Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Marshall Ferret Crunch

Marshall 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.) Marshall has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Marshall is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient. Marshall contains controversial ingredients.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon

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

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First 10 ingredients:

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

Marshall Ferret Crunch

Marshall 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.)
Marshall has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Marshall is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken by-products chicken chicken by-product meal corn meal dried beet pulp brewers dried yeast dl-methionine l-lysine sodium propionate and mixed tocopherols taurine