Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties vs. Zeal Salmon and Turkey 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 fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
                                                                                                 Vital Essentials has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
                                                                                 Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
                                                
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 Salmon and Turkey 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:
salmon turkey turkey heart turkey liver bamboo fibre sunflower lecithin krill meal parsley taurine vitamin a
| Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw | Zeal Salmon and Turkey for CatsAir-Dried Raw | |
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        Score A+ | 
        Score A+ | |
| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Air-Dried Raw | 
| Meat % | 94% | 96% | 
| Protein % | 55% | 34% | 
| Fat % | 18% | 22% | 
| Fiber % | 5% | 4% | 
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 3.06 to 1 | 1.55 to 1 | 
| Total Ingredients | 4 | 10 | 
| Meat Content | 3 total high concentration, high quality | 5 total high concentration, high quality | 
| Non-Meats | None | 2 total low concentration | 
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes | 
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes | 
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