Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula vs. Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe
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Kirkland has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.38 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Kirkland has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula
Kirkland has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.38 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Kirkland has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken meal whole grain brown rice ground white rice chicken fat natural chicken flavor flaxseed sodium bisulfate potassium chloride choline chloride
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
pollock beef beef spleen beef liver beef kidney ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass yeast culture salmon oil
Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice FormulaKibble |
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
C |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 95% |
| Protein % | 30% | 44% |
| Fat % | 20% | 32% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.5 to 1 | 1.38 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 13 | 15 |
| Meat Content |
4 total
high quality |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
6 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
