Stella and Chewy’s Cat Food Review

The story of Stella and Chewy’s began when Marie Moody adopted a dog named Stella from a local animal shelter in 1997. She wanted Stella to have a friend, so shortly after she adopted a sick puppy named Chewy. In order to support Chewy’s health, Marie consulted a veterinarian and began to feed him a raw diet as a result. Chewy quickly recovered and Stella also thrived on a raw diet; then the idea for her company was planted. 

Marie turned this realization and experience into Stella and Chewy’s in 2003. Just out of her small kitchen in her 600 square foot, one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, New York, Marie continued her passion for pet nutrition and the raw food was a hit in the neighborhood and word caught on. Nowadays, the company has been producing food in a much larger kitchen—its main facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. 

Since its creation, Stella and Chewy’s has operated under the belief that most pets are most likely to thrive when they are fed the same diet as they are in the wild. That’s why they use the highest quality raw ingredients to ensure complete and balanced nutrition.

All of their pet food products are made in FDA-inspected plants in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. They work closely with a small, select group of suppliers to ensure the quality and safety of their ingredients and production process. 

While many traditional kibbles are made using an extrusion process, Stella and Chewy’s patented food safety process known as SecureByNature® involves high-pressure processing, which is a low-temperature process that leaves the food’s color, texture, flavor, and nutrient value intact while destroying pathogenic organisms.

Beyond its commitment to nutrition, the company is also dedicated to animal welfare and doing its part to support local shelters and rescues. 

Now that you have more background on Stella and Chewy’s, it’s time to dive deeper into their cat food. To help you better decide on whether their products are the right fit for your feline, we’ve reviewed their highest rated cat food below.

For an all-natural recipe your cat will be clawing over, go with Stella & Chewy’s natural freeze-dried food. This is a high-quality, affordable diet and potentially one of the best value picks for what you get – sustainably sourced ingredients, raw protein, and essential vitamins for your cat’s health. As such, it is made to build and maintain strong muscles for your cat. Then it’s all made to be freeze-fried, providing your feline friend with real and raw nutrition. 

This food is made to closely mimic a cat’s natural diet in the wild: high in protein and low carbohydrates. For this reason, the product’s recipe is 98% of poultry meat, organ, and bone. So it’s not only rich in animal protein but contains no grains or gluten. Additional nutrients include taurine, probiotics, antioxidants, and Vitamins A and E. 

The morsels are freeze-dried and the limited ingredient recipe is made in small batches right here in the USA. It’s the perfect choice if you want convenience, something that tastes good, and if you’re trying to transition your kitty to a high-moisture diet. You can easily feed it as is (raw) or slowly rehydrate it by adding cool or warm (never hot) water. 

Overall, this is a simple, holistic recipe with limited ingredients. It’s important to note that pet parents and vets claim raw food to have a positive effect on appetite, digestion, immune system, teeth health, and skin and coat health. 

Stella and Chewy’s Chick Chick Chicken Dinner Morsels Freeze-Dried Raw Cat Food contains 182 calories per cup.

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Stella & Chewy’s was recalled twice in 2015 due to potential listeria contamination of a variety of frozen and freeze-dried products.

We have analyzed 102 of Blue Buffalo cat food products on Chewy. We took into account ingredient quality, guaranteed analysis, price, product variety, customer experience, and recall history. All of these factors combined produced an overall brand score, ratings for their wet and dry food lines (maybe), as well as individual product ratings.