My kitten loved this food.  It appeared to me that he was struggling with another brand of kitten food that was shaped like tiny round balls.  When I gave him Nutro Max Cat Kitten dry food, he dug in and crunched every bite which he clearly thought was "heavenly."  He was having a hard time "getting a bite" out of the tiny balls, sometimes swallowing them whole, but the pieces of Max Cat are larger and irregular shaped--just right for Charlie.