Published May 20, 2026
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Looking for a budget-friendly brand your cat will love? A Strong Heart might catch your eye as you’re scrolling through your favorite online pet retail site, but is it worth buying? Find out in this detailed review.
The Cats.com Standard—Rating A Strong Heart on What Matters
We’ve analyzed A Strong Heart and graded it according to the Cats.com standard, evaluating the brand on species-appropriateness, ingredient quality, product variety, price, customer experience, and recall history. Here’s how it rates in each of these six key areas.
Ratings
- Species-Appropriateness – 6/10
- Ingredient Quality – 4/10
- Product Variety – 6/10
- Price – 9/10
- Customer Experience – 7/10
- Recall History – 8/10
Overall Score: 6.7/10
We give A Strong Heart a 40 out of 60 or a B- grade.
About A Strong Heart Cat Food
A Strong Heart is an American cat food brand that recently hit the market. This brand offers affordably priced products in a wide range of flavors for both cats and dogs, focusing on wet food in cans, trays, and pouches.
Everything about A Strong Heart is eye-catching. From the website to the product packaging, it’s all bright colors and snappy taglines. The brand even describes itself as a place where “every meal is a fusion of premium nutrition and irresistible flavor.”
Like many bargain-priced cat food companies, A Strong Heart leaves something to be desired in terms of product quality and brand transparency. But many cats seem to love the food and loyal customers certainly don’t complain about the cost.
Sourcing and Manufacturing
Little information is available about the sourcing and manufacture of A Strong Heart pet food. The product packaging simply states that the food is made in the USA with globally sourced ingredients and distributed by Simmons Pet Food.
Simmons Pet Food is one of three distinct divisions operating under the Simmons Foods umbrella. The other two divisions are Simmons Prepared Foods (which makes poultry products for food service industries) and Simmons Animal Nutrition (which makes ingredients for animal feed). Simmons Foods, founded in 1949, produces ingredients for a wide range of pet food brands including Blue Buffalo, Hills, and Fresh Pet.
A Strong Heart cat food is manufactured in Simmons Foods’ Siloam Springs facility in Arkansas which opened in 2017. This facility is dedicated to the production of wet pet foods, which were previously made in facilities acquired from the purchase of Menu Foods in 2010. Menu Foods was implicated in one of the largest pet food recalls in North American history (over 60 million containers of food across more than 100 brands), caused by ingredients contaminated with melamine.
Has A Strong Heart Cat Food Been Recalled?
We didn’t find any indication that A Strong Heart cat food has ever been recalled. Keep in mind, however, that the brand is likely only a few years old. Though A Strong Heart hasn’t had any product recalls, the manufacturer Simmons Pet Food has.
Simmons Pet Food has recalled dog food products twice due to metal contamination or issues with can lining, once in 2006 and again in 2017. In 2019, Simmons Prepared Foods recalled over 2 million pounds of poultry products contaminated with metal, though this particular recall didn’t affect any of the company’s pet products.
What Kinds of Cat Food Does A Strong Heart Offer?
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A Strong Heart is a wet-food-only brand, offering an assortment of flavors and textures. The main featured flavors are chicken, turkey, beef, and fish, but the recipes primarily consist of meat and poultry byproducts. This brand also relies heavily on processed grains and starchy additives like corn, wheat, and soy.
This brand offers canned food in three sizes (3-ounce, 5.5-ounce, and 13.2-ounce) as well as 2.6-ounce split cup trays (1.3 ounces per serving). The entrees served in trays feature salmon, whitefish, tuna, chicken, or roasted turkey.
Here is a list of A Strong Heart’s current canned food lineup:
- Chicken & Salmon Dinner in Gravy
- Chicken & Tuna Dinner in Pate
- Chicken Dinner Pate
- Prime Filets Chicken Dinner in Gravy
- Salmon Dinner Pate
- Shredded Chicken Dinner in Gravy
- Shreds with Ocean Whitefish & Tuna
- Turkey & Cheese Dinner in Gravy
- Turkey & Giblets Dinner
- Tuna Dinner in Gravy
- Grilled Chicken Dinner in Gravy
- Beef Dinner Pate
- Whitefish & Tuna Dinner Pate
- Liver & Chicken Dinner Pate
- Mixed Grill Dinner Pate
- Special Supper Dinner Pate
- Chicken Shreds with Organ Meat In Sauce
- Chicken Shreds in Sauce
While most of this brand’s products are formulated to provide complete and balanced nutrition, a few recipes are intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only. This applies to the Chicken Shreds in Sauce and Chicken Shreds with Organ Meat in Sauce formulas.
What Did Our Test Cats Think?
To review A Strong Heart, I ordered a variety of products across the brand’s price spectrum. In addition to a variety pack of pate-style foods, I purchased the Salmon Entree trays and the Mixed Grill Dinner in the 13.2-ounce cans.
My cats seemed to like both the Mixed Grill Dinner and Salmon Entree, but weren’t interested in the pates (specifically the chicken flavor). While all three were pretty moist, the salmon entree had the softest texture. The two trays snapped apart cleanly, and the foil tops were easy to remove. While the smaller cans had pull tabs, I had to use a can opener on the large 13.2-ounce cans.
