Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Taste of the Wild Canyon River Feline Recipe

Taste of the Wild 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.) Taste of the Wild has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods have peas, but Nature's Variety has a lower concentration (7th vs 5th ingredient).

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon

Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Both foods have peas, but Nature's Variety has a lower concentration (7th vs 5th ingredient).

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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

Taste of the Wild Canyon River Feline Recipe

Taste of the Wild 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.)
Taste of the Wild has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

First 10 ingredients:

trout ocean fish meal sweet potatoes potatoes pea protein potato protein canola oil smoked salmon natural flavor dl-methionine