Nature's Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Turkey vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Nature's Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Turkey
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
turkey meal peas turkey tapioca canola oil natural flavor coconut oil salt montmorillonite clay choline chloride
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
duck duck gizzard duck heart duck liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex
Nature's Variety Instinct Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free TurkeyKibble |
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
D |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 94% |
| Protein % | 35.5% | 47% |
| Fat % | 16.5% | 21% |
| Fiber % | 4% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.15 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 13 | 5 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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