Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg Formula vs. Smalls Other Bird Recipe
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Purina has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 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. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg Formula
Purina has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken pea protein chicken meal cassava root flour dried egg product beef fat potato protein pea starch dried yeast canola meal
Smalls Other Bird Recipe
Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground turkey with bone turkey heart turkey liver turkey gizzard goat's milk turkey egg water egg shell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols
Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg FormulaKibble |
Smalls Other Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
|
Score
C |
Score
A+ |
|
Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
Meat % | Unknown | 98% |
Protein % | 42% | 49% |
Fat % | 19% | 17% |
Fiber % | 2.5% | 3% |
Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.21 to 1 | 2.88 to 1 |
Total Ingredients | 21 | 9 |
Meat Content |
5 total
high quality |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
Non-Meats |
5 total
low concentration |
None |
Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |