Collection: Freeze-Dried for Cats
Three single-protein recipes, one format. Bugsy's freeze-dried range gives cats a raw-style diet out of a cupboard rather than a freezer, in proteins most cats here have never eaten — kangaroo, venison and wild boar.
Every recipe is formulated for cats specifically, not scaled down from the dog range. That distinction carries weight: cats are obligate carnivores, and nutrients like taurine and DHA have to arrive ready-made in the food because a cat can't reliably produce or convert them.
Which of the three?
Kangaroo and wild boar are nutritionally identical, so between those two you're choosing a protein rather than a formula. Venison is the outlier — more protein, more energy in the same portion.
Swipe the table sideways to see all three.
| Kangaroo | Venison | Wild Boar | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 41% | 45% | 41% |
| Fat | 16% | 16% | 16% |
| Energy | 367 kcal /100 g |
396 kcal /100 g |
367 kcal /100 g |
| Choosing between them | |||
| Reach for it when | You're starting an elimination trial and want the protein least likely to have been met before | Your cat needs to put condition back on, or eats very little at a sitting | Your cat is settled on one novel protein and you want a second to rotate to |
| Catch | None — a marsupial, unrelated to anything on a supermarket shelf | Deer are ruminants, so a beef- or lamb-sensitive cat isn't a certain match | The farmed pig is a domesticated wild boar, so it isn't novel if your cat eats pork |
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Figures are on a dry matter basis. Feeding amounts are identical across all three — each product page carries the full table.
How freeze-dried raw compares to what you're feeding now
Freeze-drying and air-drying both remove water without cooking. Freeze-drying does it by freezing the food and drawing the ice off under vacuum, which leaves the structure intact and lets water go back in quickly.
- Against frozen raw: comparable ingredients, none of the logistics. No freezer drawer, no overnight thaw, no planning ahead. The trade-off is that you add the moisture back yourself instead of it coming with the food.
- Against dry kibble: kibble is cooked at high temperature and needs starch to hold its shape, which is why a bag lasts as long as it does. Freeze-dried has neither, so portions look markedly smaller for the same nutrition.
- Against wet or canned: a tin delivers moisture built in. Rehydrated freeze-dried arrives at a similar place, with the difference that you control how much water goes in — useful for a cat who needs more.
For cats specifically, that last point does more work than it might for a dog. Cats have a weak thirst drive and don't compensate well by drinking, so how a diet delivers water is worth thinking about rather than assuming.
Before you switch
Three things apply whichever recipe you pick.
- Cats need a slower changeover than dogs. A new texture is often refused on sight, so a little crumbled into the existing bowl beats a full serving of something unfamiliar.
- Never force it by withholding food. A cat that stops eating for a day or two is at real risk of liver complications. If the new food is refused outright, go back and try again more gradually.
- Speak to your vet first if your cat has a medical condition, is on a prescription diet, or has lost weight unexpectedly.
Each product page has the rest: the staged changeover chart, full feeding amounts by weight, and how to keep freeze-dried food from softening in Singapore's humidity.
Feeding a dog in the same household? Bugsy's makes the same three proteins for dogs.