Blue Wilderness Kitten Salmon Recipe vs. Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Blue Wilderness's ratio of 1.5 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Blue Wilderness has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods have peas, but Nature's Variety has a lower concentration (9th vs 5th ingredient).

Blue Wilderness Kitten Salmon Recipe

Blue Wilderness has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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First 10 ingredients:

salmon chicken fish broth chicken liver pea flour natural flavor guar gum fish oil flaxseed potassium chloride

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Blue Wilderness's ratio of 1.5 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Both foods have peas, but Nature's Variety has a lower concentration (9th vs 5th ingredient).

First 10 ingredients:

duck turkey meal chicken meal chicken fat white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas tapioca