100% fresh food
  • Balanced Moisture: 75% fresh food, 25% essential kibble
  • Healthiest + Convenience: 75% fresh food, 25% raw kibble
  • Essential Kibble: 100% essential kibble
  • Essential + Raw Kibble: 75% essential kibble, 25% raw kibble
  • Balanced Convenience: 50% fresh food, 50% raw kibble

According to the website, the plans are customizable to fit your cat’s needs and your budget. You can change up flavors, textures or quantities as needed. Each shipment is packed in dry ice to keep it fresh.

Smalls cat food price

Smalls' website lists several prices for each plan. Prices are based on whether you’re ordering for one or multiple cats. Overall, Smalls cat food cost varies greatly depending on the meal plan you choose.

The cheapest plan is Essential Kibble — an order for one cat every four weeks costs $28. The most expensive plan is Balanced Convenience, which costs $120 under the same for one cat every four weeks. Five of the nine plans cost less than $100, while the remaining four cost more than $100.

Smalls cat food FAQ

Does Smalls cat food have a minimum order amount?
Smalls requires a minimum order of six packets of wet food. This is to ensure the dry ice is effective and to reduce packaging.
Can Smalls help my cat lose weight?
Smalls can help improve your cat’s diet, which in turn helps them lose weight. Smalls' food focuses on several important factors: high moisture content, high-quality animal protein and low carbohydrates.
Is Smalls cat food grain-free?
Yes, Smalls cat food is grain free. It’s human-grade and contains no fillers.
How long does it take Smalls cat food to ship?
Since wet food shipments contain dry ice, packages are shipped quickly. Expect to receive your order within two or three days.

Is Smalls cat food good?

Smalls cat food provides a high-quality option for your cat. This can have a profound effect on their overall health and wellness. Since cats are biologically wired to be carnivores, they don’t get hydration and nutrients the same way humans do. Smalls understands that and goes a step above by manufacturing its food using human-grade ingredients. You get top quality protein, moisture for hydration and essential nutrients. If Smalls cat food fits your budget, it's a good option for your cat.

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    Reviewed Feb. 27, 2025

    Great food for the cat. He's never been healthier. No complaints about the food. But everything against the company. I first bought 12 packets with new customer discount. I didn't make a subscription because my cat has dietary issues I had to be sure. Over all 35$. Where they messed up was when they pulled 105$ for 28 packets I didn't even ask for or even carted from my account, no purchase email or text. I got notified by my bank and the shipment. It was already almost here, I wasn't even done with the first order. This is a huge issue!

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2025

    My 3 cats would not eat it. One eats anything including peas. I cancelled the order before the Friday it was sent to the warehouse. They ignored the cancel and sent. They admitted ignoring the cancel but would not refund the food. Bad food, crooked company.

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      After a positive interaction with Smalls, David increased their star rating on Feb. 10, 2025.

      Updated review: Feb. 10, 2025

      Some of the fault here is clearly due to the shipping company. My order arrived the next day, but the tracking number still shows that the order was canceled so Smalls would not be notified my order was delivered successfully. Smalls offered to refund me for the whole order before either of us were aware of the delivery. I’m updating my review to accommodate for the fact that Smalls started responding to my inquiries and been taking the right steps to correct this.

      Original Review: Feb. 6, 2025

      I can’t really speak to the quality of the food, but the service has been pretty abysmal. First my sampler order was changed four or five days after the order due to supply shortages, so I'm not getting what I originally ordered. I had ordered a sampler pack so my cat could try everything they have to offer and now I’m getting a bunch of the same thing instead of a variety. Strike one.

      Then my order showed it was still processing and hadn’t shipped yet with the stated delivery date being the next day and I reached out to customer service. They gave me a tracking number that showed the package was refused at my address that very same day despite the fact that I work from home, and was making lunch in the kitchen near the front door when they supposedly tried to deliver it. Strike two.

      Now the supposed replacement is going to be delivered while I'm out of town and more than two weeks after I placed my initial order. Strike three, I’m done. I'd rather this just cancel all of this, get a refund and close out my account, but customer service isn’t being very responsive. I can't expect to feed my cat this stuff when the company can't even deliver what I ordered in a timely manner. It's too unreliable.

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      Reviewed Jan. 24, 2025

      I really wanted this food to work for my cats. Not a single one of the five we have would eat it. I put it outside for the alley cats and it was immediately barfed up. Glad it is working out for others, but my cats do not recognize this as food even though I have feed them ground meat before and they loved it.

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      Reviewed Jan. 14, 2025

      Smalls cat food: I wanted to start my cat on a new food and I thought about smalls cat food and researched a bit. Looked at the ingredients and seemed like it will help her and I’ve tried to call the customer service. There is only a number for texting and when I text, nobody called or text me to help. I got a text at night and I answered, but since then I didn’t get any answer back. This is the horrible customer service I can ever have for my kittens. This company is not helpful at all so I would not recommend to anyone..

