Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

beef beef liver beef kidney beef spleen ground cod beef heart ground flaxseed fish oil montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod

Frozen Raw

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Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Frozen Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 95% 94%
Protein % 13% 47%
Fat % 9% 21%
Fiber % 2% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.44 to 1 2.24 to 1
Total Ingredients 17 5
Meat Content 6 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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