Applaws Complete Kitten Food vs. 9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food

Applaws has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Applaws has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Applaws has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.

Applaws Complete Kitten Food

Applaws has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Applaws has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Applaws has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

dried chicken meat meal chicken mince potatoes yeast beet pulp juices from the chicken salmon oil vitamins and minerals dried egg cellulose from plant fiber

9 Lives Daily Essentials Dry Cat Food

First 10 ingredients:

whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal corn gluten meal beef fat whole wheat natural flavor salmon meal phosphoric acid