Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Smalls Other Bird Recipe
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 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. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Smalls is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
salmon menhaden fish meal white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas herring meal canola oil tapioca
Smalls Other Bird Recipe
Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground turkey with bone turkey heart turkey liver turkey gizzard goat's milk turkey egg water egg shell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free SalmonKibble |
Smalls Other 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 % | 42% | 49% |
| Fat % | 18.5% | 17% |
| Fiber % | 3.5% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.27 to 1 | 2.88 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 29 | 9 |
| Meat Content |
15 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
high concentration, 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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