Boiled chicken breast cat treats 40g review

At around ₱14 as of August 1, 2026 for 40g. There is almost nothing in this, and that is the entire recommendation.

The treat with the shortest ingredient list

Most things in this category are a recipe: meat plus thickeners, humectants, colors, flavor enhancers and something to keep it stable on a shelf in a warm country.

Boiled chicken breast is muscle meat that has been cooked. For a cat, an obligate carnivore, that is about as close to the point as a treat gets, and it is the one thing on this page a vet would have no notes on.

It also means no surprises. A cat that reacts badly to something is usually reacting to a specific protein, and here there is only one to consider.

Why muscle meat beats liver for everyday use

Liver treats are more tempting, because liver is strongly aromatic and cats choose food by smell. They also carry a real limit: liver is extremely high in vitamin A, which cats store rather than excrete, and a liver-heavy habit over months can cause new bone to form around the joints.

Chicken breast has no equivalent ceiling. It is lean, plain, and can be the everyday treat while something like the Luscious beef liver chomps stays the occasional high-value reward.

The two words that matter in the kitchen version

Plenty of Filipino households make this at home, which is a perfectly good idea, with two rules.

No seasoning. Salt, oil, and anything from a cube. A cat’s kidneys are not built for it.

No onion or garlic. Both damage cat red blood cells and cause anaemia, cats are more sensitive to them than dogs, and both hide in adobo, in tinola broth, in chicken cooked with anything. Plain boiled, nothing else in the pot.

The same applies to reading a commercial pet snack’s label, where garlic powder sometimes turns up as a flavoring.

How much, and taken from where

Treats should stay under roughly a tenth of a cat’s calories, which for a 4kg adult is about 20 to 25 kcal out of 200 to 250. Chicken breast is lean, so 40g goes a reasonable distance, and the meal should still come down a little to make room.

No calorie figure is published on the listing, so judge by eye and keep the portions consistent.

Who should buy them

Buy this if you want the simplest possible treat, you have a cat with a sensitive stomach, or you want something to give daily without thinking about it.

Skip it if you need a high-value reward for training, where something smellier works harder.

Higher-value and longer-lasting options

For a training reward a cat will work for, see the Luscious beef liver chomps. For single-ingredient meat that keeps in a sealed bag, the Petsup freeze-dried treats 30g are the shelf-stable version of the same idea.