Smalls Bird Recipe vs. Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Beef & Trout Recipe
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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Northwest Naturals's ratio of 0.73 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Smalls Bird Recipe
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Northwest Naturals's ratio of 0.73 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Smalls has 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
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Beef & Trout Recipe
First 10 ingredients:
beef heart trout with ground bone ground beef bone beef beef liver egg water gelatin dulse powder dried kelp
Smalls Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
Northwest Naturals Freeze-Dried Cat Nibbles Beef & Trout RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 98% | 98% |
| Protein % | 45% | 33% |
| Fat % | 15% | 45% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 7% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 3 to 1 | 0.73 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 9 | 14 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
7 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats | None |
2 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
