Recall: Quest Cat Food Expanded — Alert for Cat Owners
If you’ve been feeding your cat Quest Cat Food, put the bag down and read this. Seriously.
Go Raw LLC has expanded its voluntary recall of Quest Cat Food products, and the situation is more serious than the initial announcement suggested. What started as a single-lot recall on February 17, 2026, has grown.
Here’s the nerdy part — and yes, it matters: the culprit is thiamine, also known as Vitamin B1. It sounds like a minor nutrient. It is not. For cats, thiamine isn’t optional. It’s biologically essential, and unlike humans, cats can’t compensate for a deficiency on their own. Their bodies don’t store it well, and without adequate thiamine in their diet, things can go wrong fast.
Why the Recall Happened
In early February 2026, Go Raw LLC discovered low thiamine levels in the Quest Chicken line. To their credit, they didn’t sit on the information. They launched an immediate investigation into their formulation specs, raw ingredient suppliers, and processing procedures — then pulled the products.
The original recall covered:
- Quest Cat Food Chicken Recipe Freeze Dried — 10oz bags, Lot #C25288, Best By 10/15/2027
The expanded recall now includes:
- Quest Cat Food Chicken Recipe Frozen Diet — 2 lb. bag, Lot MCD25350, UPC 6-91730-17104-9, Best By 6/16/2027
- Quest Cat Food Chicken Recipe Frozen Diet — 2 lb. bag, Lot MCC25321, UPC 6-91730-17104-9, Best By 5/17/2027
The frozen products are sold in a beige zip-lock bag with a purple stripe. The lot code and best by date are printed on the front — check there first.
Distribution covered a wide swath of the country: CO, UT, WA, OR, PA, RI, MI, CA, TX, IL, GA, NC, SC, FL, MN, NY, OH, WI, ID, and MT.
What Thiamine Deficiency Actually Does to a Cat
This is where it gets genuinely unsettling — and where cat owners need to pay close attention.
In the early stages, a thiamine-deficient cat might show:
- Decreased appetite
- Excessive salivation
- Vomiting
- Failure to grow (in younger cats)
- Weight loss
That list alone should be enough to prompt a vet visit. But if the deficiency continues unchecked, the neurological symptoms that develop are alarming:
- Ventroflexion — that’s when a cat’s neck bends downward toward the floor, and they can’t hold their head up
- Mental dullness or unresponsiveness
- Vision changes
- Wobbly, uncoordinated walking
- Circling or falling
- Seizures
Yes. Seizures. From a vitamin deficiency in their food.
The good news — and there genuinely is good news here — is that thiamine deficiency is typically reversible if caught and treated promptly. That’s not a throwaway reassurance. It means if your cat is showing any of these symptoms and you’ve been feeding them Quest products, a vet visit right now could make a full recovery possible.
What You Should Do Right Now
Stop feeding the recalled products immediately. Don’t wait to finish the bag. Don’t rationalize that your cat seems “fine.” Just stop.
You have two options for the recalled product:
- Return it to the place of purchase for a full refund
- Discard it in a secure trash can with a tight-fitting lid (so no other animals get into it)
If your cat has been eating this food and is displaying any of the symptoms listed above — even the mild early-stage ones — call your vet today.
Go Raw LLC has instructed all retailers to remove affected products from shelves immediately. Replacement inventory with corrected formulations is expected to hit distribution channels around mid-March 2026.
How to Contact Go Raw LLC
Got questions? You can reach them directly:
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 801-432-7478 (Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. MST)
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