Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken liver chicken heart pumpkinseeds ground flaxseed montmorillonite clay salmon oil carrots apples butternut squash

Smalls Bird Recipe

Smalls has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

First 10 ingredients:

finely ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard chicken egg goat’s milk water eggshell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 93% 98%
Protein % 38% 45%
Fat % 34% 15%
Fiber % 3% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.12 to 1 3 to 1
Total Ingredients 13 9
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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