Real Meat Turkey Recipe vs. Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties
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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.12 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much 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
First 10 ingredients:
turkey turkey liver turkey heart turkey gizzard turkey neck vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground turkey bone
Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.12 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
turkey turkey heart turkey liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex
Real Meat Turkey RecipeAir-Dried Raw |
Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Air-Dried Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 90% | 94% |
| Protein % | 29% | 53% |
| Fat % | 26% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 2% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.12 to 1 | 2.65 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 15 | 4 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | No | Yes |
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