Big Pet Food prioritizes profits over cat health and they pack cat food with preservatives and fillers. Smalls believes cats deserve better and uses natural ingredients and added vitamins and minerals in our food. Our recipes are cooked with minimal processing. After cooking, our recipes are then frozen to maximize freshness and shipped off to happy cats across the country.
Smalls (smalls.com) has 3,851 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.2 out of 5.
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smalls.com
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Pet Stores
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2026
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My kitty loves the food, especially the treats. I live in South Florida, and the delivery was left this morning outside my front door in the sun. Fortunately, it was still frozen.
Response from SmallsMar 10, 2025
We're so happy to hear your kitty loves the food and treats! That's always our favorite feedback.
We're also glad the food arrived frozen, despite the warm weather. We want to ensure your Smalls arrives in the best possible condition. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
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Kyle
My cats really love the food!
My cats really love the food. The subscription service is very convenient, but the price makes it difficult to use as the sole food for them.
Response from SmallsMar 10, 2025
We're so glad your cats love Smalls! That's always our top priority. We understand that the price can be a factor, and we appreciate your honest feedback about it being difficult to use as their sole food. We're always looking for ways to provide the best possible nutrition while keeping our products accessible. Thank you for being a part of the Smalls family!
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Andrea T.
Great, but so pricey!
My kitten, Kat, really loves Smalls! I love their eco-friendly attempt at packaging. It’s just so dang expensive that we can’t afford to feed her Smalls exclusively, so we have to supplement with canned wet food. She also has dry food. Anyhow, that’s why I give 4 stars instead of 5…the price.
Response from SmallsMar 10, 2025
We're thrilled to hear Kat loves Smalls! It's wonderful that she's enjoying the food, and we appreciate your support of our eco-friendly packaging efforts.
We completely understand your concerns about the cost. We know that feeding a high-quality diet can be a significant investment, and we appreciate your honesty. It's perfectly fine to supplement with other foods to make it work for your budget. We're just happy Kat gets to enjoy some Smalls! Thank you for your feedback.
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Ashlee M.
Gave it a shot.
I decided to give Smalls a try when our local store wasn’t able to keep our usual food in stock. I’ve always been selective in the food I feed my 2 cats, even more so now as they turn 12. Our normal food is also a fresh option, although I was curious if they might like Smalls more. The sample deal was very inexpensive and worth the money. Unfortunately, once you move to the full subscription, pricing drastically increases. They do give size options, and you do save a little $ per pack when choosing larger boxes, in my opinion though, you need to pick the largest box for the subscription to be worth it, and that is A-LOT of food. Doing the math in comparing our usual food, which comes in 1-pound portions, I am paying 3 times more money to get the same amount of food. They do care about animals and their food is definitely amazing quality, but our usual food has the same exact nutritional content and basically all of the same ingredients as Smalls, only it is 3x less expensive. I did a side by side feeding with our usual food on one side and Smalls on the other, they both went for the usual food first, and they both ate all of it before they went for the Smalls. I will still be purchasing the Ground Beef recipe when I can afford it though, because they do REALLY love that one. Also, I forgot to mention that they kindly include a bag of free treats with every order. I think that is awesome, so in conclusion I believe Smalls is worth trying for your cats. Just make sure, if they don’t like it, to cancel the subscription before the deadline or your card will be charged and you will not get your money back.
Response from SmallsMar 10, 2025
Thank you for sharing your detailed and honest experience with Smalls! We appreciate your thoughtful feedback.
We understand your concerns about the pricing of our full subscription, and we recognize that it may not be the most budget-friendly option for every cat parent. We strive to provide the highest quality, human-grade food, and that does come with a cost. We're glad you recognize the quality of our ingredients and the care we put into our recipes.
We're also delighted to hear your cats enjoyed the Ground Cow recipe, even if they preferred their usual food initially. It's always great to know which recipes are a hit!
We value your feedback and will continue to work on providing the best possible experience for our customers and their feline companions. Thank you for giving Smalls a try.
