ZiwiPeak East Cape Recipe vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
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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. ZiwiPeak's ratio of 1.19 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (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.
ZiwiPeak East Cape Recipe
First 10 ingredients:
mutton goat whole kahawai goat tripe whole white trevally mutton lung whole mackerel mutton tripe new zealand green mussel goat liver
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. ZiwiPeak's ratio of 1.19 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
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
ZiwiPeak East Cape RecipeAir-Dried Raw |
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
A+ |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Air-Dried Raw | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 96% | 94% |
| Protein % | 38% | 47% |
| Fat % | 32% | 21% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.19 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 21 | 5 |
| Meat Content |
17 total
high concentration, high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
2 total
low concentration |
None |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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