Stella & Chewy's Raw Blend Kibble vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe
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Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Stella & Chewy's's ratio of 2.52 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Stella & Chewy's Raw Blend Kibble
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken meal lentils peas chicken fat turkey natural chicken flavor chicken liver duck chicken gizzard
Smalls Water Bird Recipe
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Stella & Chewy's's ratio of 2.52 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Smalls has much 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
Stella & Chewy's Raw Blend KibbleKibble |
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
C |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 98% |
| Protein % | 39% | 45% |
| Fat % | 15.5% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 5% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.52 to 1 | 2.25 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 21 | 10 |
| Meat Content |
8 total
high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
6 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
