Absolute Pet Beef & Venison vs. IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Adult with Chicken

IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Absolute Pet's ratio of 1.2 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) IAMS has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Absolute Pet has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Absolute Pet contains controversial ingredients.

Absolute Pet Beef & Venison

Absolute Pet has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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First 10 ingredients:

beef beef lung beef liver venison vegetable glycerine green lipped mussel dried chicory parsley choline chloride flaxseed

IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Adult with Chicken

IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Absolute Pet's ratio of 1.2 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
IAMS has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Absolute Pet contains controversial ingredients.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken by-product meal ground whole grain corn corn grits corn gluten meal dried plain beet pulp chicken fat natural flavor dried egg product sodium bisulfate