Hill's Prescription Diet t/d vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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Hill's 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. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Hill's Prescription Diet t/d

Hill's 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.)

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken by-product meal brewers rice corn gluten meal whole grain corn powdered cellulose chicken fat chicken liver flavor lactic acid calcium sulfate soybean oil

Smalls Bird Recipe

Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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

 

Hill's Prescription Diet t/d

Kibble

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
D
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 98%
Protein % 35% 45%
Fat % 17% 15%
Fiber % 8.3% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.06 to 1 3 to 1
Total Ingredients 18 9
Meat Content 4 total
low concentration, low quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 3 total
low concentration
None
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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