Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Marshall Ferret Crunch

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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 fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Marshall is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient. Marshall contains controversial ingredients.

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Marshall contains controversial ingredients.

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First 10 ingredients:

duck turkey meal chicken meal chicken fat white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas tapioca

Marshall Ferret Crunch

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 fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Marshall is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken by-products chicken chicken by-product meal corn meal dried beet pulp brewers dried yeast dl-methionine l-lysine sodium propionate and mixed tocopherols taurine

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

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Score
F
Score
C
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 40% 38%
Fat % 23% 18%
Fiber % 3% 3.5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.74 to 1 2.11 to 1
Total Ingredients 22 12
Meat Content 12 total
high concentration, high quality
3 total
high quality
Non-Meats 8 total
low concentration
2 total
low concentration
Pea-free No, 9th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes No
 

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