Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten vs. Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

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Lily's Kitchen has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Lily's Kitchen has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Lily's Kitchen has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken chicken meal turkey meal potatoes peas natural flavor salmon meal potato protein chicken fat sweet potatoes

Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

Lily's Kitchen has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Lily's Kitchen has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Lily's Kitchen has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

First 10 ingredients:

freshly prepared chicken freshly prepared pork freshly prepared trout freshly prepared beef minerals zinc manganese iodine salmon oil algae

 

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

Kibble

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Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

Canned

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Score
C
Score
A
Food Type Kibble Canned
Meat % Unknown 65%
Protein % 42% 10%
Fat % 15% 6%
Fiber % 3.5% 0.2%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.8 to 1 1.67 to 1
Total Ingredients 18 7
Meat Content 7 total
high quality
4 total
high quality
Non-Meats 4 total
low concentration
None
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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