Stella & Chewy's Duck Duck Goose vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Stella & Chewy's's ratio of 1.35 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Stella & Chewy's Duck Duck Goose
First 10 ingredients:
duck with ground bone turkey turkey liver goose turkey gizzard pumpkin seed potassium chloride sodium phosphate choline chloride dried pediococcus acidilactici fermentation product
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Stella & Chewy's's ratio of 1.35 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
duck duck gizzard duck heart duck liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex
Stella & Chewy's Duck Duck GooseFrozen Raw |
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Frozen Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 98% | 94% |
| Protein % | 13.5% | 47% |
| Fat % | 10% | 21% |
| Fiber % | 2% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.35 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 8 | 5 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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