A cat fed the same flavour pouch every day can go off it for no obvious reason, and a high-meat, grain-free option is one of the more straightforward ways to rotate something into the routine without introducing anything unfamiliar.

Meowing Heads' Paw Lickin' Chicken is a 100G pouch that's 93% chicken and beef: fresh deboned chicken (43%), chicken broth (25%) and fresh deboned beef (25%), with sunflower oil, salmon oil and minerals. It's grain free, and it's sold as a complementary food rather than a complete one, so it's meant to go alongside a complete diet rather than replace it entirely. Protein is 11%, fat 5%, crude fibre 1.5%, crude ash 0.5% and moisture 80%. The maker's feeding guide is 1 pouch a day for a 2kg cat, 1.5 pouches for 3kg, and 2 pouches for 5kg.

• 100G pouch
• 93% chicken and beef (43% chicken, 25% beef, plus chicken broth)
• Grain free
• Complementary food, not complete
• Protein 11%, fat 5%, crude fibre 1.5%, crude ash 0.5%, moisture 80%

On what this is not. This is classed as a complementary food, meaning it's meant to be fed alongside a complete diet rather than as the whole of one, even though 93% meat content reads like a main meal. If it's the only thing in the bowl day after day, it isn't formulated to cover everything a cat needs on its own.

Who it's for: owners who want a high-meat, grain-free pouch to rotate into a cat's diet alongside a complete food, rather than a complete meal replacement.