Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Hill's Prescription Diet t/d
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Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Hill's 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 Original Grain-Free Duck
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
duck turkey meal chicken meal chicken fat white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas tapioca
Hill's Prescription Diet t/d
Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Hill's has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken by-product meal brewers rice corn gluten meal whole grain corn powdered cellulose chicken fat chicken liver flavor lactic acid calcium sulfate soybean oil
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free DuckKibble |
Hill's Prescription Diet t/dKibble |
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Score
B |
Score
D |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
| Protein % | 40% | 35% |
| Fat % | 23% | 17% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 8.3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.74 to 1 | 2.06 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 18 |
| Meat Content |
12 total
high concentration, high quality |
4 total
low concentration, low quality |
| Non-Meats |
8 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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