Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Smalls Bird Recipe
 
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls 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. Smalls's ratio of 3 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
Smalls Bird Recipe
                                                                                                 Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
                                                                                    
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard chicken egg goat’s milk water eggshell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols
| Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free SalmonKibble | Smalls Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw | |
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        Score F | 
        Score A+ | |
| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw | 
| Meat % | Unknown | 98% | 
| Protein % | 42% | 45% | 
| Fat % | 18.5% | 15% | 
| Fiber % | 3.5% | 3% | 
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.27 to 1 | 3 to 1 | 
| Total Ingredients | 29 | 9 | 
| Meat Content | 15 total high concentration, high quality | 5 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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