Hill's Prescription Diet t/d vs. Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
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Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Hill's Prescription Diet t/d
Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
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
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken heart chicken liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex
Hill's Prescription Diet t/dKibble |
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
D |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 94% |
| Protein % | 35% | 55% |
| Fat % | 17% | 18% |
| Fiber % | 8.3% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.06 to 1 | 3.06 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 18 | 4 |
| Meat Content |
4 total
low concentration, low quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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Prescription needed
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