Instinct chicken and duck for dry. Fancy Feast pates in classic and naturals. Natural Balance pouches. They also like Fussie Cat. If you're near a PetValu store the Performatrin pates alsowork for my guys.
Onyx and Fred are both pate eaters. I give them gravy based food once a week just to change things. They won't touch anything shredded. Smaller chunks seem to be what they like but they will eat Nutro Max which are larger.
I want a named meat first. By products are fine with me. I try to avoid veggies/questionable ingredients. My guys only like pate but they get a gravy meal once a week. I switch brands and flavors all the time. The more expensive brands don't seem to work for my cats. They do like Fussie Cat and...
My cats won't eat any BFF. They're good with Truluxe and Cats in the Kitchen. Mainly poultry flavors but they get tuna or fish once a week. Seems to work for my two guys.