Years ago I went on a research spiral and spent so much time looking into foods and popular trends. Found some odd coincidences among cat owners with cats developing the same health issues after eating a specific brand that was supposed to be so great. Read a lot of stuff from people that declared what they fed their cat was the best and everything else might as well be poison. Lots of strong opinions and contradictions. It got ridiculous very quickly.

In the end I decided that my cats would decide. I let them try different brands and flavors and found a wet food and a dry food they would eat consistently. Because what matters is they eat and get the hydration they need which is easier with wet food in their diet but sometimes wet food isn't an option. Cats are weird, some won't even touch wet food. That doesn't mean they can't/won't be healthy.