Which cat food & care brands do AI assistants recommend in China? Q4 2026
In China, AI assistants most often recommend Royal Canin, Whiskas and Myfoodie for cat. Royal Canin is named by 4 of 4 assistants.
What the data says
Royal Canin (Mars) is the cat food & care brand AI assistants recommend most in China, taking 20.2% of all recommendation points across 4 assistants. Whiskas follows with 10.4% and Myfoodie is third with 7.1%.
Royal Canin's lead over Whiskas is 9.8 points, a clear advantage in how AI shortlists the category.
ChatGPT and Grok put Royal Canin first, while DeepSeek favours Whiskas and Gemini favours Myfoodie.
The top five brands hold 50% of recommendations out of 32 brands named in total, leaving room for challengers to break into AI shortlists.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Canin | Mars | 20.2% | 60 | 43 | 35 | 105 |
| 2 | Whiskas | Mars | 10.4% | 25 | 60 | – | 40 |
| 3 | Myfoodie | Gambol Pet Group | 7.1% | – | 40 | 45 | – |
| 4 | Orijen | Champion Petfoods | 6.1% | 20 | 20 | 25 | 8 |
| 5 | Ciao | Inaba Pet Food | 5.8% | 35 | – | 35 | – |
| 6 | GimCat | Gimborn | 5.7% | 8 | 60 | – | – |
| 7 | RedDog | RedDog China | 5% | – | 25 | 35 | – |
| 8 | Virbac | Virbac | 4.6% | 35 | – | – | 20 |
| 9 | Hill's | Colgate-Palmolive | 4.2% | – | – | – | 50 |
| 10 | Temptations | Mars | 4.1% | 25 | – | 12 | 12 |
| 11 | Wanpy | Yantai China Pet Foods | 3.3% | 20 | – | 20 | – |
| 12 | Beaphar | Beaphar | 3.3% | 20 | 20 | – | – |
| 13 | Hill’s | Colgate-Palmolive | 2.1% | – | – | – | 25 |
| 14 | GimCat (俊宝) | Gimborn | 2.1% | – | – | 25 | – |
| 15 | Zoetis | Zoetis | 1.7% | – | – | 20 | – |
| 16 | Yanzhen | Yanzhen Pet Food | 1% | – | – | – | 12 |
| 17 | Nutramax | Nutramax Laboratories | 1% | – | – | – | 12 |
| 18 | NetEase Yanxuan | NetEase | 1% | – | – | 12 | – |
| 19 | Vet's Best | Vet's Best | 1% | – | – | 12 | – |
| 20 | Bridge | Bridge PetCare | 1% | 12 | – | – | – |
Questions about AI cat food & care recommendations
- Which cat food & care brand does ChatGPT recommend most in China?
- ChatGPT recommends Royal Canin most often for cat food & care in China. Across all assistants, Royal Canin leads with 20.2% of recommendations.
- Which cat food & care brand is improving fastest in China?
- Ciao has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 2 of 2 answers where it appears, while holding 5.8% share. This is the first Q4 2026 reading; change over time will be shown from the next update.
- How is the ranking calculated?
- We ask each AI assistant the questions shoppers ask in each category and market, record the top five brands it names, and give 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points for positions one to five. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded.
Cat: AI rankings by country
Covers: Cat Food, Cat Health, Cat Treats.
Method: each AI assistant is asked the shopper questions for every segment in the category and market; the top five brands named score 35, 25, 20, 12 and 8 points. Share is a brand's points divided by all points awarded. Rankings reflect AI answers, not sales.
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