Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & Chicken vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Natures Menu 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.) Natures Menu has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & Chicken

Natures Menu 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.)
Natures Menu has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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First 10 ingredients:

beef chicken chicken broth minerals vitamin d3 vitamin e taurine potassium iodide manganese oxide zinc sulphate monohydrate

Smalls Bird Recipe

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

 

Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & Chicken

Canned

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Canned Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 99% 98%
Protein % 10% 45%
Fat % 6% 15%
Fiber % 0.2% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.67 to 1 3 to 1
Total Ingredients 6 9
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None None
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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