Real Meat Chicken Recipe vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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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 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. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

Real Meat Chicken Recipe

Real Meat 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.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken liver chicken heart chicken gizzard chicken neck vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground chicken bone

Smalls Bird Recipe

Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

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

 

Real Meat Chicken Recipe

Air-Dried Raw

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Air-Dried Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 90% 98%
Protein % 30% 45%
Fat % 25% 15%
Fiber % 2% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.2 to 1 3 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
 

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