Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Chicken Recipe
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Hipaws's ratio of 5.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Hipaws has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Hipaws's ratio of 5.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
salmon menhaden fish meal white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas herring meal canola oil tapioca
Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Chicken Recipe
Hipaws has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken breast chicken heart chicken liver fish oil calcium carbonate dicalcium phosphate potassium chloride sodium chloride fructo-oligosaccharides vitamin e
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free SalmonKibble |
Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Chicken RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
B |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 98% |
| Protein % | 42% | 63% |
| Fat % | 18.5% | 12% |
| Fiber % | 3.5% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.27 to 1 | 5.25 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 29 | 15 |
| Meat Content |
15 total
high concentration, high quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
9 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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