Natures Menu Especially for Cats Chicken with Salmon & Tuna vs. Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock 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. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.38 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Natures Menu has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Natures Menu has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Natures Menu Especially for Cats Chicken with Salmon & Tuna

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

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken broth salmon tuna minerals vitamin e taurine potassium iodide manganese oxide zinc sulphate monohydrate

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe

First 10 ingredients:

pollock beef beef spleen beef liver beef kidney ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass yeast culture salmon oil

 

Natures Menu Especially for Cats Chicken with Salmon & Tuna

Canned

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Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Canned Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 99% 95%
Protein % 10% 44%
Fat % 6% 32%
Fiber % 0.2% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.67 to 1 1.38 to 1
Total Ingredients 7 15
Meat Content 4 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None 6 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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