Smalls Water Bird Recipe vs. IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Adult with Chicken

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IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 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.
Smalls Water 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 duck with bone duck heart duck liver duck gizzard duck egg duck blood goat's milk water eggshell membrane herring oil
IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Adult with Chicken
IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken by-product meal ground whole grain corn corn grits corn gluten meal dried plain beet pulp chicken fat natural flavor dried egg product sodium bisulfate
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Adult with ChickenKibble |
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Score
A+ |
Score
D |
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Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Kibble |
Meat % | 98% | Unknown |
Protein % | 45% | 32% |
Fat % | 20% | 15% |
Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.25 to 1 | 2.13 to 1 |
Total Ingredients | 10 | 17 |
Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
low concentration, high quality |
Non-Meats | None |
4 total
low concentration |
Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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