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The Cats.com Standard—Rating Aldi Cat Food On What Matters
We’ve rated the brand on six key criteria for quality. Here’s how it rates in each of these six crucial areas.
Ratings
- Species-Appropriateness – 5/10
- Ingredient Quality – 4/10
- Product Variety – 6/10
- Price – 8/10
- Customer Experience – 7/10
- Recall History – 8/10
Overall Score: 6.3/10
In total, we give Aldi cat food a 38 out of 60 rating or a C+ grade.
About Aldi Cat Food
Aldi is one of the fastest growing grocery stores in the United States. Originally from Germany and other parts of Europe, Aldi now has about 7,600 stores worldwide. When it comes to their pet food products, Aldi has their own in-store brand called Heart to Tail.
Sourcing And Manufacturing
Distributed and sold exclusively by Aldi, Heart to Tail wet foods are a product of Canada while their dry pet food products are made in the U.S. We weren’t able to find any specific information about who manufactures Aldi’s cat foods or where they source their ingredients.
Recall History
To my knowledge, Aldi cat foods have never been recalled.
What Kinds Of Cat Food Does Aldi Offer?
Aldi offers two different product lines for cat food. The original Heart to Tail line includes classic recipes for dry food and wet food while the Pure Being line focuses on higher quality ingredients. Overall, their product selection is somewhat limited compared to major pet food brands, but it offers a decent variety at an economical price point for budget-wary shoppers.
What Do Customers Think Of Aldi Cat Food?
Aldi doesn’t post reviews of their products on their website and because Heart to Tail products aren’t sold anywhere else, I wasn’t able to find many customer reviews online.
I did, however, find one detailed review on a blog called Aldi Reviewer. Here, the blogger provides a detailed review of Aldi’s Heart to Tail cat foods, focusing primarily on the wet food products. She comments that her cats seemed to like both, though they preferred the wet to the dry food varieties.
Though I didn’t find much in the way of customer reviews online, I imagine the comments would be similar to other inexpensive and grocery store brands like 9 Lives and Fancy Feast. The quality of the ingredients leaves something to be desired, though it’s hard to beat the price and there will always be cats who simply love cheap cat food.
What Did Our Test Cats Think?

Bagel seemed to prefer the Pure Being dry food formula which was my preference as well, in terms of quality.
Testing Aldi’s cat food was tricky because one of my cats is allergic to chicken. Though some of Aldi’s canned foods don’t list chicken as an ingredient, they do contain poultry by-products which could come from chicken. The two cats who were able to test these foods didn’t seem to take issue with them.
As for Aldi’s dry cat foods, all of those seem to contain chicken or chicken by-products as well. My cats were happy to eat them but they didn’t exhibit the same level of excitement they’ve had over some of the other brands we’ve tested.
Aldi Cat Food – Top 3 Recipes Reviewed
Product Name | Food Type | Main Protein Source | Calories | Price | Our Grade |
Heart to Tail Special Medley Formula Premium Adult Cat Food | Dry | Corn | 320 kcal/cup | $0.07 per oz | D |
Heart to Tail Pure Being Deboned Salmon, Rice & Sweet Potato Dry Food | Dry | Salmon | 367 kcal/cup | $0.12 per oz | B- |
Heart to Tail Salmon Entrée Canned Cat Food | Wet | Meat By-Products | 1190 kcal/kg | $0.08 per oz | C |
How Much Does Aldi Cat Food Cost?
As a discount store brand, Aldi cat food is very economical. Prices may differ slightly in different areas, but you should expect to pay less than $0.50 per can for wet food. For a 3.15-pound bag of Heart to Tail dry food you’ll pay about $3.50 while a bag of Pure Being dry food costs about $6.50.
Overall, Is Aldi Cat Food A Good Choice?
The best thing I can say about Aldi cat food is that it is affordable. With dry foods priced under $0.15 per ounce and canned foods under $0.10 per ounce, Heart to Tail cat food is incredibly economical.
Before you fill your cart with Aldi cat food, however, I urge you to consider what you’re feeding your cat. None of the products I reviewed earned over a B- rating, and that really only because it started with a quality source of animal protein. For the most part, Aldi’s dry cat food is plant-based with low-quality animal or plant proteins and their wet food isn’t much better.
Overall, I’d say you can do much better than Aldi cat food, though you may have to spend a few cents more per ounce. If you’re shopping only by cost and convenience, reach for Pure Being dry foods or one of their canned foods that uses real animal protein rather than by-products as the first ingredient.
Where Is Aldi Cat Food Sold?
Aldi cat food from the Heart to Tail and Pure Being lines is sold exclusively in Aldi stores. You can also purchase Aldi products including their cat food online for delivery through Instacart.
You only reviewed the large 5.5oz can of the Aldi wet food. Please also review the smaller 3.5oz cans, they have better ingredients, the first ingredient on the list is whatever meat’s listed on the can.
Hi Ripix, thanks for pointing that out! We’ll consider updating the article with this change. Cheers.
Also, the carageenan is gone in the small cans.
Thank you, Elliot!
The cans are gone. New formulations entirely now. Our cats did not respond well to it, we stopped buying Aldi’s cat food now.
i had purchased dry cat food from aldis the 4 or 5 .lb bag not to long ago and i have 10 cats that noramally eat anthing besides kit kaboodle m walmart brand dry cat food n Aldis own brand…. not one cat woulf touch it. So mybe u ccan help on getting me a rfund please?
thanks
Theresa Rose
Heya, you can learn more about Aldi’s return policy here.