Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken for Kittens vs. Zeal Chicken for Cats

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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Zeal has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Zeal has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Zeal is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 4th ingredient.

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

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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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

Zeal Chicken for Cats

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

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken tender chicken liver yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley calcium carbonate

 

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

Kibble

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Zeal Chicken for Cats

Air-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Air-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 96%
Protein % 42.5% 36%
Fat % 22.5% 28%
Fiber % 3% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.89 to 1 1.29 to 1
Total Ingredients 24 16
Meat Content 15 total
high concentration, high quality
6 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
3 total
low concentration
Pea-free No, 4th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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