Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

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Lily's Kitchen has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.27 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Lily's Kitchen has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Lily's Kitchen is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

salmon menhaden fish meal white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas herring meal canola oil tapioca

Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

Lily's Kitchen has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.27 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Lily's Kitchen has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Lily's Kitchen is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

freshly prepared chicken freshly prepared pork freshly prepared trout freshly prepared beef minerals taurine zinc manganese iodine salmon oil

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon

Kibble

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Lily's Kitchen Smooth Paté for Kittens Chicken

Canned

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Score
F
Score
A
Food Type Kibble Canned
Meat % Unknown 65%
Protein % 42% 10%
Fat % 18.5% 6%
Fiber % 3.5% 0.2%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.27 to 1 1.67 to 1
Total Ingredients 29 7
Meat Content 15 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high quality
Non-Meats 9 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free No, 7th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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