Applaws Cat Food Review 2025: Making Meals Yummier & More Nutritious

If you’re looking to spice up your cat’s culinary experience, then I’ve got a cat food company for you. Applaws has an extensive line of cat dietary options, from complete and balanced meals, to puree treat pouches, to mousse packs designed to add flavor and nutrition to your kitty’s routine.

This cat food company packs each of their offerings with natural, quality ingredients available in various flavors and textures so you can find the perfect match for your cat’s tastes.

I had a chance to try several different treats, canned food, and mousse options from Applaws. With the help of Makoa, my two-year-old Domestic Shorthair, I put these offerings to the test. Find out how he liked them, if they met my high standards, and more in my full Applaws Cat Food review.

At a Glance: What We Reviewed

Rating	Image	Product	Details
		Applaws Vitality Canned Food	Grain-free Available in many flavors Complete and balanced nutrition	CHECK PRICE
		Applaws Natural Cat Food Mousse	Meal additive Smooth texture Superfood ingredients	CHECK PRICE
		Applaws Natural Cat Food Puree Treat	Multiple flavors Highly palatable Limited ingredient	CHECK PRICE

About Applaws

Applaws believes what a cat eats is just as important to their health as our diet is to our health. They created a long line of cat food recipes based on this simple idea.

Who Makes Applaws and Where is it Produced?

Applaws is owned by MPM, a premium natural food B Corp that also owns Encore and Reveal cat food companies. The canned and dry food from Applaws is manufactured in Thailand and Ecuador using globally sourced ingredients. All their manufacturing facilities are GFSI-accredited for food safety or operate to IFS standards.

Which Types of Cats is Applaws Best Suited For?

Applaws offers a huge variety of diets for cats, seniors, and kittens over 12 weeks of age. The number of different recipes, textures, and flavors to choose from makes it easy to find something your cat will love no matter their preferences or needs.

Many of Applaws’ “diet addition” foods contain limited ingredients, making it easy to find a recipe that even sensitive cats and those with food allergies can tolerate.

In addition to wet food, they also have various kibble and treat products.

Overview

Here, we give a brief overview of what makes Applaws unique in the cat food world, including the different product types they offer, the ingredients they use, the texture and flavor options available, and where you can purchase their products.

Product Types

For a long time, Applaws’ wet food options were focused on complementary foods—or what is known in the industry as food “for intermittent and supplemental feeding only.”

This means that Applaws’ original wet food recipes are meant to be fed alongside a nutritionally complete diet, such as their dry cat food. They are not designed to be a complete and balanced meal.

These recipes are all 100% natural and contain a short list of ingredients. Some of them, such as the mousse options, include superfood superstars such as omega-3s and glucosamine. These limited-ingredient options are intended to be added to your cat’s normal food to make it more palatable or to add some variety.

Now, in addition to their original lineup of all-natural wet food recipes, Applaws also offers their Vitality canned food. This food has a base of all-natural ingredients plus added vitamins and minerals to make it a complete and balanced option.

Ingredients

Every one of Applaws’ wet food options starts with premium animal-based, protein-packed meats or seafood. Two of the most common first ingredients you’ll find in their recipes are chicken breast and tuna fillet.

These main meats are typically followed by other quality animal ingredients, including salmon, egg whites, and chicken liver. While some recipes include quality salmon oil as an added fat, others rely on less desirable sunflower oil.

Many of the recipe options include some potatoes or potato starch. A few options have rice in them, and many of the senior foods include pumpkin. But in general, these are the only vegetable ingredients you’ll find, which leaves a lot of room for quality meat ingredients.

The ingredient lists for the “complementary” foods only contain these few ingredients. The Vitality line starts with these simple ingredients but also includes a long list of added vitamins and minerals, including taurine.

Texture Options

Applaws offers many different texture varieties for most of their recipes.

For the vitality line, you can choose from pate or “in broth.” The former has a very smooth texture – almost as smooth as their mousse line. The latter has a flaky texture (similar to canned tuna fish) with larger chunks and a brothy base.

For an even smoother texture than the pate option available in cans, you can opt for Applaws’ mousse recipes. Flavors in this texture come in small pouches. The texture is super smooth and a great option for seniors and young kittens.

Lastly, Applaws has a line of “in gravy” options. These recipes have smaller flaked chunks than the “in broth” option and much more liquid. These are a good choice for picky eaters, as the gravy adds an enticing flavor while the chunks make for a more interesting eating experience.

Flavors

In all texture categories, Applaws offers many different recipe—or “flavor”—options.

Many of these recipes include only the ingredients listed on the front of the package, making it easy to find options for cats with food allergies or sensitivities.

Where to Purchase

While Applaws’ website is a great resource for pursuing their long line of cat food options, you can’t order directly from their site.

Instead, you’ll need to visit one of their pet supply partners, including Petco, PetSmart, Pet Supplies Plus, and a handful of other brick-and-mortar chains.

You can also purchase Applaws online at Amazon or Chewy.

Reviews of the Applaws Products We Tried

1. Applaws Vitality Canned Food

For everyday feeding, Applaws’ Vitality line is the option you want. This food is made with a base of quality natural ingredients like all Applaws offerings, but contains added vitamins and minerals to ensure your cat gets everything they need to thrive.

