Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe vs. Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe

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Hill's 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.) Nature's Variety has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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

Nature's Variety has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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First 10 ingredients:

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

Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe

Hill's 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.)

First 10 ingredients:

chicken brown rice wheat gluten cracked pearled barley chicken fat chicken meal whole grain oats egg product chicken liver flavor ground pecan shells

 

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

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Hill's Science Diet Kitten Indoor Chicken Recipe

Kibble

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Score
A+
Score
C
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Kibble
Meat % 95% Unknown
Protein % 44% 37.5%
Fat % 32% 19.2%
Fiber % 3% 1.8%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.38 to 1 1.95 to 1
Total Ingredients 15 28
Meat Content 5 total
high concentration, high quality
6 total
low concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 6 total
low concentration
6 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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