Brand comparison
Whiskas vs Applaws: is the price gap worth it for your cat?
Whiskas D (30/100) vs Applaws A (90/100). One is the UK's best-seller, the other scores in the top 5. Ingredients tell the story.
Bouchées en Gelée
- Top ingredients
- 1 animal byproducts
- 2 corn
- 3 added sugars
- 4 cellulose
- 5 carrageenan
Kitten
- Top ingredients
- 1 chicken dehydrated 47%
- 2 chicken fat
- 3 potato
- 4 beet pulp
- 5 salmon oil
Applaws wins: 90/100 (Excellent) against 30/100 for Whiskas.
5-dimension score breakdown
PetFoodRate scores every product on five independent dimensions. Here's how Whiskas and Applaws compare on each one.
| Dimension | Whiskas | Applaws |
|---|---|---|
| Proteins | D | A |
| Nutrition balance | D | A |
| Undesirables | D | A |
| Transparency | E | A |
| Adaptability | C | A |
| Total score | 30/100 | 90/100 |
Scores are deterministic and based on ingredient composition only. Read our full methodology to understand how each dimension is weighted.
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