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      Reviewed Feb. 6, 2024

      I cancelled my monthly subscription and they still charged me. So I contacted them on email and text after checking their website to make sure I did in fact cancel (I did). After my emails and texts they did issue me a refund on a Friday... And just 3 days later (a Monday) they charged me AGAIN for the cancelled subscription. The refund from Friday hadn't even posted to my account yet. So I was CHARGED DOUBLE for cat food I NEVER RECEIVED because my subscription was CANCELLED. Customer service was useless. I called my bank and had the fraud department handle it. I don't know if the food was good or not. My cats wouldn't eat it which is why I cancelled the subscription.

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      Reviewed Sept. 17, 2023

      We subscribed to Smalls last year and while our cats initially liked this food, I believe they recently changed formulas and our cats are no longer fans. On top of that, the customer service and shipping/packing issues are horrendous. If we order a combination of the different flavors/textures, we never get what we ordered. And then, when reporting that to customer service, we get a unsatisfactory response that just makes excuses for the issue.

      Most recently, I ordered the turkey and chicken in both smooth and ground textures, but just received ground. When reporting that to customer service (only via email or text, no phone), I was told that unfortunately, looks like they were just low on the smooth textures and to just use the ground instead. I wasn't offered a refund, and I find that so unacceptable. No other company would send something other than what I ordered and expect ME to pay for it. I'm not sure what's going on with this company but there are certainly issues internally. I just refuse to pay a premium for this food and get zero service when there's a problem.

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      Reviewed July 28, 2023

      I ordered their sample box of Fresh Cat food. I'll leave another review after I've determined how my cats take to the Fresh Meat sampler: Chicken, Turkey, and Beef. But, for those considering a purchase, I'll share my experience thus far. I ordered the box at 9am Monday morning and it arrived in Custer, South Dakota Friday morning; GREAT shipping time!

      The food was still frozen solid when I unpacked the box and it sat for several hours outside in the full sun at nearly 80 degrees; it is packed in dry ice- WEAR GLOVES even when handling the outer bag of the dry ice or you will get burned. The food is very well, individually and tightly packed with no air in the packages.

      Looking at the food through the clear packaging, it looks evenly ground, uniform in color- it looks fresh. Each portion is 5 ounces and 200 calories which is the daily caloric requirement for a 10 pound, indoor cat with no health problems (330 calories required for very active/ or outdoor cats of 10 pounds). There's nothing but meat on the ingredient list on the individual packages; you must go to the website to see the added veggies and nutrients- I was pleased with what was in the food, and what isn't- nasty ingredients that even the so called High-End canned foods have that can make cats sick or shorten their lives.

      In my next order at full price, each 5 ounce package at the regular price will cost $4; that's 80 cents per ounce before tax; I've been paying 35 to 45 cents per ounce of high quality canned food at the pet stores with all available discounts and that's after I spend a couple of hours price shopping and eliminating many brands and flavors of canned food that I would like to give my cats but cannot because it's just too expensive. I will use this food to supplement less expensive canned cat food because it's out of my budget to feed them only Smalls; but I like knowing that the Smalls will be part of their diet.

      Price wise, it is drastically less expensive to purchase chicken, turkey, and beef at the grocery store and give them homemade food which I do at times, but they don't always eat it and I haven't been able to figure out why; also, meat from the grocery store doesn't contain everything that they need nutritionally, so it's not as simple and convenient as the Smalls. Up to this point in my experience, I'm very happy and would recommend.

      Everyone should take a look at the one star reviews, many folks have complained about Small's customer service and having trouble canceling their memberships and taking advantage of their money back guarantee. I'll post again if discover anything different, and my cats' reaction to the food- but every cat's food preference is different so whether mine like it or not, doesn't really help anyone else.

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      Reviewed June 26, 2023

      My cat didn't touch the food, so the day after I received the "trial shipment," I got onto the Smalls website to cancel my subscription. I tried four times to cancel through the website. Each time it brought me back to the original cancellation page, and never once did I receive a confirmation email that it was truly canceled. Finally, I emailed them directly, and I got a response back saying that my subscription was canceled. This was June 16, 2023. Then I noticed a charge of $119 in my checking account on June 23. So, obviously, my subscription wasn't canceled as I was told. I'm in the process of calling my bank to have the charges refused. I'm not doubting the quality of food from Smalls (my cat is super picky, so it doesn't surprise me she wouldn't go near it), but the company's operation leaves something to be desired.

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      Reviewed June 13, 2023

      After ordering Smalls cat food, I followed all of their recommendations of nuking the food and gradually adding it to my cats existing food. After slowly incorporating those instructions, and going through 2 packages of the Smalls food, I admitted defeat. My cat would eat anything in or around her bowl except the Smalls. I wrote to Smalls again today for the 3rd and final time about my experience. Smalls' answers to my 2 writings were ridiculous. Telling me how to work the food into her diet according to their recommendations. Apparently they have an “AI“ answering their letters. No human interaction. Stay away from Smalls.

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      www.smalls.com