Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken for Kittens vs. Real Meat Turkey and Venison Recipe

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.36 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Real Meat has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Real Meat is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 4th ingredient. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken for Kittens

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.36 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken turkey meal menhaden fish meal peas chicken fat egg product chicken meal white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole

Real Meat Turkey and Venison Recipe

Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Real Meat is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 4th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

turkey venison turkey liver turkey heart turkey gizzard venison lung venison liver turkey neck vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder