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Are there medical reasons why pork isn't a common protein in cat food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

any medical reason known for never seeing pork as a cat food? Not preferably. Medically

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Answered By Oneal Bogan, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on January 3rd, 2018

Hi there, Pork is used in some cat foods like the Renal Diet from Royal Canin and is some diets for allergic cats. It's not a first line choice for the main protein source for cats because it's not as readily available as chicken. I hope that helps and thanks for using Pet Coach!

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