Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry Food vs. 9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food
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Thrive 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.) Thrive has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Thrive has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry Food
Thrive 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.)
Thrive has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Thrive has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
dried chicken meat chicken chicken fat sweet potato potato chicken gravy vitamins vitamin a vitamin d3 vitamin e
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
Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry FoodKibble |
9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat FoodKibble |
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Score
B |
Score
F |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | 90% | Unknown |
| Protein % | 52% | 38% |
| Fat % | 22% | 12.5% |
| Fiber % | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.36 to 1 | 3.04 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 12 | 16 |
| Meat Content |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
3 total
low concentration, low quality |
| Non-Meats |
2 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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