Real Meat Lamb Recipe vs. 9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

Real Meat 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.) Real Meat has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Real Meat has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

Real Meat Lamb Recipe

Real Meat 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.)
Real Meat has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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First 10 ingredients:

lamb lamb lung lamb liver vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground lamb bone dried marine microalgae mixed tocopherols

9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

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