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Most Satisfied Customers | Royal Canin

Aussies have rated Royal Canin as the top pick in Canstar Blue’s latest cat food ratings, receiving five-star reviews for pet enjoyment, packaging, variety and range and overall satisfaction. 

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How we rate cat food brands

Our review compares cat food brands on customer satisfaction, so you can find out what other Aussies think about the compared brands before you go ahead with a purchase. Think of it as like asking hundreds of your closest mates which cat food brand they think is best!


Canstar Blue surveyed 625 Australians for their feedback on the cat food brand(s) they’ve purchased for their pet in the last three months.

  • The outcomes reported in these ratings are measured via PureProfile’s accredited online research panel.



Respondents rate their satisfaction with their cat food brand(s) from zero to 10, where zero is extremely dissatisfied and 10 is extremely satisfied. Brand satisfaction was rated by respondents on the following criteria:
  • Overall satisfaction: measures consumer satisfaction with a cat food brand as an individual score NOT a combined total of all criteria.
  • Value for money: quality and quantity of product for price paid.
  • Variety and range: good range of product options.
  • Packaging: provides sufficient information, easy to use, easy to store, functional.
  • Pet enjoyment: pet eats all/most of the food at once, seems to like it.
  • Ingredients: nutritional value, added ingredients.


The winning brand is the one that receives the highest overall satisfaction rating once all the scores from the overall satisfaction criteria are combined and averaged.

  • Overall satisfaction is asked as a specific question and represents an individual measure, not a combined total of all criteria.
  • When we cannot determine a clear winner from the criteria for the overall satisfaction rating, we will then look at the other criteria measured in the rating.
    • The brand with the highest number of five-star ratings within the supporting criteria will become the five-star recipient in overall satisfaction, and thus win the award. If a clear leader still cannot be determined from the supporting criteria, joint winners will be declared.


Brands must have received at least 30 responses to be included, so not all brands available in the market have been compared in this survey. The brands rated in this survey are listed below in order of best overall satisfaction.

  • Royal Canin
  • Friskies
  • Fussy Cat
  • Whiskas
  • Hill’s Science Diet
  • Coles
  • Dine
  • Fancy Feast
  • Felix

Find more detailed information on our Most Satisfied Customer methodology.


Top Cat Food Brand – Royal Canin

Royal Canin

Royal Canin is a French pet food brand that is sold online and in pet stores across Australia. The brand’s cat food range includes milk replacer, wet food and dry food for specific breeds, ages and health issues. 

 

About our consumer experts


Rachel Bollerman: Content Producer

This article was written by Canstar Blue Consumer Content Producer, Rachel Bollerman. Rachel graduated with a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in Journalism at the Queensland University of Technology in 2021. She has worked in public relations, marketing and communications roles at Jessica Cotton PR & Marketing and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health. Gaining experience in broadcast journalism and blog writing, Rachel has also interned at 4ZZZ Community Radio and Fishburners.

When she’s not working, Rachel enjoys doing arts and crafts projects at home, watching true crime and spending time with friends. You can follow Rachel on LinkedIn.

 

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Grace Kinross: Graduate Consumer Research Specialist

Grace Kinross Graduate Consumer Research Specialist

Grace is in the final semester of her Bachelor of Advanced Business (Honours) degree at The University of Queensland, majoring in Business Analytics and Marketing. Her studies have equipped her with strong capabilities in data analysis and consumer research. Grace began her journey with Canstar in early 2025 as a casual research assistant and has since progressed into her current role, where she oversees the consumer research ratings across a wide range of product and service categories. She is responsible for survey design and consumer data analysis, and enjoys her focus on uncovering insights that inform Canstar Blue’s ratings and awards and help support consumers to make more informed decisions.

 

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Past ratings

Here are the past winners of Canstar Blue’s cat food ratings:

  • 2024: Hill’s Science Diet
  • 2023: Friskies
  • 2022: Fussy Cat
  • 2021: ALDI Silvester’s
  • 2020: Fancy Feast
  • 2019: Purina

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