Partner Snow Crispy Chicken & Rabbit Cat Food – 83% Animal Ingredients, 40% Protein, Freeze-Dried Chicken Floss Wrapped, 12% Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Rabbit, 1.5kg

The rabbit-inclusive dry food category has a formulation problem that nobody puts on the front of the bag.

The leading rabbit LID formula on the U.S. market runs about 38.5% protein on a dry matter basis — but also 26.9% carbohydrates, because its base is rabbit meal, peas, and tapioca. That is a formula built around allergen avoidance, not protein density. The premium high-protein options with rabbit in the mix rely on freeze-dried liver powder coatings to deliver palatability — a dusting on the surface that gives one good sniff and then fades. Neither format solves the problem that sends most high-protein bags to the back of the pantry: the cat loses interest halfway through.

Partner Snow is built around that problem.

83% of the formula is animal-based. Chicken leads the panel at 46% frozen chicken, with 12% enzymatically hydrolyzed rabbit and 7% chicken meal rounding out the animal protein profile. Crude protein lands at ≥40% — the same density as ORIJEN Guardian 8, but built on a higher animal-ingredient base than Instinct LID and without the pea/tapioca carbohydrate load.

The kibble is crispy, not dense and hard.

The “Snow” process produces a lighter, crispier bite than conventional dense extruded kibble — easier for cats to pick up, easier to chew, and easier on senior mouths and small jaws. It is still a complete dry food with a satisfying crunch, just not the rock-hard pellet that many high-protein brands default to.

And every piece is wrapped in freeze-dried chicken floss — not coated, wrapped.

This is the difference that matters at the bowl. Freeze-dried chicken floss is textured, fibrous, real meat — not a powder. It physically clings to the surface of each crispy kibble, delivering raw chicken aroma and palatability from the first piece to the last. A coating gives you one good sniff. A wrap gives you a bowl that gets finished. ORIJEN uses a liver dusting. Instinct Original uses a raw coating. Partner Snow uses a full floss wrap — the highest-coverage palatability format in the dry food category.

The 12% hydrolyzed rabbit is not just a protein source. It is a digestion and palatability technology.

Enzymatic hydrolysis breaks rabbit protein down into smaller peptides and free amino acids before the food ever reaches your cat. Research on protein hydrolysates in pet food shows that hydrolyzed meat confers palatability and supports easier absorption, and veterinary hypoallergenic formulas routinely use hydrolyzed rabbit for exactly this reason — smaller peptides are less likely to trigger immune recognition and easier on sensitive digestive tracts. The rabbit is not there to hit a protein number. It is there to make the food easier to process and harder to refuse.

The functional matrix goes beyond protein and palatability.

• Omega-3 from fish oil and Antarctic krill meal + egg yolk lecithin — nourishes the skin barrier and supports coat gloss from within.

• FOS and MOS prebiotics + yucca extract — support beneficial gut flora, healthy digestion, and help reduce litter box odor.

• Balanced amino acids and vitamins — maintain normal skin health and overall vitality, not just muscle mass.

No grain. No artificial colors or preservatives.

The formula relies on named animal ingredients and the crispy/floss-wrapped format, not rendered meals as the primary protein source or synthetic palatability systems. A 15-day slow transition guide is included because the 83% animal density deserves a gradual introduction.