Feringa is one of ZooPlus’s most interesting own-brand creations โ a premium cat food range built around two distinctive production methods that set it apart from everything else in the ZooPlus catalogue and, frankly, from most of the wider UK market: cold-pressed dry food and high-meat wet food with genuinely named, single-source proteins.
Cold-pressing is the critical differentiator for the dry range. Where conventional kibble is produced by extrusion โ forcing wet dough through a die at temperatures between 150-180ยฐC โ cold-pressing uses mechanical pressure at temperatures below 45ยฐC. The result is a denser, heavier pellet that retains significantly more heat-sensitive nutrients (particularly B vitamins and enzymes) than extruded kibble. Cold-pressed food also behaves differently in the stomach: rather than swelling and creating satiety through volume expansion (as extruded kibble does), cold-pressed pellets soften and dissolve from the outside in, reducing the gaseous distension that some cats experience after eating conventional dry food.
With 204 products across cold-pressed dry, Classic Meat Menu wet tins, Single Meat Menu, Country Style, and kitten formulas, Feringa represents the most comprehensive premium cat food range exclusive to ZooPlus UK.
The Feringa Range at a Glance
- Cold-Pressed Dry: The flagship innovation. Turkey or chicken as single protein, cold-pressed below 45ยฐC. Available in 400g trial and 3kg economy sizes.
- Classic Meat Menu (Wet Tins): 400g tins with 65-70% named meat. Available in chicken, turkey, lamb, rabbit, duck, and salmon. The most popular Feringa format by sales volume.
- Single Meat Menu (Wet): Strict single-protein tins for elimination diets and allergy-prone cats. Turkey, rabbit, or salmon โ each with one protein source only.
- Country Style Meat Menu: Rustic-textured wet food with visible meat pieces. Higher visual palatability cues for fussy cats who respond to texture variety.
- Kitten Classic Meat Menu: Life-stage adjusted formula with higher calcium, phosphorus, and DHA for neurological and skeletal development.
Quick Comparison: Best Feringa Products UK 2026
| Product | Format | Protein | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold-Pressed Turkey 3kg | Dry | Turkey 60% | Overall best dry / Nutrient retention |
| Classic Meat Menu Chicken 400g | Wet Tin | Chicken 65% | Best wet everyday |
| Single Meat Rabbit | Wet Tin | Rabbit 100% | Allergies / Elimination diet |
| Country Style Duck & Goose | Wet Tin | Duck + Goose | Fussy / Texture seekers |
| Kitten Classic Menu Poultry | Wet Tin | Poultry 65% | Kittens 4 weeks โ 12 months |
Our Detailed Reviews
1. Feringa Cold-Pressed Turkey โ Best Dry Cat Food Innovation
The cold-pressed dry range is genuinely unique in the UK cat food market. The production process preserves B vitamins, natural enzymes, and amino acid bioavailability that would be partially degraded in an extruded kibble. The turkey formula uses 60% fresh turkey as the primary ingredient โ already exceptional for dry food โ but the cold-pressing means that this declared percentage translates to significantly higher nutritional availability than the same percentage in a conventional kibble.
Why we chose it: For cats who eat primarily dry food (indoor cats with ad-lib feeding, cats who refuse wet food), cold-pressed Feringa is the closest approximation to a raw diet’s nutritional profile that you can deliver in a shelf-stable dry format. The stomach dissolution behaviour also reduces vomiting in cats who eat too quickly โ a common problem that extruded kibble exacerbates. View Feringa Cold-Pressed at ZooPlus โ
2. Feringa Classic Meat Menu Chicken โ Best Wet Everyday
The Classic Meat Menu is Feringa’s volume leader and a genuinely high-quality wet food at a competitive ZooPlus-exclusive price. Chicken at 65% declared content, natural broth, and minerals โ no thickeners, no artificial colours, no sugar. Available in saver packs of 12 and 24 tins that bring the cost per meal to one of the most economical premium wet feeding options in the UK market.
3. Feringa Single Meat Rabbit โ Best for Allergy Cats
Rabbit is one of the most reliably novel proteins available for cats โ the vast majority of UK cats have never encountered rabbit protein, making it an excellent choice for elimination diets. The Single Meat Rabbit formula uses rabbit as the 100% animal protein source with no secondary proteins, providing a genuinely clean single-protein option without the cost of veterinary hydrolysed diets. See our Sensitive Stomach Cat Food guide for the full elimination diet protocol.
Compare Feringa with Applaws and Cosma for other premium ZooPlus-exclusive wet food. For dry food alternatives, see our Best Dry Cat Food UK guide.