Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe vs. 9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Nature's Variety has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Nature's Variety has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
pollock beef beef spleen beef liver beef kidney ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass yeast culture salmon oil
9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food
First 10 ingredients:
whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal corn gluten meal beef fat whole wheat natural flavor salmon meal phosphoric acid
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat FoodKibble |
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Score
A+ |
Score
F |
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| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Kibble |
| Meat % | 95% | Unknown |
| Protein % | 44% | 28% |
| Fat % | 32% | 9% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.38 to 1 | 3.11 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 15 | 18 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
low concentration, low quality |
| Non-Meats |
6 total
low concentration |
4 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | No |
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