Smalls Bird Recipe vs. Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe

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Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Smalls Bird Recipe

Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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First 10 ingredients:

finely ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard chicken egg goat’s milk water eggshell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols

Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe

Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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

 

Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe

Kibble

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Score
A+
Score
C
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Kibble
Meat % 98% Unknown
Protein % 45% 37.5%
Fat % 15% 19.2%
Fiber % 3% 1.8%
Protein to Fat Ratio 3 to 1 1.95 to 1
Total Ingredients 9 28
Meat Content 5 total
high concentration, high quality
6 total
low concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None 6 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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