A Strong Heart Cat Food—Top 3 Recipes Reviewed
| Product Name | Food Type | Primary Protein | Calories Per Ounce | Price | Our Grade |
| A Strong Heart Chicken Dinner Pate Wet Cat Food | Wet | Chicken | 30 | $0.22 per oz | C |
| A Strong Heart Salmon Entree in Savory Juices Wet Cat Food | Wet | Chicken | 32 | $0.31 per oz | B- |
| A Strong Heart Mixed Grill Dinner Pate Wet Cat Food | Wet | Meat By-Products | 32 | $0.1 per oz | C- |
#1 A Strong Heart Chicken Dinner Pate Wet Cat Food
Featuring chicken as the primary ingredient, this pate-style wet cat food is nutritionally complete for cats in all life stages. Though chicken is the main flavor, the food also contains vaguely-named proteins like liver and fish as well as meat by-products.
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Kate Barrington / Cats.com
Kate Barrington / Cats.com
It’s worth noting that animal by-products aren’t necessarily bad for cats since they can include nutrient-rich organ meats, blood, and bone. The trouble is that it’s hard to gauge the quality, and sources may vary from one batch to another. Named protein sources are generally best, especially for cats with food allergies or sensitivities.
Though certainly not perfect in terms of the ingredients, this recipe’s nutritional composition is pretty biologically appropriate. It contains over 45% protein and nearly 23% fat with only around 10% carbohydrate, all measured as dry matter. Plus, it’s a moisture-rich recipe with a smooth, easy-to-eat texture.
Ingredients
Chicken, Chicken Broth, Liver, Meat By-Products, Fish, Natural Flavor, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Added Color, Choline Chloride, Vitamins (Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid), Salt, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Sulfate, Potassium Iodide), Taurine, Magnesium Sulfate, Sodium Nitrite (To Promote Color Retention).
Ingredients We Liked: Chicken
Ingredients We Didn’t Like: Liver, Meat By-Products, Fish, Guar Gum, Added Color
Guaranteed Analysis
Dry Matter Basis
Caloric Weight Basis
What We Liked:
- Real chicken is the first ingredient
- Good source of hydrating moisture for cats
- Soft pate texture is easy for cats to eat
- Low in carbohydrates (around 10% as dry matter)
What We Didn’t Like:
- Relies heavily on animal by-products
- Contains added color
- Guar gum may trigger loose stools in sensitive cats
#2 A Strong Heart Salmon Entree in Savory Juices Wet Cat Food
One of several tray-style entrees A Strong Heart offers, this recipe features salmon as the primary flavor. Salmon is not, however, the main ingredient. Chicken appears first on the list with additional protein from poultry liver. It could be argued that this is a chicken-based recipe with salmon flavor.
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Kate Barrington / Cats.com
Kate Barrington / Cats.com
Though the name of this product may be a little misleading, the formula is free from the animal by-products that dominate A Strong Heart’s pate-style recipes. There’s still some added starch and guar gum to thicken the sauce, but the dry matter carbohydrate content remains pretty low.
This cat food comes in trays with two 1.3-ounce servings each. You can snap the tray in half to get two individually-sealed portions, each containing about 42 calories. This design helps simplify feeding and reduces leftovers, but it does significantly increase the per-ounce cost over A Strong Heart’s canned recipes.
Ingredients
Chicken, Water Sufficient For Processing, Salmon, Poultry Liver, Chicken Broth, Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum, Natural Flavor, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Choline Chloride, Vitamins (Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Biotin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Sulfate, Potassium Iodide), Magnesium Sulfate, Dl-Methionine.
Ingredients We Liked: Chicken, Salmon
Ingredients We Didn’t Like: Poultry Liver, Tapioca Starch, Guar Gum
Guaranteed Analysis
Dry Matter Basis
Caloric Weight Basis
What We Liked:
- Contains over 47% protein (measured as dry matter)
- Rich in hydrating moisture for cats
- Simple to serve with minimal leftovers
- Relatively low carbohydrate content
What We Didn’t Like:
- Product name is a little misleading (chicken is the main ingredient)
- Tray-style products are more expensive than cans
- Guar gum may trigger loose stools in sensitive cats
#3 A Strong Heart Mixed Grill Dinner Pate Wet Cat Food
Similar to the first recipe, this wet cat food relies heavily on meat-by-products. Unlike A Strong Heart’s pates, however, it doesn’t contain a named animal protein as the first ingredient (though chicken does appear later on the list). The food also contains fish oil, a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, though it’s the last listed ingredient.
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Kate Barrington / Cats.com
Kate Barrington / Cats.com
Aside from potentially questionable ingredients like animal by-products, this recipe (like many from A Strong Heart) also contains added color. Artificial colors have been linked to negative health effects and, quite simply, they only provide an aesthetic benefit with no boost to the product’s nutritional value.
This product’s carbohydrate content is pretty low and we like the high moisture content. However, it may not be appropriate for cats with food allergies (due to the vaguely named ingredients). It also contains guar gum which has been known to trigger loose stools in sensitive cats.
