Wellness CORE Original vs. 9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food
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Wellness 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 fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Wellness has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. 9 Lives is 100% pea-free; Wellness has peas as its 5th ingredient.
Wellness CORE Original
Wellness 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.)
Wellness has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
deboned turkey deboned chicken turkey meal chicken meal peas herring meal chicken fat dried ground potatoes tomato pomace ground flaxseed
9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food
9 Lives has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
9 Lives is 100% pea-free; Wellness has peas as its 5th ingredient.
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
Wellness CORE OriginalKibble |
9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat FoodKibble |
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Score
F |
Score
F |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
| Protein % | 45% | 38% |
| Fat % | 18% | 12.5% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 2.5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.5 to 1 | 3.04 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 16 |
| Meat Content |
7 total
high concentration, high quality |
3 total
low concentration, low quality |
| Non-Meats |
6 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | No, 5th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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