About Purina Cat Chow
Cat Chow is the Purina line aimed at the everyday household cat, and the formula we reviewed is Naturals Hairball, Indoor. It is built as one combined food for indoor life, hairball control, and healthy weight, which describes a very common situation: a house cat that over-grooms and is carrying a little extra from a bowl that is always full. The recipe is made with real turkey and chicken and has no artificial flavors.
Hairball control in this recipe comes from a fiber blend of powdered cellulose and soybean hulls. We were straightforward about its limits in our review: guaranteed crude fiber is around five percent, below the eight to ten percent range veterinary guidance suggests for a dry hairball food, there is no psyllium, and the base includes corn, so it is not grain-free. Where it earns its place is practicality. It comes in the largest bag among the hairball foods we compared, at one of the lowest prices, which makes it easy to keep feeding steadily in a multi-cat home.
Brand website: purina.com/cat-chow
Why we recognized Purina Cat Chow
The House of Mittens Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our vet-reviewed category guides. Purina Cat Chow earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: assessed against feline-health criteria, used with real cats, and judged on merit.
Purina Cat Chow products we rated highly
Purina Cat Chow Naturals Hairball, Indoor Dry Cat Food, 13 lb Bag
One of our top picks for indoor cats in our hairball control guide. It combines indoor, hairball, and healthy-weight support in a single dry food, with real turkey and chicken, no artificial flavors, and a powdered cellulose and soybean hulls fiber blend. The large bag at a modest price suits multi-cat households, where steady feeding matters more than a formula fed for a couple of weeks. Its fiber is lower than the range usually suggested for hairball foods and it has no psyllium, so a heavy long-haired shedder may need a higher-fiber food.
Read the 13 Best Hairball Control Cat Foods of 2026 guide →What earned Purina Cat Chow the recognition
- Selected as a top pick for indoor cats in our guide to hairball control cat foods.
- Combines indoor, hairball, and healthy-weight support in one dry formula, matching the house cat most owners are actually shopping for.
- Made with real turkey and chicken and no artificial flavors.
- The large bag at a low price makes it one of the easiest foods in the guide to sustain across several cats.
- We name its trade-offs plainly: fiber below the usual veterinary range for hairball foods, no psyllium, and corn in the base.