Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken vs. Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté Chicken

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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Lily's Kitchen's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Lily's Kitchen has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Lily's Kitchen has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Lily's Kitchen is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 5th ingredient.

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Lily's Kitchen's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

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

Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté Chicken

Lily's Kitchen has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Lily's Kitchen has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Lily's Kitchen is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 5th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

freshly prepared chicken minerals taurine zinc manganese iodine salmon oil algae

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken

Kibble

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Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté Chicken

Canned

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Score
F
Score
B
Food Type Kibble Canned
Meat % Unknown 65%
Protein % 41% 9.5%
Fat % 21% 5.5%
Fiber % 3% 0.3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.95 to 1 1.73 to 1
Total Ingredients 18 4
Meat Content 9 total
high concentration, high quality
1 total
high quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free No, 5th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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