Kaytee Fiesta vs. 9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

Kaytee has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) 9 Lives has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Kaytee has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Kaytee Fiesta

Kaytee has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Kaytee has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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First 10 ingredients:

poultry meal poultry by-product meal brewers rice ground wheat dried egg product poultry fat dehulled soybean meal soybean oil dried molasses beet pulp fish meal

9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

9 Lives has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

First 10 ingredients:

whole ground corn chicken by-product meal corn protein meal soybean meal animal fat whole wheat ocean fish meal natural flavor dicalcium phosphate salt