9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food vs. Smack Purrfect Pork
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Smack has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smack has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smack has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food
First 10 ingredients:
whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal beef fat corn gluten meal whole wheat natural flavor soybean hulls salmon meal
Smack Purrfect Pork
Smack has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Smack has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smack has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
pork pork bone pork liver pork kidneys pork spleen pork tongue pork heart organic pumpkin organic celery organic apple
9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat FoodKibble |
Smack Purrfect PorkFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
F |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 88% |
| Protein % | 28% | 40% |
| Fat % | 9% | 30% |
| Fiber % | 4% | 1.8% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 3.11 to 1 | 1.33 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 20 | 14 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
low concentration, low quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
5 total
low concentration |
6 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | No | Yes |
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