{ "id": "dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack", "sku": "dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack", "title": "DINE Saucy Morsels Salmon & Tuna Wet Cat Food 28 Pack", "slug": "dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack", "price": 65.99, "currency": "AUD", "availability": "in_stock", "category": "wet-cat-food", "category_label": "Wet Cat Food", "tags": [], "colors": [], "materials": [], "dimensions": null, "weight": "2.38 kg", "images": [ "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/main-dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack.jpg", "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack-10.jpg", "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack-2.jpg", "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack-3.jpg", "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack-5.jpg", "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack-7.jpg", "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack-8.jpg", "https://catfood.net.au/dropship-images/wet-cat-food/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack-9.jpg" ], "description_short": "A 28 pack of single-serve DINE trays in salmon and tuna flavours, made with fish and meat in a saucy, chunk-style meal that the maker describes as complete and balanced.", "description": "The half-used tin problem\n\nMost people who feed their cat wet food have the same small, daily annoyance. You open a tin or a pouch meant for two or three meals, your cat eats some of it, and the rest goes in the fridge under cling film. By the next serve it has gone cold and firm, and the smell that made it appealing has faded. Sometimes the cat eats it anyway. Often the cat looks at it, looks at you, and walks off.\n\nSingle-serve trays exist to solve exactly that. One tray, one meal, nothing left over. DINE Saucy Morsels comes as a carton of 28 trays in salmon and tuna, with a total weight of 2.38 kg. You peel the lid, tip it into the bowl, and the job is finished. For households where the cat is particular about freshness, that single change makes mealtimes a lot less frustrating.\n\nThe trade-off is packaging. You are using 28 small trays instead of a handful of larger tins. Some owners are fine with that, others are not. Worth thinking about before you buy a carton.\n\nWhat is actually in the tray\n\nThe format here is chunk in sauce. That means small pieces of food sitting in a gravy-style liquid, rather than a smooth pate or a solid loaf. It is a texture a lot of cats respond well to, partly because there is something to bite and partly because the sauce carries aroma.\n\nThe ingredient list names fish including sardine, salmon and tuna, and meat including chicken, lamb and beef. Alongside that you will find gelling agents, cereal, cheese, colours, flavours, taurine, minerals and vitamins. If you are hunting for a grain-free diet, note that cereal is on the list. If you want a single-protein food, this is not one, since it draws on several fish and meat sources.\n\nThe maker states that the food provides complete nutrition for cats and that it is formulated for adult cats across all breed sizes. We are not going to add any health claims beyond what the maker puts on the pack. If you have questions about your cat's specific dietary needs, that is a conversation for your vet, not a product page.\n\nHow much to feed\n\nThe feeding guide printed on the pack works off body weight. A 3 kg cat needs 2.5 to 3 trays daily. A 5 kg cat needs 3.5 to 4 trays daily. A cat over 6 kg needs 4 to 4.5 trays daily.\n\nThat tells you how long a carton lasts. A small 3 kg indoor cat fed only trays will get around nine to eleven days out of a 28 pack. A big 6 kg cat gets closer to six or seven days. If you feed a mix of wet and dry, as plenty of people do, a carton can stretch to two or three weeks.\n\nFor two cats, do the maths twice and expect to reorder more often. Many multi-cat households just keep a spare carton in the cupboard so they never run short mid-week.\n\nWithin those ranges, activity level matters. A cat who spends the day asleep on a windowsill will sit at the lower end. A cat who is outdoors and busy may need the upper end. Anything outside the guide is a question for your vet.\n\nWho this suits\n\nAdult cats, first and foremost. The maker's description specifies adult as the life stage, so kittens are better served by a kitten formula.\n\nBeyond that, it tends to suit a few particular situations. Cats who are not enthusiastic about drinking get extra moisture from a saucy food, which is one of the quiet advantages of wet feeding generally. Cats who turn their nose up at refrigerated leftovers get a fresh portion every single time. And owners who are tired of guessing portion sizes get a tray that does the measuring for them.\n\nIt also suits anyone who wants to buy less often. A carton on the shelf means fewer shopping trips and no last-minute scramble when you realise the cupboard is bare. People searching for the best bulk cat food pack are usually after that convenience as much as the price.