Nature's Variety Instinct Ultimate Protein Duck vs. Kaytee Fiesta with Natural Ingredients

Kaytee has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.76 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Nature's Variety has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Nature's Variety Instinct Ultimate Protein Duck

Nature's Variety has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

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First 10 ingredients:

duck chicken chicken eggs tapioca ground flaxseed canola oil natural flavor dried tomato pomace dried whey protein concentrate dicalcium phosphate

Kaytee Fiesta with Natural Ingredients

Kaytee has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.76 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

First 10 ingredients:

poultry meal poultry by-product meal brewers rice poultry fat dehulled soybean meal ground wheat soybean oil dried molasses beet pulp dried egg product fish meal