Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties vs. Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

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Lily's Kitchen has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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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

Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

Lily's Kitchen has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

First 10 ingredients:

freshly prepared chicken freshly prepared pork freshly prepared trout freshly prepared beef minerals zinc manganese iodine salmon oil algae

 

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

Canned

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Score
A+
Score
A
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Canned
Meat % 94% 65%
Protein % 47% 10%
Fat % 21% 6%
Fiber % 5% 0.2%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.24 to 1 1.67 to 1
Total Ingredients 5 7
Meat Content 4 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high quality
Non-Meats None None
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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