Applaws Complete Dry Adult Cat Ocean Fish with Salmon vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
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Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Applaws's ratio of 2.27 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. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Vital Essentials is 100% pea-free; Applaws has peas as its 2nd ingredient.
Applaws Complete Dry Adult Cat Ocean Fish with Salmon
First 10 ingredients:
white fish peas herring meal chickpea flour lentils salmon whitefish meal flaxseed brewer’s yeast salmon oil
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Applaws's ratio of 2.27 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.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Vital Essentials is 100% pea-free; Applaws has peas as its 2nd 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
Applaws Complete Dry Adult Cat Ocean Fish with SalmonKibble |
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
F |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 50% | 94% |
| Protein % | 34% | 47% |
| Fat % | 15% | 21% |
| Fiber % | 6% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.27 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 23 | 5 |
| Meat Content |
6 total
high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
11 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | No, 2nd Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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