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

Legend

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 & Cod

Frozen Raw

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Smalls Water Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
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
 

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