Hill's Prescription Diet t/d 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 slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. 9 Lives has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Hill's Prescription Diet t/d

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:

chicken by-product meal brewers rice corn gluten meal whole grain corn powdered cellulose chicken fat chicken liver flavor lactic acid calcium sulfate soybean oil

9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food

9 Lives has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
9 Lives has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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