Real Meat Turkey Recipe vs. Smalls Other Bird Recipe
If you have ferrets, please check out Ferret Love
Create an account to hide ads!
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 2.88 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 Turkey Recipe
Real Meat 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:
turkey turkey liver turkey heart turkey gizzard turkey neck vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground turkey bone
Smalls Other Bird Recipe
Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
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
Real Meat Turkey RecipeAir-Dried Raw |
Smalls Other Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
|
|
Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
|
| Food Type | Air-Dried Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 90% | 98% |
| Protein % | 29% | 49% |
| Fat % | 26% | 17% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.12 to 1 | 2.88 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 |
