Acana Grasslands vs. Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

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Acana 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 much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Vital Essentials is 100% pea-free; Acana has peas as its 11th ingredient.

Acana Grasslands

Acana 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.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

deboned duck deboned chicken eggs chicken meal turkey meal catfish meal whole red lentils whole pinto beans duck fat deboned turkey

Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials is 100% pea-free; Acana has peas as its 11th ingredient.

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

 

Acana Grasslands

Kibble

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Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 94%
Protein % 36% 55%
Fat % 18% 18%
Fiber % 4% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2 to 1 3.06 to 1
Total Ingredients 35 4
Meat Content 16 total
high concentration, high quality
3 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 15 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free No, 11th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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