\n\nWhere it may not fit: cats on a vet-prescribed diet, cats with a diagnosed sensitivity to fish or grain, and households that want to minimise packaging. None of those are faults with the product, they are just mismatches.\n\nChoosing between formats\n\nIf you are weighing trays against tins and pouches, the decision usually comes down to three things.\n\nPortion control is the first. Trays are fixed serves. Tins are not, which means you either split them or you overfeed. Pouches sit somewhere in between depending on the size.\n\nFreshness is the second. A tray opened and served immediately is at its best. A tin opened on Monday and finished on Tuesday is noticeably less appealing to a cat with a good nose.\n\nCost per serve is the third, and it usually runs the other way. Larger tins are often cheaper per gram than single-serve formats. Buying a 28 pack rather than individual trays closes some of that gap, which is the main reason bulk cartons exist.\n\nTexture is worth a mention too. Some cats are committed pate eaters and will reject chunks. Others are the reverse. If you do not know which camp your cat falls in, buying one pack before stocking up is the sensible path.\n\nStorage and handling\n\nUnopened trays do not need refrigeration. Keep the carton somewhere cool and dry, away from direct sun and away from heat sources like the top of a fridge. The best-before date is printed on the pack, so check it when the carton arrives and again when you are getting toward the end.\n\nServe at room temperature where you can. A tray taken straight from a cold cupboard in winter will smell like very little, and smell is how cats decide whether something is worth eating. Letting it sit out for a few minutes makes a real difference.\n\nIf your cat does not finish a tray, cover it and refrigerate it, then use it soon after. Do not leave wet food sitting in a bowl all day, particularly in warm weather. Wash the bowl between serves rather than topping it up, since dried-on sauce builds up quickly.\n\nAlways keep fresh water available. Wet food adds moisture to the diet but it is not a substitute for a water bowl.\n\nDelivery and returns\n\nOrders are dispatched within two working days. After that, allow up to seven working days for tracked courier delivery. Delivery is free on orders over $99, and $12 below that.\n\nBecause this is food, returns work a little differently to other products. Unopened, sealed packs can be returned within 14 days of delivery, with return postage paid by you. Opened food cannot be returned for change of mind, which is standard practice for food safety reasons. If something arrives damaged, leaking or past its best-before date, get in touch and we will fix it. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law are not affected by any of this.\n\nThe short version\n\nA 28 pack of DINE Saucy Morsels gives you four weeks of single-serve trays in salmon and tuna, totalling 2.38 kg. It is a chunk-in-sauce food for adult cats of any breed size, with fish and meat as the main ingredients plus taurine, minerals and vitamins. The maker describes it as providing complete nutrition for cats.\n\nThe feeding guide runs from 2.5 trays a day for a 3 kg cat up to 4.5 for a cat over 6 kg, so work out your own number and you will know exactly how often you need to reorder. If your cat likes chunks and you are tired of covering half-used tins, this format is an easy improvement to the daily routine. For diet, allergy or health questions, talk to your vet.", "llm_summary": "DINE Saucy Morsels Salmon and Tuna Wet Cat Food is sold as a 28 pack carton of single-serve trays weighing 2.38 kg in total. The food is a chunk-in-sauce format for adult cats of all breed sizes. Listed ingredients are fish including sardine, salmon and tuna, meat including chicken, lamb and beef, gelling agents, cereal, cheese, colours, flavours, taurine, minerals and vitamins. The maker states the food provides complete nutrition for cats. The maker feeding guide is 2.5 to 3 trays daily for a 3 kg cat, 3.5 to 4 trays for a 5 kg cat and 4 to 4.5 trays for a cat over 6 kg. Manufacturer is Mars or Affiliates, model number 438981. Country of origin is not specified by the maker.", "returnable": true, "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Australian Consumer Law consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.", "shipping_profile": "standard", "warranty": null, "brand": "Cat Food Company", "gtin": null, "mpn": null, "condition": "new", "url": "https://catfood.net.au/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/", "canonical_url": "https://catfood.net.au/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack/", "json_url": "https://catfood.net.au/api/products/dine-saucy-morsels-salmon-tuna-wet-cat-food-28-pack.json", "updated_at": "2026-11-11" }