Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties vs. Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Zeal has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 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 mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

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

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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

Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats

Zeal has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken tender chicken liver salmon yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley

 

Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats

Air-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Air-Dried Raw
Meat % 94% 96%
Protein % 55% 36%
Fat % 18% 28%
Fiber % 5% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 3.06 to 1 1.29 to 1
Total Ingredients 4 17
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
7 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None 3 total
low concentration
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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