Ingredients
Meat By-Products, Water Sufficient For Processing, Poultry By-Products, Animal Liver, Chicken, Rice, Natural Flavor, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Choline Chloride, Carrageenan, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid), Added Color, Calcium Carbonate, Minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Proteinate, Potassium Iodide, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite), Taurine, Magnesium Sulfate, Fish Oil (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols).
Ingredients We Liked: Chicken, Fish Oil
Ingredients We Didn’t Like: Meat By-Products, Poultry By-Products, Animal Liver, Rice, Guar Gum, Added Color
Guaranteed Analysis
Dry Matter Basis
Caloric Weight Basis
What We Liked:
- Contains over 45% protein (measured as dry matter)
- Good source of hydrating moisture for cats
- Relatively low in carbohydrates
- Very affordable, about $0.10 per ounce
What We Didn’t Like:
- Relies heavily on animal by-products
- Contains added color
- Large 13.2-ounce cans don’t have a pull tab
What Do Customers Think of A Strong Heart Cat Food?
Because A Strong Heart appears to be a relatively new brand, it’s not surprising that online reviews are somewhat limited. Though a few recipes have over 1,000 reviews on Amazon, most of those sold on Chewy have fewer than 100 ratings. Average star ratings range from 3.6 to 4.2 out of 5 stars.
Positive Reviews
Satisfied customers frequently comment on A Strong Heart’s affordability, and the brand seems to be particularly popular among feral cat feeders. A significant number of reviewers also mention that even their picky cats like the food.
“We buy these cans of cat food for the feral cats in our neighborhood. The feral cats do eat it, but they do not go super wild over it. The price is great for feeding feral cats, worth the price.” – Anonymous reviewing A Strong Heart Wet Food Variety Pack on Amazon, May 4, 2026
“I’ve tried a lot of canned pate for my cats. Ava, the fussiest of all three cats really loves this flavor pate. Happy to find food that all three cats will eat. I would recommend this to other cat parents.” – Tracy reviewing A Strong Heart Chicken Dinner Pate on Chewy, May 8, 2026
Negative Reviews
As happens with any cat food, some cats simply turn up their noses at A Strong Heart. Several dissatisfied customers say their cats vomited after eating the food and some mention that feral cats who normally eat anything wouldn’t touch it. Some customers also have concerns about the ingredient quality.
“From size can and larger quantity to questionable unknown ingredients to seemingly lower quality, I regret that I cannot recommend this food and would not feed to my cats unless there were absolutely no other options.” – DrLadybug reviewing A Strong Heart Mixed Grill Dinner Pate on Chewy, January 13, 2026
“Amazon threw this into the mix when I was searching for this flavor in Friskies. Bought it thinking it was Friskies. Kept it hoping my picky cat would eat it. Nope. Turned around and walked out of the room. I’m going to have to donate to a Rescue near me.” – Suzanne reviewing A Strong Heart Canned Shreds on Amazon, April 21, 2026
How Much Does A Strong Heart Cat Food Cost?
Marketed as an affordable cat food brand, A Strong Heart definitely lives up to this promise. The average per-ounce price for the brand’s wet food is between $0.10 and $0.15. Some of the shredded recipes cost a little more, between $0.25 and $0.30 per ounce, but per-ounce costs go down when you buy in bulk.
The most cost-effective way to buy A Strong Heart cat food is in the large 13.2-ounce cans in cases of 12. If you want to try several recipes, you can get three flavors in a variety pack. A 24-pack of 3-ounce cans costs about $20, while a 32-pack of 5.5-ounce cans costs about $25.
Depending on which recipe you choose, the estimated daily cost to feed a 10-pound cat A Strong Heart cat food ranges from about $0.70 to $2.00. This puts it in a similar price range to other budget-friendly brands like Wholehearted and Friskies.
Where is A Strong Heart Cat Food Sold?
A Strong Heart cat food is sold primarily online. While you can’t buy the food directly from the manufacturer, it’s easy to find on both Chewy and Amazon. You can buy individual recipes by the case or purchase one of several variety packs.
At the time of this review, some A Strong Heart dog food recipes were available for purchase on Walmart.com, but all cat food was out of stock. Comments on social media platforms suggest the food has been sold in various grocery and discount stores in the past, but current availability appears to be limited to major online pet retailers.
Overall, Is A Strong Heart Cat Food a Good Choice?
A Strong Heart is most likely to appeal to budget-conscious cat owners. It’s hard to beat a daily feeding cost under $1 for wet food without sacrificing variety. As is often the case, however, you get what you pay for with this brand.
Not only does A Strong Heart cat food rely heavily on animal by-products and processed grains (particularly in the lowest-priced products), but information about the brand itself is limited. The wording on the brand’s website is vague, focusing on buzzwords rather than providing valuable information. If you want to know exactly what you’re putting in your cat’s bowl, this probably isn’t the brand for you.
Although not the best brand in terms of quality, A Strong Heart appears to be popular among caretakers of stray and feral cats. If you’re looking for a high-moisture alternative to cheap dry food for feeding ferals, this brand might be worth trying. We recommend sticking with the pate-style recipes for their low-carb content or the trays for their lack of byproducts and added color.
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