Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Zeal Salmon and Turkey for Cats

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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.55 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Zeal has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Zeal 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 better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.55 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
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

Zeal Salmon and Turkey for Cats

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

First 10 ingredients:

salmon turkey turkey heart turkey liver bamboo fibre sunflower lecithin krill meal parsley taurine vitamin a

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

Kibble

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Zeal Salmon and Turkey for Cats

Air-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Air-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 96%
Protein % 40% 34%
Fat % 23% 22%
Fiber % 3% 4%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.74 to 1 1.55 to 1
Total Ingredients 22 10
Meat Content 12 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
high concentration, 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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