Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten vs. Royal Canin Recovery

Royal Canin has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Royal Canin has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Royal Canin has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Royal Canin is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient.

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

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First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken chicken meal turkey meal potatoes peas natural flavor salmon meal potato protein chicken fat sweet potatoes

Royal Canin Recovery

Royal Canin has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Royal Canin has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Royal Canin has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Royal Canin is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

poultry by-products chicken meat hydrolysed pork gelatin corn starch mixture powdered cellulose fish oil caseinate minerals sunflower oil psyllium husks and seeds