Acana Meadowlands vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

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Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 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 10th ingredient.

Acana Meadowlands

Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken deboned turkey chicken liver chicken meal catfish meal pollock meal whole red lentils whole pinto beans chicken fat pea starch

Vital Essentials Duck 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 10th ingredient.

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

 

Acana Meadowlands

Kibble

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Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 94%
Protein % 36% 47%
Fat % 18% 21%
Fiber % 4% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2 to 1 2.24 to 1
Total Ingredients 37 5
Meat Content 18 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 15 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free No, 10th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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