Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties vs. Purina Cat Chow Naturals
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Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Purina's ratio of 3.78 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Purina's ratio of 3.78 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken heart chicken liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex
Purina Cat Chow Naturals
First 10 ingredients:
chicken corn gluten meal brewers rice chicken by-product meal soybean meal ground yellow corn animal fat turkey powdered cellulose natural flavor
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
Purina Cat Chow NaturalsKibble |
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Score
A+ |
Score
F |
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| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Kibble |
| Meat % | 94% | Unknown |
| Protein % | 55% | 34% |
| Fat % | 18% | 9% |
| Fiber % | 5% | 5.1% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 3.06 to 1 | 3.78 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 4 | 20 |
| Meat Content |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
4 total
low concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats | None |
6 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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