The best dry cat food brands include Natural Balance, Blue Buffalo, Chicken soup for the Soul, Whole Earth Farms, Nutro Max Cat and Taste of the Wild.

You can get your hands on the best dry cat food at online stores like Amazon or Best buy as well as offline at departmental stores like Costco, Target, Kohl among others.

Wet cat food can last for at least two years. It contains preservatives that tend to influence and increase the shelf life of even the best wet food for cats. If your cat food makes use of natural preservatives, you cannot store it for more than six months. High-quality cat food with artificial preservatives can have an increased shelf life.