Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Royal Canin Recovery

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Royal Canin has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Royal Canin has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Royal Canin is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient.

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

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

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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

Royal Canin Recovery

Royal Canin has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Royal Canin has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Royal Canin is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

poultry by-products chicken meat hydrolysed pork gelatin corn starch mixture powdered cellulose fish oil caseinate minerals sunflower oil psyllium husks and seeds

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

Kibble

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Royal Canin Recovery

Canned

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Score
F
Score
C
Food Type Kibble Canned
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 40% 12.7%
Fat % 23% 6.4%
Fiber % 3% 2.3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.74 to 1 1.98 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 Yes
 

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