Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties vs. Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Rabbit Recipe

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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. Hipaws's ratio of 5.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Hipaws's ratio of 5.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken heart chicken liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex

Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Rabbit Recipe

First 10 ingredients:

rabbit meat rabbit heart rabbit liver fish oil calcium carbonate dicalcium phosphate potassium chloride sodium chloride fructo-oligosaccharides vitamin e

 

Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Hipaws Freeze-Dried Meat Bites Rabbit Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 94% 98%
Protein % 55% 63%
Fat % 18% 12%
Fiber % 5% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 3.06 to 1 5.25 to 1
Total Ingredients 4 15
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
3 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None None
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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