This week’s race
Blue Buffalo leads; Orijen climbs 9 spots.
Power ranking
Who leads this sub.
This week?
Blue Buffalo stays on top for the sixth straight week in pet food rankings. Fromm made the biggest move upward, climbing fifteen places to number thirteen, while Iams jumped ten spots to sixteen. Wellness CORE fell hard, dropping from fifteenth to twenty-ninth, and Tiki Cat lost twelve positions down to twenty-five. Nulo and Diamond Naturals both entered the rankings this week at eighteen and twenty respectively, filling gaps left by brands in motion.
The questions?
These rankings answer 6 buyer questions. Open any one for the head-to-head.
The subcategory score is an aggregate. Each question has its own AI ranking, reviewer check and weekly movement — that's where the picks actually come from.
Act one
Where the machines rank them.
Three AI models rank every brand in this sub — who just arrived, the full board, the lineups each fields, and who owns each trait.
Newcomers
Just arrived.
new · Jun 2026
#86
new · Jun 2026
#96
new · Jun 2026
#92 · in best grain-free dog foods
new · Jun 2026
#72 · in best wet cat foods
new · Jun 2026
#73 · in best wet cat foods
new · Jun 2026
#55 · in best wet cat foods
new · Jun 2026
#90
new · Jun 2026
#84
new · Jun 2026
#98
Full ranking
Every brand ranked.
as of June 15 · vs June 16 · 6 intents?
Brand portfolios
What each brand fields here.
Act three
How the models think.
Where each brand actually competes across the buyer questions, and the running ledger of what just moved in this sub.
Intent dominance
Where each brand actually competes.
as of June 15 · 6 intents?
Ledger?
What just moved in this sub.
- ▼ fall#27 → #63
- ▼ fall#21 → #37
- ▲ climb#28 → #13
- ▼ fall#16 → #30
- ✦ debutdebut at #17
- ▼ fall#30 → #41
- ▲ climb#24 → #14
- ✦ debutdebut at #22
- ✦ debutdebut at #23
- ▼ fall#18 → #25
- ▼ fall#15 → #21
- ▲ climb#7 → #2
- ▲ climb#25 → #20
- ▼ fall#23 → #28
- ▼ fall#26 → #31
- ▼ fall#20 → #24
- ▼ fall#22 → #26
- ▼ fall#4 → #7
- ✦ debutdebut at #27
- ▲ climb#10 → #8
about pet food
Pick by what you need
- buying intents · in products →
- Best Dry Dog Foods
- Best Wet Cat Foods
- Best Dog Treats
- Best Grain-Free Dog Foods
- Best Puppy Foods
- Best Senior Dog Foods
interesting facts from pet food
The pet food brands split into clear lines. Purina and Mars own the grocery aisles. They make food cheap and steady. Hill's and Royal Canin pitch themselves to vets and owners who want science behind the bag. Orijen and Acana come from Canada with talk of fresh meat and regional sourcing. Open Farm and Stella & Chewy's court owners who read labels and distrust the big names. Each brand knows its buyer.
The choice comes down to trust and what you believe your animal needs. Some owners want proof from a vet. Some want a short ingredient list they recognize. Some want price that doesn't hurt. The brands know this and have built themselves to answer one question best.
The brand rail stops here. For the individual products inside this sub, switch to the product view.