9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food vs. Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe
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Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) 9 Lives has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food
9 Lives has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal corn gluten meal beef fat whole wheat natural flavor salmon meal phosphoric acid
Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe
Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken brown rice wheat gluten cracked pearled barley chicken fat chicken meal whole grain oats egg product chicken liver flavor ground pecan shells
9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat FoodKibble |
Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken RecipeKibble |
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Score
F |
Score
C |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
| Protein % | 28% | 37.5% |
| Fat % | 9% | 19.2% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 1.8% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 3.11 to 1 | 1.95 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 18 | 28 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
low concentration, low quality |
6 total
low concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
4 total
low concentration |
6 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | No | Yes |
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