Nutrience SubZero Prairie Red vs. Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

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Nutrience has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Merrick has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nutrience has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Nutrience SubZero Prairie Red

Nutrience has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Nutrience has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

deboned beef deboned lamb deboned wild boar beef liver lamb liver wild boar liver deboned bison pork meal lamb meal salmon

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

Merrick has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken chicken meal turkey meal potatoes peas natural flavor salmon meal potato protein chicken fat sweet potatoes

 

Nutrience SubZero Prairie Red

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Score
B
Score
C
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 40% 42%
Fat % 20% 15%
Fiber % 3.5% 3.5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2 to 1 2.8 to 1
Total Ingredients 57 18
Meat Content 19 total
high concentration, high quality
7 total
high quality
Non-Meats 18 total
low concentration
4 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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