Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe vs. 9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Nature's Variety has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Nature's Variety has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

pollock beef beef spleen beef liver beef kidney ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass yeast culture salmon oil

9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

First 10 ingredients:

whole ground corn chicken by-product meal corn protein meal soybean meal animal fat whole wheat ocean fish meal natural flavor dicalcium phosphate salt

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

Kibble

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Score
A+
Score
F
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Kibble
Meat % 95% Unknown
Protein % 44% 38%
Fat % 32% 12.5%
Fiber % 3% 2.5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.38 to 1 3.04 to 1
Total Ingredients 15 16
Meat Content 5 total
high concentration, high quality
3 total
low concentration, low quality
Non-Meats 6 total
low concentration
3 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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