Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Real Meat Chicken Recipe
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.2 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Real Meat is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 1.2 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
duck turkey meal chicken meal chicken fat white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas tapioca
Real Meat Chicken Recipe
Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken liver chicken heart chicken gizzard chicken neck vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground chicken bone
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free DuckKibble |
Real Meat Chicken RecipeAir-Dried Raw |
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Score
F |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Air-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 90% |
| Protein % | 40% | 30% |
| Fat % | 23% | 25% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 2% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.74 to 1 | 1.2 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 15 |
| Meat Content |
12 total
high concentration, high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
8 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | No, 9th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | No |
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