If you have a Petsmart near you, they have a large selection, sell
almost anything (though not everything) by single cans/pouches, and
have periodic sales, which makes it easy to experiment around.

Remember, if she likes A and you have also bought B which is great
nutrition but she wont touch, you can always use it up by mixing a
little bit of it with a larger amount of A each meal.

Friskies have so many types, she is sure to appreciate some. They are
normally priced 32c (~2 meals per can), 25c on sale. Whiskas is less
good, so it's just fine if she won't eat it.

Right now they have a sale on Meox Mix pouches (25c, down from 39c, one
meal per pouch). Those are popular with my cat.

Other premium brands like Nutro, Science Diet, Iams, etc., often go on
sale for around 50c a can.

[My rule of thumb is to look for labels where first 1-2 ingredients are
named meats, next 1-2 either such meats or named by-products (e.g.,
"poutry byproducts" rather than generic "meat byproducts"), any grains
should come only later if at all.]

Keep feeding her whatever she likes at least once a day while you
experiment around. It is frustrating but pay attention (texture, type
of meat, etc) and you will get better. :)

With my cat I began by learning that she is at best lukewarm towards
chicken, preferring beef, tuna, even turkey. Also, seemed to prefer
chunks-in-gravy to paste. But chunks should not be too large, or else
she would just lick the gravy and leave meat behind, "bits and pieces"
in gravy is more like it. Thanks to a suggestion by Phil, I also
discovered that she'd happily eat loaf type food if cut up in small
pieces (so even gravy is not essential) rather than mashed up with a
spoon as I was doing. Little by little we learn...

Have you taken the cat to the vet?  

The first thing that occurred to me after reading this is a Sinus
Condition that prevernts the cat from smelling the food.

The sense of smell is important for cats, that is how they
identify you, their food, other cats, etc.  

I'm not a vet nor do I play one on TV so seek out your
local vet and have it checked out.  

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Can you get Felix - jelly?

carola

IME, yes. I have one who refuses to eat canned food (former feral,
fed dry food while she was elusive in my yard before I trapped
her). She'd rather pull out her fur from food-stress than eat
canned food. A pair of littermates rescued last October that I took
in in November are very picky about canned food. They also ate only
dry Kitten chow for their first 8 weeks in captivity.

My rule of thumb is if I buy a case, they won't eat it anymore.  
lol

The way I look at it is that if they eat all of the FF (which I
mainly feed these days because first, they like most of the
varieties, and second, if it's consumed, I'm not dumping it down
the sink. With 4 cats, only 2 of which eat mainly canned food, I
find the small cans more economical because no one likes leftovers.
Plus, I can put out a couple of different flavors per meal and let
them switch when they want a taste of something else. :)

She also liked many of the canned Friskies, but

From what I've read, 9lives and Whiskas is junk food and not worth
feeding. Friskies has some good varieties like the "prime filets"
but I don't bother with the rest.

Feeding cats something good for them is a fine art.  ;)

I think you're spoiling your cat. My cats turned their noses at
Science Diet wet food, but I was not about to throw out the 10 cans
I had bought, and finally they ate it. Obviously, eating Science Diet
was better than going hungry.