Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties vs. 9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food

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Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 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. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 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.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
turkey turkey heart turkey liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex
9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food
First 10 ingredients:
whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal beef fat corn gluten meal whole wheat natural flavor soybean hulls salmon meal
Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat FoodKibble |
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Score
A+ |
Score
F |
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Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Kibble |
Meat % | 94% | Unknown |
Protein % | 53% | 28% |
Fat % | 20% | 9% |
Fiber % | 2% | 4% |
Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.65 to 1 | 3.11 to 1 |
Total Ingredients | 4 | 20 |
Meat Content |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
low concentration, low quality |
Non-Meats | None |
5 total
low concentration |
Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | No |
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