Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Taste of the Wild Lowland Creek Feline Recipe

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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Taste of the Wild's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Taste of the Wild has slightly 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. Taste of the Wild's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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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 Lowland Creek Feline Recipe

Taste of the Wild has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

First 10 ingredients:

duck duck meal turkey meal chicken meal sweet potatoes lentils peas chicken fat roasted quail roasted duck

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

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Taste of the Wild Lowland Creek Feline Recipe

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Score
B
Score
C
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 40% 36%
Fat % 23% 16%
Fiber % 3% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.74 to 1 2.25 to 1
Total Ingredients 22 19
Meat Content 12 total
high concentration, high quality
6 total
high concentration, low quality
Non-Meats 8 total
low concentration
6 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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