The homemade cat food supplement that completes the bowl
Cats are obligate carnivores — we treat them like the alpha predators they are. You cook fresh grocery meat; CatCore™ adds the taurine, calcium, iodine and every other micronutrient the meat can't carry on its own, computed against every NRC 2006 feline floor. Every day.
Short answer
Do homemade cat food diets need a supplement?
Yes. Cats are obligate carnivores, and even a meat-rich home-cooked bowl typically falls short of NRC 2006 floors for taurine, calcium, iodine, vitamin A and other nutrients cats cannot synthesise. CatCore™ is a 5 g daily correction sachet that closes every one of those gaps, so the fresh bowl is complete.
What it depends on
- Your cat’s weight — the daily sachet count is dosed to it, not a rough bracket
- Activity level — the M-factor tier (Balanced / Anchor / Pro) scales daily calories
- What’s in the bowl — the BARC Protocol grocery chart is the base the sachet completes
- Life stage — CatCore™ is for healthy adults; kittens and pregnant or nursing cats need dedicated formulas
Common questions
What nutrients are missing from homemade cat food?
The critical ones are taurine (its absence causes dilated cardiomyopathy), calcium, iodine, arachidonic acid, retinol (preformed vitamin A — cats cannot convert beta-carotene) and niacin. Grocery meat is the right base for an obligate carnivore, but it does not carry these at NRC 2006 levels. CatCore™ adds the full 22-micronutrient set daily.
How is CatCore™ dosed?
CatCore™ comes as a single 5 g sachet, and your cat gets a whole-sachet daily count computed from body weight and activity. A 4 kg anchor cat, for example, feeds 5 × 5 g sachets per day across 3 meals, at 250 kcal/day.
Can I feed my cat only meat, without a supplement?
No. Cats cannot synthesise taurine, arachidonic acid, or retinol from plant sources, and plain muscle meat also lacks calcium and iodine at feline levels. A near 98% fresh-meat diet is essential for cats — and a precise micronutrient correction is what makes that diet complete rather than deficient.
Is CatCore™ suitable for kittens or pregnant cats?
No. CatCore™ is built for healthy adult cats. Kittens get KittenPro™ (growth formula) and pregnant or nursing cats get CatPro-L™ (reproduction formula) — both are dedicated products with higher, different nutrient floors.
Cats cannot synthesise taurine, arachidonic acid, or retinol from plant sources. A near 98% fresh-meat-based diet is essential for their health, longevity and survival. CatCore™ delivers every micronutrient a cat cannot get from grocery meat alone — computed to meet NRC 2006 feline requirements when fed per the BARC Protocol diet chart.
Why cat owners choose CatCore™
One 5 g sachet, one exact dose
CatCore™ comes as a single 5 g sachet. Your cat gets a whole-sachet daily count computed from weight and activity — no half sachets, no guesswork. The recipe builder computes the exact count.
Guaranteed analysis and label
Energy: 13.15 kcal / 5.0 g unit
Maltodextrin carrierLecithin (defatted)Poultry hydrolysateChicken meat powderAroma palatant (dry)Poultry liver digestYeast extractOmega-3 fish oil (30% EPA+DHA)Fish protein hydrolysateEggshell powderCalcium lactate gluconateCalcium citrate malateChelated trace minerals (Zn/Fe/Mn/Cu)
- Shelf life target 12–18 months
- Manufactured by a Leading Veterinary Pharmaceutical Co.
- Meets NRC 2006 nutrient requirements when fed per the BARC Protocol diet chart
The groceries that go with it
The sachet completes a real bowl, it doesn't replace one. Buy real grocery meats from Blinkit or Licious, delivered to your door, and steam them fresh daily in your kitchen:
Growlrr Completes the Rest.
Wondering what belongs in a cat's bowl and what doesn't? Read what to feed my cat and the full diet chart.
Validated, not assumed
You don't have to take our word for it. We validated the CatCore™ correction across 1 Million+ simulations · Wilson C/R 95/99 — every run held above NRC 2006 requirements. Every day. For every cat.
See how the validation works and what "complete and balanced" means.
Cat plan tiers · for healthy, active, indoor cats
anchor M = 1.0 · range 0.80 – 1.25Apartment-dwelling, non-feral. "Active" = 30 minutes to 1 hour of play per day. Activity matters more than calorie counting — a healthy cat on real protein and real fat (and very little starch or filler) burns naturally and holds shape. Same CatCore™ sachets at every tier; only the M-factor changes. The protocol underwrites the diet, your cat does the rest.
Caloric restraint. Weight loss target 0.5–1% per week.
Standard adult maintenance. Not for kittens, pregnant or lactating cats.
Active lifestyle. Higher caloric density.
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Your cat gets a personalised dose
Sachet count is computed to your cat's exact weight using allometric scaling — not a rough bracket. Build their plan to see the exact number.