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
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 KittenKibble |
Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens ChickenCanned |
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Score
C |
Score
A |
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| 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 |
