Smalls Other Bird Recipe vs. Vital Essentials Duck 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. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Smalls Other Bird Recipe
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
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
duck duck gizzard duck heart duck liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex
Smalls Other Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 98% | 94% |
| Protein % | 49% | 47% |
| Fat % | 17% | 21% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.88 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 9 | 5 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats | None | None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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