Which cat food & care brands do AI assistants recommend in Germany? Q4 2026
In Germany, AI assistants most often recommend GimCat, Royal Canin and Dreamies for cat. GimCat is named by 4 of 5 assistants.
What the data says
GimCat (Gimborn) is the cat food & care brand AI assistants recommend most in Germany, taking 11.8% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Royal Canin follows with 10.2% and Dreamies is third with 8.7%.
The top spot is close: only 1.6 points separate GimCat and Royal Canin, so a small change in how either brand is described online could flip the order.
ChatGPT and Claude put GimCat first, while DeepSeek favours Royal Canin, Gemini favours Animonda and Grok favours Royal Canin.
The top five brands hold 45% of recommendations out of 33 brands named in total, leaving room for challengers to break into AI shortlists.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GimCat | Gimborn | 11.8% | 55 | 55 | 32 | 35 | – |
| 2 | Royal Canin | Mars | 10.2% | 20 | 20 | 35 | 8 | 70 |
| 3 | Dreamies | Mars | 8.7% | 35 | 35 | 35 | 25 | – |
| 4 | Whiskas | Mars | 7.3% | 35 | 35 | – | 20 | 20 |
| 5 | Canina | Canina Pharma | 6.7% | 20 | 20 | 35 | 25 | – |
| 6 | Vitakraft | Vitakraft | 6.2% | 25 | 25 | 8 | 35 | – |
| 7 | Felix | Nestlé | 6.1% | 33 | 33 | – | 25 | – |
| 8 | Animonda | Heristo | 5.8% | 12 | 12 | 8 | 35 | 20 |
| 9 | AniForte | AniForte | 4.7% | 25 | 25 | – | 20 | – |
| 10 | Purina | Nestlé | 3.3% | – | – | – | – | 50 |
| 11 | Beaphar | Beaphar | 2.4% | 8 | 8 | – | 12 | 8 |
| 12 | Nutramax | Nutramax Laboratories | 2.3% | – | – | – | – | 35 |
| 13 | Purina One | Nestlé | 1.7% | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 14 | Temptations | Mars | 1.7% | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 15 | Vet’s Best | Spectrum Brands | 1.7% | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 16 | Canosan | Boehringer Ingelheim | 1.7% | – | – | – | – | 25 |
| 17 | Inaba | Inaba Pet Food | 1.6% | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 18 | cdVet | cdVet | 1.6% | 12 | 12 | – | – | – |
| 19 | Josera | Erbacher Food Family | 1.6% | – | – | 12 | – | 12 |
| 20 | Hill’s | Colgate-Palmolive | 1.3% | – | – | 20 | – | – |
Questions about AI cat food & care recommendations
- Which cat food & care brand does ChatGPT recommend most in Germany?
- ChatGPT recommends GimCat most often for cat food & care in Germany. Across all assistants, GimCat leads with 11.8% of recommendations.
- Which cat food & care brand is improving fastest in Germany?
- Dreamies has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 3 of 4 answers where it appears, while holding 8.7% 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.
See how your brand ranks in AI answers.
Get a free report: where AI names you, where it leaves you out, and the product page, pack and message fixes that change it.