Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken vs. Marshall Select Chicken Formula Premium Diet

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

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken

Marshall contains controversial ingredients.

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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

Marshall Select Chicken Formula Premium Diet

Marshall has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Marshall has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Marshall is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 5th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken by-products chicken by-product meal corn meal dried beet pulp brewers dried yeast choline chloride dl-methionine l-lysine sodium propionate

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken

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Marshall Select Chicken Formula Premium Diet

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Score
F
Score
C
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 14
Meat Content 9 total
high concentration, high quality
3 total
high quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
2 total
low concentration
Pea-free No, 5th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes No
 

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