Which cat food & care brands do AI assistants recommend in Spain? Q4 2026
In Spain, AI assistants most often recommend Royal Canin, Dreamies and Whiskas for cat. Royal Canin is named by 5 of 5 assistants.
What the data says
Royal Canin (Mars) is the cat food & care brand AI assistants recommend most in Spain, taking 16.3% of all recommendation points across 5 assistants. Dreamies follows with 7.5% and Whiskas is third with 6.7%.
Royal Canin's lead over Dreamies is 8.8 points, a clear advantage in how AI shortlists the category.
ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek and Grok put Royal Canin first, while Gemini favours Whiskas.
The top five brands hold 43% of recommendations out of 32 brands named in total, leaving room for challengers to break into AI shortlists.
| # | Brand | Owner | AI share | ChatGPT | Claude | DeepSeek | Gemini | Grok |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Canin | Mars | 16.3% | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 105 |
| 2 | Dreamies | Mars | 7.5% | 35 | 35 | 35 | – | 8 |
| 3 | Whiskas | Mars | 6.7% | 12 | 12 | – | 45 | 32 |
| 4 | Purina One | Nestlé | 6.5% | 20 | 20 | 25 | 33 | – |
| 5 | Virbac | Virbac | 6% | 35 | 35 | – | – | 20 |
| 6 | Vitakraft | Vitakraft | 5.2% | 25 | 25 | 8 | 20 | – |
| 7 | Beaphar | Beaphar | 4.5% | 20 | 20 | – | 20 | 8 |
| 8 | Nutramax | Nutramax Laboratories | 4% | – | – | 35 | – | 25 |
| 9 | Felix | Nestlé | 3.5% | 20 | 20 | – | 12 | – |
| 10 | Catisfactions | Mars | 3.4% | 8 | 8 | – | 35 | – |
| 11 | Affinity Advance | Affinity Petcare | 3.3% | 25 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 12 | Stangest | Stangest | 3.3% | 25 | 25 | – | – | – |
| 13 | Purina | Nestlé | 3.3% | – | – | – | – | 50 |
| 14 | Inaba | Inaba Pet Food | 2.7% | 20 | 20 | – | – | – |
| 15 | Hill’s | Colgate-Palmolive | 2.7% | – | – | 20 | – | 20 |
| 16 | Affinity | Affinity Petcare | 2.4% | – | – | 28 | – | 8 |
| 17 | GimCat | Gimborn | 2.3% | – | – | – | 35 | – |
| 18 | Temptations | Mars | 1.7% | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 19 | Vet’s Best | Spectrum Brands | 1.7% | – | – | 25 | – | – |
| 20 | Bioiberica | Bioiberica | 1.7% | – | – | – | 25 | – |
Questions about AI cat food & care recommendations
- Which cat food & care brand does ChatGPT recommend most in Spain?
- ChatGPT recommends Royal Canin most often for cat food & care in Spain. Across all assistants, Royal Canin leads with 16.3% of recommendations.
- Which cat food & care brand is improving fastest in Spain?
- Dreamies has the strongest momentum among challengers: AI names it first in 3 of 4 answers where it appears, while holding 7.5% 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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