Wellness CORE Original vs. Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry Food
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Thrive has a better protein to fat ratio. Wellness's ratio of 2.5 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Thrive has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Wellness CORE Original
First 10 ingredients:
deboned turkey deboned chicken turkey meal chicken meal peas herring meal chicken fat dried ground potatoes tomato pomace ground flaxseed
Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry Food
Thrive has a better protein to fat ratio. Wellness's ratio of 2.5 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Thrive has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
dried chicken meat chicken chicken fat sweet potato potato chicken gravy vitamins vitamin a vitamin d3 vitamin e
Wellness CORE OriginalKibble |
Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry FoodKibble |
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Score
B |
Score
B |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | Unknown | 90% |
| Protein % | 45% | 52% |
| Fat % | 18% | 22% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 1.5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.5 to 1 | 2.36 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 12 |
| Meat Content |
7 total
high concentration, high quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
6 total
low concentration |
2 total
low concentration |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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