Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula vs. Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & Chicken
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Natures Menu has a better protein to fat ratio. Kirkland's ratio of 1.5 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Natures Menu has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Natures Menu has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.
Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken meal whole grain brown rice ground white rice chicken fat natural chicken flavor flaxseed sodium bisulfate potassium chloride choline chloride
Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & Chicken
Natures Menu has a better protein to fat ratio. Kirkland's ratio of 1.5 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Natures Menu has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Natures Menu has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
beef chicken chicken broth minerals vitamin d3 vitamin e taurine potassium iodide manganese oxide zinc sulphate monohydrate
Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice FormulaKibble |
Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & ChickenCanned |
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Score
C |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Canned |
| Meat % | Unknown | 99% |
| Protein % | 30% | 10% |
| Fat % | 20% | 6% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 0.2% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.5 to 1 | 1.67 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 13 | 6 |
| Meat Content |
4 total
high quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |