Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Chicken vs. Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats

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

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Nature's Variety has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Zeal has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Chicken

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Nature's Variety has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken liver chicken heart fish oil ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay vitamins vitamin e supplement thiamine mononitrate vitamin d3 supplement

Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats

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

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken tender chicken liver salmon yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley