Real Meat Chicken Recipe vs. Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats
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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Zeal has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.2 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Real Meat has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
Real Meat Chicken Recipe
Real Meat has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken liver chicken heart chicken gizzard chicken neck vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground chicken bone
Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats
Zeal has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.2 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken tender chicken liver salmon yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley
Real Meat Chicken RecipeAir-Dried Raw |
Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for CatsAir-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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Food Type | Air-Dried Raw | Air-Dried Raw |
Meat % | 90% | 96% |
Protein % | 30% | 36% |
Fat % | 25% | 28% |
Fiber % | 2% | 5% |
Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.2 to 1 | 1.29 to 1 |
Total Ingredients | 15 | 17 |
Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
7 total
high concentration, high quality |
Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
Controversial ingredient-free | No | Yes |