Kaytee Fiesta with Natural Ingredients vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
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Kaytee 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. Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.
Kaytee Fiesta with Natural Ingredients
Kaytee 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:
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
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.
Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.
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
Kaytee Fiesta with Natural IngredientsKibble |
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
D |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 94% |
| Protein % | 35% | 47% |
| Fat % | 20% | 21% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.75 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 25 | 5 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
low quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
5 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | No | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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