Never thought about how many calories your cat needs per day? Don’t worry, you’re not alone.

For years, cat parents' only choice was to feed 85g sachets or tins from the supermarket. But every cat is different and their food should be tailored for them.

That’s why we select a portion specifically for your cat. To make it easy to know how many calories they need per day, in as many portions as they prefer.

Our trays come pre-split in two portions: one for the morning and one for the evening.

This is because we heard from cat parents that the majority of people feed their cat twice a day.

But we know this isn’t true for every cat + owner.

Because a tray of food = all the calories your cat needs for a day, you can split this into as many portions as they prefer. An open tray of KatKin can be popped in the fridge for up to 2 days.

🧪 Sorry, we’re about to get science-y. We have 7 different recipes here at KatKin, but not all meat is identical when it comes to calorific density.

Chicken is less calorific than a fattier meat, such as pork or beef. This means it takes more chicken than beef to reach the same amount of calories (think: choosing to eat leaner meat when you’re on a diet and cutting out fattier meat such as bacon.)

So, our 200kcal trays of Cluck will weigh more than 200kcal of Mooo or Oink.

If we gave your cat 150g of chicken and 150g of beef, beef would be higher in calories. This is why we use calories and not grams in our portion sizes.

At KatKin, we currently provide 6 different portion sizes of our recipes;

No matter which portion size your cat needs and which plan you choose, you'll always receive 2 portions per day.

We use 4 different pieces of information about your cat to determine what portion size they need:

Once you’ve confirmed these details, Dom will let you know which portion we think they need in the ‘My Plan’ stage of signing up for a trial box.

KatKin is designed to give your cat the perfect amount of calories they need, in order to be their ideal weight. That means that if your cat needs to put on or lose weight (by selecting skinny, chubby or obese), keeping their details up to date after the trial ensures we won’t send too much or too little food.

👉 You can follow the steps here to update your cats details and change their portion size.

If you’d like to check which portion a cat would need, before signing up for a trial box, you can enter their details here in our retail portion calculator.

Yes - our higher calorie trays contain proportionally more food by weight.

For example:

This means larger calorie portions are physically bigger because they contain more food, not because the recipe is more calorie-dense.

It's really normal for cats to show signs of hunger during the trial period especially, as they get used to the new type of fresh food. Check their details in your account are correct and if they are, stick the portions we recommend for a week. Split their meals into smaller portions to help manage their appetite during this time.

If your cat is still showing signs of hunger towards the end of the trial, you're able to adjust the portion size in your account freely, even if the calculator recommends a different amount.

Follow the calorie recommendation in your cat's profile and monitor their weight and body condition. Adjust portions as needed based on these factors, but you also know your cat best. You're able to adjust the amount of food we send to you if your cat appears to eat more or less than we recommend.

With KatKin, it works quite differently to regular cat food sachets.

Each KatKin tray contains a full day's worth of calories for your cat - that's 2 portions (morning and evening). So instead of needing 3 separate trays like with regular cat food, your cat would just need 1 KatKin tray per day. This is because we have 6 different portions of food, so we send you the exact amount of calories we think your cat needs to be the ideal weight.

Plus, you're in complete control. If you want to adjust the amount of calories your cat receives after the trial, you can log in to your account, adjust your cats details and amend the tray size at any time.