r/veganpets • u/Ninja_zard • Feb 21 '26

Just wanted to spread the word on an upcoming vegan cat food brand.

I just finished watching a live zoom meeting/webinar hosted by In Defense of Animals, featuring the co-founder of Virtuous Vittles, Briana Schweizer, who answered the question of if dogs and cats can be fed plant-based (generally yes, but one possible hurdle I remember mentioned is that they may be very picky).

They plan to release vegan cat food this year that really aims to address the issue of cats being picky eaters better than other brands (she did clarify that they still focus on nutrition first and foremost).

I don't know where else to share this info, recommendations would be appreciated, or you could share it yourself if you want.

I've been informed that although there is the risk of vegan cat food causing crystal piss, the animal flesh version of cat 'food' could also cause crystal piss, so anyone using crystal piss as an argument against feeding cats vegan cat food are bullshitting.

Lastly, I know this isn't absolutely necessary, but the more vegan cat food brands, the better, and they asked people in the zoom meeting to spread the word, so I did.

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u/JayNetworks Feb 27 '26

Always good to have more commercial all plant cat food brands to allow more people to feed their cats nutritionally complete vegan cat food.

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u/EnigmaticBlackChic Mar 09 '26

Great news!

I wish they would make a vegan cat food that focused on specific issues cats have such as urinary tract issues. That's the only reason why I haven't switched my boys' food from the IAMS UI version.

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u/Content_Biscotti5611 Mar 27 '26

So the Virtuous Vittles dog food is formulated for urinary health. Hopefully the cat food will be too.