Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & Chicken vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe
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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.
Natures Menu has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Natures Menu has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.
Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & Chicken
Natures Menu has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Natures Menu has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
beef chicken chicken broth minerals vitamin d3 vitamin e taurine potassium iodide manganese oxide zinc sulphate monohydrate
Smalls Water Bird Recipe
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground duck with bone duck heart duck liver duck gizzard duck egg duck blood goat's milk water eggshell membrane herring oil
Natures Menu Especially for Cats Beef & ChickenCanned |
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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A+ |
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A+ |
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| Food Type | Canned | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 99% | 98% |
| Protein % | 10% | 45% |
| Fat % | 6% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 0.2% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.67 to 1 | 2.25 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 6 | 10 |
| Meat Content |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats | None | None |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |