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.)

Legend

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 Formula

Kibble

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Smalls Other Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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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
 

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