86 out of 100 Very good
Pidan's plant on plant blend, and proof that a complete litter need not contain a grain of clay. The Cassava and Tofu marries the hard setting root with the low dust pellet, letting two renewable materials cover each other's weaknesses, and it lands at No. 14 with eighty six on a card of consistent near excellence.
Dust, clumping and odour each score four and a half, a trio of almost perfect marks. The cassava lends the firm, fast set that pure tofu lacks, the tofu keeps the pour clean, and the smell is controlled cleanly without perfume. It is a litter that does the important things very nearly to the highest standard, and feels engineered rather than thrown together.
Tracking sits at four, the blended grain mostly holding to the tray with a little travel, and sustainability also at four, which is the interesting figure: both materials here are renewable and biodegradable, so the mark reflects packaging and footprint rather than any mineral compromise. This is, unusually for a mixed litter, a fully plant based product, and its conscience is correspondingly clean.
What Pidan has built is the answer for the owner who wants the clay rivalling clump of cassava and the gentle dust of tofu without inviting strip mined mineral into the bag. It is a touch softer on odour and tracking than the very best single material litters, the small tax of asking two materials to cooperate, but the trade is a renewable litter that performs almost everywhere. Thoughtful, clean and quietly excellent, it rounds out Pidan's remarkable showing across this year's list. Few brands field this many genuinely good litters.