Hill's Prescription Diet d/d Feline Duck & Green Pea Formula vs. 9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) 9 Lives has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. 9 Lives has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. 9 Lives is 100% pea-free; Hill's has peas as its 1st ingredient.

Hill's Prescription Diet d/d Feline Duck & Green Pea Formula

Hill's has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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First 10 ingredients:

yellow peas pea protein duck green peas pork fat powdered cellulose calcium sulfate chicken liver flavor fish oil lactic acid

9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

9 Lives has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
9 Lives has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
9 Lives is 100% pea-free; Hill's has peas as its 1st ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

whole ground corn chicken by-product meal corn protein meal soybean meal animal fat whole wheat ocean fish meal natural flavor dicalcium phosphate salt