Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken vs. Acana Wild Atlantic

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Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Nature's Variety has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Acana has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods have peas, but Acana has a lower concentration (9th vs 5th ingredient).

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken

Nature's Variety has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken meal turkey meal menhaden fish meal peas chicken fat tapioca natural flavor dried tomato pomace montmorillonite clay

Acana Wild Atlantic

Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Acana has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Both foods have peas, but Acana has a lower concentration (9th vs 5th ingredient).

First 10 ingredients:

whole mackerel whole herring whole hake acadian redfish mackerel meal herring meal whole red lentils whole pinto beans pea starch whitefish meal

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken

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Acana Wild Atlantic

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Score
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Score
F
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 41% 36%
Fat % 21% 18%
Fiber % 3% 4%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.95 to 1 2 to 1
Total Ingredients 18 32
Meat Content 9 total
high concentration, high quality
11 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
15 total
low concentration
Pea-free No, 5th Ingredient No, 9th Ingredient
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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