IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Kitten vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
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IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.
IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Kitten
IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken by-product meal ground whole grain corn ground sorghum chicken fat corn gluten meal dried plain beet pulp natural flavor dried egg product potassium chloride
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
duck duck gizzard duck heart duck liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex
IAMS Proactive Health Healthy KittenKibble |
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
C |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 94% |
| Protein % | 33% | 47% |
| Fat % | 21% | 21% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.57 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 16 | 5 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
4 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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