Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Taste of the Wild Angus Beef Limited Ingredient Recipe
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Taste of the Wild has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Taste of the Wild 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 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
Taste of the Wild Angus Beef Limited Ingredient Recipe
Taste of the Wild has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Taste of the Wild has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
beef lentils sunflower oil natural flavor salmon oil dl-methionine salt potassium chloride choline chloride taurine
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free DuckKibble |
Taste of the Wild Angus Beef Limited Ingredient RecipeKibble |
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Score
B |
Score
D |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
| Protein % | 40% | 30% |
| Fat % | 23% | 15% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.74 to 1 | 2 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 8 |
| Meat Content |
12 total
high concentration, high quality |
2 total
low concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
8 total
low concentration |
1 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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