Owned by
Lyka Pet Food
Made in
Australia
Founded
–
Where it's made
Australia (gently cooked at 85 degrees C and frozen in Sydney, NSW; made from Australian meat)
About this brand
Tyga is the cat brand of Lyka Pet Food, the Sydney fresh dog food company, sold direct-to-consumer as gently cooked (85 degrees C) frozen meals in 170g pouches with recipes developed alongside board-certified veterinary nutritionists. Lyka is founder-led, venture-backed and a certified B Corporation; Tyga's own site discloses the connection only in its legal pages. The cat range is four recipes (Chook, Roo, Big Chook and Pig) built on named meat and organs plus functional whole-food extras.
The food
Obligate carnivore lens
Each recipe is meat and organ led (87 to 91 percent animal protein) with named cuts, offal and additions like green lipped mussel, tuna and shiitake, then rounded with a vitamin and mineral premix. Strongly carnivore-leaning, with only a small amount of added fibre.
Pragmatic lens
A high-moisture cooked diet with stated guaranteed analysis and the brand's own dry-matter figures published per recipe; the kangaroo recipe also offers a novel protein not otherwise common in the catalogue.
Pros
Named meat and organs at 87 to 91 percent, a novel kangaroo recipe, recipes developed with board-certified veterinary nutritionists, functional whole-food inclusions (green lipped mussel, shiitake, kelp), full as-fed and dry-matter analysis published per recipe, gently cooked and frozen with no synthetic preservatives.
Cons
Direct-to-consumer only and needs freezer space, and 'Yeast Extracts' appears as a grouped plural rather than a single named source.
Recommendation
A good fit for owners wanting a vet-nutritionist-formulated cooked diet with strong meat inclusions and a novel protein option. The recipes are richer in functional extras than the other gently cooked brands, which suits owners who value those inclusions.
Distinctive ingredients
Green lipped mussel. A New Zealand shellfish included for its omega-3 fatty acids and the ingredient behind the joint-support positioning. Most of the supporting research is in dogs; the feline evidence is thin.
Shiitake mushroom. Contributes beta-glucans and an umami note. Cats have no established requirement for it; it sits in the recipes as a functional extra.
Organic psyllium husk. A soluble fibre and the mechanism behind the hairball claim. It holds water in the gut and keeps swallowed hair moving through rather than coming back up.
Nutritional yeast and yeast extracts. Nutritional yeast brings B vitamins and a savoury, meaty flavour cats respond to. The separate 'Yeast Extracts' entry is a palatant listed as a grouped plural rather than a named source, the one transparency gap on these labels.
Purified beef bone powder. The calcium and phosphorus source, standing in for the ground bone a whole-prey diet would supply.
Taurine. An amino acid cats cannot synthesise in useful amounts, and one that cooking depletes. Supplementing it in a cooked meat diet is correct practice rather than a red flag.
The claims, checked
“High-protein, low-carb”
The label backs this. Dry-matter protein runs 53 to 57 percent across the four recipes, and carbohydrate estimated by difference comes out around 6 to 10 percent dry matter. The handful of kibbles in this catalogue publishing a full analysis work out to 21 to 47 percent by the same method.
“High-moisture meals, over 68 percent”
Confirmed. Stated moisture is 68 to 72 percent across the range; kibble sits near 10 percent, and the tins and pouches in this catalogue run 75 to 93.
“No grains or fillers”
No grains appear on any of the four ingredient lists, and every recipe comes back clean under this site's considerations screen. 'Fillers' has no fixed definition in pet food labelling, so that half of the claim is marketing rather than something a label can prove.
“Human-grade ingredients”
A manufacturer claim that cannot be checked from a label. Australia has no legal definition of human-grade for pet food and the AS 5812 standard is voluntary; Lyka's dog range makes the same claim, and no third party certifies either.
“Developed by board-certified vet nutritionists”
Stated but not named on the Tyga site. Parent company Lyka credits a team of board-certified veterinary nutritionists alongside co-founder and veterinarian Dr Matthew Muir for its dog recipes; the claim carries over to Tyga without individual names.
The numbers in practice
The published energy figures run 1,199 to 1,406 kcal per kilogram, which puts a 170g pouch at roughly 200 to 240 kcal depending on the recipe. That sits near a full day's intake for a typical adult cat, which is how the pouch-a-day portioning is meant to work; bigger or more active cats will need more than one. The feeding calculator on this site turns a specific cat's weight into a daily kcal target.
Energy density is about a third of the kibble in this catalogue, which runs 3,050 to 4,120 kcal per kilogram. Serves are therefore roughly three times heavier for the same calories, which matters for freezer space and for cost comparisons: price per kilogram will always flatter dry food, and price per day is the honest measure.
Common questions
Who owns Tyga?
Tyga is owned by Lyka Pet Food (Australian fresh pet food company, venture-backed).
Where is Tyga made?
Tyga sold in Australia is made in Australia.
Is Tyga grain-free?
Yes. Every Tyga recipe in our catalogue is grain-free.
Is Tyga good for cats?
A good fit for owners wanting a vet-nutritionist-formulated cooked diet with strong meat inclusions and a novel protein option. The recipes are richer in functional extras than the other gently cooked brands, which suits owners who value those inclusions.
The range
Products
4
Made in
Australia
Most common first ingredients: chicken, kangaroo, turkey, pork
No products in this range trigger synthetic preservatives, synthetic colours, synthetic flavours, thickeners & gums, added sugars, caramel colour, animal digest, plant protein, collective labelling.
Products
4 of 4Where to buy
Direct-to-consumer subscription via tyga.com.au; portioned 170g frozen pouches delivered to the door. Not sold through retail.
Compare with
Within the gently-cooked cohort the three brands split on philosophy. CatChi and Pikko are independents built on very high meat inclusion, 95 percent plus and 100 percent respectively, with CatChi delivering to New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT and Pikko staying inside Western Australia. Tyga runs slightly lower meat at 87 to 91 percent, spends the difference on functional extras like green lipped mussel and shiitake, and has Lyka's recipe development and production scale behind it.
Recall history
No Australian recall affecting Tyga cat food is on the public record. Australia has no central pet food recall register, so this reflects the limits of the record rather than a guarantee of safety. How recalls work in Australia →
Data reflects manufacturer-published information at the time of collection; formulations change, so always verify against the label on the product you intend to buy.
Last verified July 2026
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