Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Real Meat Lamb Recipe

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 0.94 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Real Meat has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Real Meat is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 0.94 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.
Real Meat 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

Real Meat Lamb Recipe

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

First 10 ingredients:

lamb lamb lung lamb liver vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground lamb bone dried marine microalgae mixed tocopherols