Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten vs. Scrumbles Adult & Senior Chicken & Salmon

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

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

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First 10 ingredients:

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

Scrumbles Adult & Senior Chicken & Salmon

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

First 10 ingredients:

dehydrated chicken freshly prepared chicken rice chicken fat prepared salmon chicken liver freshly salmon oil dried alfalfa minerals vitamins