IAMS Proactive Health High Protein vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

IAMS Proactive Health High Protein

IAMS has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken byproduct meal corn grits ground whole grain corn salmon chicken meal dried plain beet pulp natural flavor sodium bisulfate caramel color

Smalls Bird Recipe

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

First 10 ingredients:

finely ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard chicken egg goat’s milk water eggshell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols