Smalls Water Bird Recipe vs. Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock 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 1.38 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (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 a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.38 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (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.
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 Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock Recipe
First 10 ingredients:
pollock beef beef spleen beef liver beef kidney ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass yeast culture salmon oil
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Wild-Caught Alaskan Pollock RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 98% | 95% |
| Protein % | 45% | 44% |
| Fat % | 20% | 32% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.25 to 1 | 1.38 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 10 | 15 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats | None |
6 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
