Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.12 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken liver chicken heart montmorillonite clay ground flaxseed salmon oil carrots apples butternut squash vitamins

Smalls Water Bird Recipe

Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.12 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Smalls has slightly 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

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Smalls Water Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 93% 98%
Protein % 38% 45%
Fat % 34% 20%
Fiber % 3% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.12 to 1 2.25 to 1
Total Ingredients 12 10
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
6 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 6 total
low concentration
None
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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