Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe
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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod
First 10 ingredients:
beef beef liver beef kidney beef spleen ground cod beef heart ground flaxseed fish oil montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass
Smalls Water Bird Recipe
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground duck with bone duck heart duck liver duck gizzard duck egg duck blood goat's milk water eggshell membrane herring oil
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & CodFrozen Raw |
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Frozen Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 95% | 98% |
| Protein % | 13% | 45% |
| Fat % | 9% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 2% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.44 to 1 | 2.25 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 17 | 10 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
7 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
