Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Smack Pacific Fish Feast
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smack's ratio of 1.56 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smack 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 Original Grain-Free Duck
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smack's ratio of 1.56 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
duck turkey meal chicken meal chicken fat white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas tapioca
Smack Pacific Fish Feast
Smack has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
rockfish herring organic pumpkin organic spinach organic celery organic apple organic parsley organic kale organic turmeric tocopherols
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free DuckKibble |
Smack Pacific Fish FeastFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
B |
Score
B |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 85% |
| Protein % | 40% | 50% |
| Fat % | 23% | 32% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 1.5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.74 to 1 | 1.56 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 9 |
| Meat Content |
12 total
high concentration, high quality |
2 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
8 total
low concentration |
6 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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