Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken 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.

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.12 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken

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First 10 ingredients:

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

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.12 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Meals Chicken

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 93% 94%
Protein % 38% 47%
Fat % 34% 21%
Fiber % 3% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.12 to 1 2.24 to 1
Total Ingredients 13 5
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
4 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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