Natures Menu Especially for Cats Chicken & Turkey vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

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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. 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 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 Chicken & Turkey

Natures Menu 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.)

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken broth turkey minerals vitamin d3 vitamin e taurine potassium iodide manganese oxide zinc sulphate monohydrate

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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

 

Natures Menu Especially for Cats Chicken & Turkey

Canned

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Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Canned Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 99% 94%
Protein % 10% 47%
Fat % 6% 21%
Fiber % 0.2% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.67 to 1 2.24 to 1
Total Ingredients 6 5
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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