Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Rabbit vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (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 Rabbit

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

rabbit pork liver pork heart pork fat ground pork bone fish oil ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass rabbit lung

Smalls Water Bird Recipe

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 Rabbit

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 % 14% 45%
Fat % 9% 20%
Fiber % 2% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.56 to 1 2.25 to 1
Total Ingredients 18 10
Meat Content 7 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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