Smalls Water Bird Recipe vs. Zeal Okanagan Blend for Cats
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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. 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 Okanagan Blend for Cats
First 10 ingredients:
chicken pork herring chicken tender pork liver cod salmon yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
Zeal Okanagan Blend for CatsAir-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| 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 | 20 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
10 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats | None |
3 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
