Fresh Step Cat Litter Reviews
We tested 1 Fresh Step product, priced from $18.99. Fresh Step Scented scored highest at 8.1/10 (tested Mar 3, 2026), built for convenient store-bought clay.
Every score below comes from the same dust, clumping, odor, tracking and value tests we run on every brand, updated through Mar 3, 2026.
Fresh Step is a Clorox brand, and it sells clay: a clumping line and a crystal line. The bag we bought and tested is the scented clumping clay, so treat every number on this page as a description of that bag. Buyers get this brand wrong by trusting the fragrance. A strong scent tells you the perfume is working, not that the ammonia is gone.
Fresh Step Scented scored 8.1 out of 10 overall. It costs $18.99 a bag, $0.45 a pound and $0.40 a day. Odor scored 8.0, the highest of its five scores, on the back of that fragrance. Clumping came in at 7.9 with 66 percent of clumps surviving our drop test.
Dust and tracking are ordinary: 0.42mg per pour, scored 6.2, with tracking also at 6.2. We never took an ammonia reading over this box, so we cannot tell you how many days it holds. Where a number is missing on this page, it is missing because nobody measured it.
5 Things to Know Before You Buy Fresh Step
- 1.Clorox owns Fresh Step. The brand sells a clumping clay line and a crystal line; the bag we tested is the scented clumping clay.
- 2.The fragrance is the product. Odor scored 8.0 out of 10, its best result, and our testers described the profile as strong masking rather than absorption.
- 3.Clumping is decent, not hard. 7.9 out of 10, with 66 percent of clumps surviving the drop test. Dr. Elsey’s Ultra puts 98 percent through the same test.
- 4.Dust sits in the middle of the clay pack at 0.42mg per pour, scored 6.2 out of 10. Cleaner than Tidy Cats at 0.50mg, far dustier than Boxiecat Premium at 0.04mg.
- 5.We have no ammonia numbers for this bag. The odor score is our testers’ judgement over a 60-day run with 3 cats in 2 homes, finished Mar 3, 2026. It is not a ppm reading.
Every Fresh Step Product We Tested
A dependable grocery-store clay option with decent clumping, a noticeable fragrance profile, and fair everyday value.
Ranked by overall score, highest first, across the 1 Fresh Step product we tested.
Fresh Step FAQ
Is Fresh Step good cat litter?
It scored 8.1 out of 10, which puts it in the middle of our table. Odor control is its strong suit at 8.0, value is fair at 7.9, and it costs $0.40 a day. Nothing about it is best in class, and nothing about it is bad.
How strong is the Fresh Step scent?
Strong. Our testers logged it as heavy fragrance masking rather than odor removal. If perfume bothers you or anyone in the house, that alone is a reason to look at an unscented clay instead.
How does Fresh Step compare with Tidy Cats?
Fresh Step scored 8.1 against 7.9, clumps better (7.9 against 7.2, and 66 percent clump survival against 62 percent) and runs cleaner on dust at 0.42mg per pour against 0.50mg. Tidy Cats is cheaper: $0.39 a day against $0.40, and $15.49 a bag against $18.99.
Purrify - the additive we use in our own homes
Activated carbon you add to the litter you already buy. We have used it in our own homes for years, and with dozens of friends and family. You can keep your existing base litter.
Read our Purrify guide to picking a litter for odor control.
- Activated carbon, sold in bags
- 5.0 Google rating
- Stocked in 40+ pet stores across Canada