Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Smallbatch Duckbatch Sliders
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smallbatch's ratio of 1.42 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smallbatch 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. Smallbatch's ratio of 1.42 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
Smallbatch Duckbatch Sliders
Smallbatch has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
whole ducks including bones duck livers duck hearts duck gizzards salmon oil organic dandelion greens organic apple cider vinegar organic kelp organic bee pollen organic barley grass
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free DuckKibble |
Smallbatch Duckbatch SlidersFrozen Raw |
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Score
B |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Frozen Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 97% |
| Protein % | 40% | 15.1% |
| Fat % | 23% | 10.6% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 0.2% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.74 to 1 | 1.42 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 11 |
| Meat Content |
12 total
high concentration, high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
8 total
low concentration |
4 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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