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FOOD, APPAREL & LIFESTYLE

Best cat food, according to AI

We asked the six leading AI assistants what they recommend in cat food, then ranked the brands by how often AI puts them first.

6 AI assistants15 brands rankedUpdated June 2026
#1

Smalls

smalls.com

Recommended by 4 of 6 assistants
ClaudePerplexityGrok
  1. 2

    Purina Pro Plan

    6/6 AIs
    ChatGPTClaudePerplexityDeepSeekGrok
  2. 3

    Royal Canin

    5/6 AIs
    ChatGPTClaudePerplexityDeepSeek
  3. 4

    Ziwi Peak

    3/6 AIs
    ClaudePerplexityGrok
  4. 5

    Hill's Science Diet

    5/6 AIs
    ChatGPTClaudePerplexityDeepSeek
  5. 6

    Tiki Cat

    4/6 AIs
    ClaudePerplexityGrok
  6. 7

    Orijen

    5/6 AIs
    ChatGPTClaudePerplexityGrok
  7. 8

    Ziwi

    1/6 AIs
    Perplexity
  8. 9

    Open Farm

    3/6 AIs
    PerplexityGrok
  9. 10

    Weruva

    4/6 AIs
    ClaudePerplexityGrok
  10. 11

    Blue Buffalo

    2/6 AIs
    ChatGPTDeepSeek
  11. 12

    Wellness Complete Health

    3/6 AIs
    ChatGPTDeepSeek
  12. 13

    Iams

    4/6 AIs
    ChatGPTPerplexityDeepSeek
  13. 14

    FirstMate

    2/6 AIs
    PerplexityGrok
  14. 15

    Wellness

    2/6 AIs
    ChatGPTPerplexity

How this ranking is built

Each of the 6 assistants — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek and Grok — was asked “What are the best cat food? Recommend the top brands or products that people actually use, as a ranked list from best to worst. For each, give just the name.” multiple times. Brands are scored by a position-weighted measure across every answer (being named first, often, and by more assistants all rank a brand higher), then refreshed monthly. This reflects what AI recommends — it is not an endorsement by CiteHawk.

Questions about cat food & AI

Why does AI recommend these cat food?

AI assistants surface brands they encounter most often as authoritative answers — through reviews, comparisons, directories and citations across the web. Brands with strong, consistent presence in those sources get recommended first.

How often is this updated?

The AI Index is refreshed monthly across all 6 assistants, so the ranking tracks how AI’s recommendations shift over time.

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