Mine eat any protein source of Friskie s pate and Fancy Feast pate, not to mention most store brand pate type, again any flavor, I lucked out with my two, they are not fussy.
Yes, the pates are better. I have one who will only eat the shreds and her coat isn't very nice. But she's 19 so she gets what she wants. The cats who eat the pates have much nicer coats.I should mention that I'm not feeding the pates because the meat comes after the by products and have carragenan. Maybe the pates would be a better choice.