Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Rabbit vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Smalls is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 6th ingredient.
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Rabbit
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.25 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
rabbit turkey meal menhaden fish meal chicken fat white fish meal peas salmon meal rabbit meal tapioca natural flavor
Smalls Water Bird Recipe
Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Smalls is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 6th ingredient.
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground duck with bone duck heart duck liver duck gizzard duck egg duck blood goat's milk water eggshell membrane herring oil
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free RabbitKibble |
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
F |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 98% |
| Protein % | 40.5% | 45% |
| Fat % | 22.5% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.8 to 1 | 2.25 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 10 |
| Meat Content |
12 total
high concentration, high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
7 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | No, 6th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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