Smalls Water Bird Recipe vs. Zeal Chicken for Cats
If you have ferrets, please check out Ferret Love
Create an account to hide ads!
You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Smalls Water Bird Recipe
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
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
Zeal Chicken for Cats
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken tender chicken liver yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley calcium carbonate
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
Zeal Chicken for CatsAir-Dried Raw |
|
|
Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
|
| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Air-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 98% | 96% |
| Protein % | 45% | 36% |
| Fat % | 20% | 28% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.25 to 1 | 1.29 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 10 | 16 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats | None |
3 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
