Smalls Other Bird Recipe vs. 9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food

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Smalls 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.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.

Smalls Other Bird Recipe

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

Legend

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

9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food

First 10 ingredients:

whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal corn gluten meal beef fat whole wheat natural flavor salmon meal phosphoric acid

 

Smalls Other Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food

Kibble

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Score
A+
Score
F
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Kibble
Meat % 98% Unknown
Protein % 49% 28%
Fat % 17% 9%
Fiber % 3% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.88 to 1 3.11 to 1
Total Ingredients 9 18
Meat Content 5 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
low concentration, low quality
Non-Meats None 4 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes No
 

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