Real Meat Chicken Recipe vs. Smalls Bird Recipe
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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Real Meat has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
Real Meat Chicken Recipe
Real Meat has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken liver chicken heart chicken gizzard chicken neck vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground chicken bone
Smalls Bird Recipe
Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
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
Real Meat Chicken RecipeAir-Dried Raw |
Smalls Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Air-Dried Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 90% | 98% |
| Protein % | 30% | 45% |
| Fat % | 25% | 15% |
| Fiber % | 2% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.2 to 1 | 3 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 15 | 9 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | No | Yes |