Each of these flavors comes in pate or “in broth” textures.

This adult cat food is perfect for both indoor and outdoor cats. All the flavors are very high in protein, providing energy and lean calories. Many of the flavors are low-fat, a good option for less active cats.

My cat was a big fan of these canned foods and loved the pate just as much as the “in broth” texture. Because these cans are smaller than your typical small cat food cans (2.47oz vs. 3oz) and lower in fat, it did take some time to figure out the right amount to feed Makoa to ensure he was getting enough calories. It certainly didn’t help that he enjoyed this option so much that he was always asking for more!

2. Applaws Naatural Cat Food Mousse

If you’re looking for a way to get your picky cat to eat or just want to add some extra flavor or nutrition to your cat’s diet, Applaws Mousse is the way to go.

These little packets provide a heaping of protein from quality animal-based ingredients, plenty of moisture, and a ton of flavor. Because they don’t contain added nutrients, bone meal, or much organ meat, they are not nutritionally complete and should not be fed alone. But they do make a great addition to an already balanced diet.

The high palatability of these recipes and their pleasing texture make them a great enticer for picky kitties. My cat is anything but picky (he will happily eat hair ties and rubber toys, after all), but he did seem to particularly enjoy this food. He never left his bowl unlicked after I mixed in this supplement.

The two senior options include whole chicken, which provides glucosamine and chondroitin. And the pumpkin adds extra fiber to support elderly tummies. While these are marketed for seniors, they make great super-food add-ons for adult cats too. (Makoa loved the chicken and pumpkin flavor and so did his sensitive stomach.)

3. Applaws Natural Cat Food Puree Treat

Whether you’re looking for a yummy way to reward your cat or need an effective feline training treat, Applaws’ Puree Treats are a great option.

These tubes of smooth “mousse” have an enticing smell, texture, and flavor, and kitties go crazy for them.

Each recipe contains chicken broth or fish broth, the named meat, potatoes, and guar gum. They are fairly low in calories, have a moderate amount of protein, and contain a decent amount of carbohydrates from the potatoes.

They may not be the most nutritious thing on Applaws’ menu, but they are very enticing for cats and make a great occasional treat.

Makoa is a big fan of these, and I use them during his training sessions. The smooth, thin texture makes it easy to dole out a small amount at a time without overdoing it.

Our Experience With Applaws Cat Food

As anyone who has ever read my pet food reviews before knows, I am always on the lookout for quality pet diets that feature high protein and biologically appropriate ingredients. These kinds of diets are getting easier to find for dogs, but still difficult to track down for cats.

This is a shame, considering that cats are obligate carnivores and therefore have much more specific diet requirements than dogs. High protein, animal-based, natural diets have the potential to really benefit cats, but as I said, they are hard to find.

And that’s exactly why I was so eager to see what these diet options from Applaws were all about!

What I Liked

I received a variety of products and recipes from Applaws. When I first saw the mousse pouches, I was so excited about the ingredient lists—I thought I had finally found a cat food that didn’t require synthetic nutrients to meet AFFCO nutrition standards. But do note that these products are only meant to be fed on a supplemental basis,

The Vitality line, which is meant to have complete and balanced nutrition, does include synthetic vitamins and minerals.

Still, the base ingredients for both of these products include quality meat and seafood, and that, I can get behind.

As far as Makoa is concerned, all three of the products I received get two paws way up. He loved all the flavors and was an especially big fan of the Puree Treats.

I transitioned him onto the food fairly quickly, over about three days, and he handled it well. He has a fairly sensitive stomach, but he had no problem with this food. Even more, he had zero issues switching between the flavors or between the Vitality cans and the Mousse pouches.

Where I See Room for Improvement

For the most part, I was pretty satisfied with this food. I like the base ingredients and the simple approach to what’s included in each recipe. Aside from the added vitamins and minerals, the recipes are all-natural and don’t contain any dyes or artificial preservatives.

A few of the recipes do include white potato, which has the potential to reduce taurine levels in dogs and could potentially cause similar issues in cats. And some of the recipes contain rice, a less desirable plant-based ingredient for cat food.

I also worry that the front packaging of the Mousse products is a bit misleading. “Applaws Natural Cat Food – Chicken Recipe” sounds like a type of cat food you could feed as your cat’s sole source of nutrition. It took me a week of feeding this in rotation with the Vitality cans before I read the back label and realized it is only supposed to be fed as a dietary supplement.

Overall though, I have been impressed by this food. More importantly, my cat really loves it and he seems to be doing very well on it.

Conclusion

For cat owners looking for a way to do more at feeding time, Applaws is worth looking into. They are a premium brand, and this comes with a premium price tag, but one that is comparable to other products of a similar quality.

Their many recipe, flavor, and texture options make it easy to find something new and exciting to offer your cat at every meal. And the quality, biologically appropriate, high-protein ingredients are made to help your cat thrive. Whether you want a complete and balanced diet or something to add extra flavor or nutrition to your cat’s meal, Applaws has an option for you.

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