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Jamie B.
My sphinx cat loves this food
My sphinx cat loves this food. I switched from raw because of the risk of parasites. She can’t wait to eat first thing in the morning afternoon and evening. That’s how much she loves the food however, opening the package can be really difficult by hand. It’s hard to separate them. Thank you.
Response from SmallsMar 2, 2025
We're so glad your Sphynx loves Smalls! We understand your concern about the packaging, and we appreciate your feedback. In the meantime, you can try using scissors to open it more easily. We are always working on improving the packaging design. Thanks for choosing Smalls!
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Bev A.
Update!!!
UPDATE:
YES! Customer service from Smalls got in touch with us directly, and also did refund us for the missing items. They are currently experiencing the growing pains of a new company. Our most recent order was correct.
So, with that, and because our extremely finicky cat loves their food (and has thus far refused any other wet food) we have decided to stick with them for now.
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Can't get in touch with them at all. They shorted us on this most recent order, missing 5 packets of food.
We've tried their email, the phone number they have supposedly for texts, and we have not heard a single response.
Social media response is also lacking and apparently we are not the only ones experiencing a communication blackout from Smalls.
Response from SmallsFeb 23, 2025
We're so sorry to hear about the missing food and the trouble you've had contacting our team! It's concerning especially when there's an issue with an order.
Due to an influx of our requests, our team can be a bit busier than usual, and it may take us up to 24 hours to respond. Please know that our small (but mighty!) team is working through every response as quickly as we can and will be in touch to help assist you.
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Colleen
Quality & Efficiency
I have really been happy with the following:
1. Quality of food
2. Quality of packaging
3. Using the website is simple enough
My only frustration has been delivery dates don't actually happen when scheduled. Usually arrive a day early. A couple of times I have been out of town. I had to ask a friend to pick up the products from our community mail room and unpack for me.
Response from SmallsFeb 2, 2025
We're so glad you're happy with the quality of our food, packaging, and website! Thank you for the positive feedback. We're sorry to hear about the frustration with the delivery dates. We understand how inconvenient it is when deliveries arrive early, especially when you're out of town. We're looking into improving our delivery scheduling accuracy. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention!
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Heather B.
I'm happy with the company but my cats are no longer happy with the food.
I really like Smalls, I think their food is well made and very healthy for cats. I like the size of their portions and the ease of opening, storing and serving. Their website needs some updating; it is not very intuitive and I find it difficult to find specific information. I have searched in the past for where they are located, where their food is sourced and breakdown percentages of their ingredients per package. Based on the online reading I have done the company seems diligent and trustworthy. I know that they are a relatively new company are are slowly growing but I would like to see them offer more variety. My 2 senior cats have slowly backed away from eating this food; in the beginning they would eat all that I gave them but quickly stopped eating the 2 poultry choices and they never took a liking to the fish at all. They will pick at the beef and pork selections but that's it. It doesn't go to waste because I have a foster and 2 feral cats that will scarf up the rest. I am going to cancel my subscription for now but keep an eye out to see if they eventually offer any other proteins. I would love if they added rabbit because that is my cats protein of choice.
Response from SmallsFeb 2, 2025
Thank you for your honest feedback about Smalls. We're so glad you appreciate the quality of our food, packaging, and portion sizes, and that you find our pouches easy to use. We also appreciate you pointing out the areas where we can improve.
We understand your frustration with our website and the difficulty in finding specific information like our location, sourcing details, and ingredient breakdowns. To help, most of this information can be found on our FAQ page:
https://help.smalls.com/
We also hear your feedback about the limited protein options and your cats' declining interest in the poultry and fish recipes. We understand how frustrating it is when your cats get picky! We're always exploring new recipes and protein sources. We know how important variety is, especially for senior cats.
We're sorry to see you go for now, but we appreciate you giving Smalls a try. We hope that in the future, we'll have more options available that will entice your feline friends. We'll keep you posted on any new developments!