Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Zeal Chicken for Cats

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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Zeal has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Zeal 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. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

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

Zeal Chicken for Cats

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

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken tender chicken liver yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley calcium carbonate

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon

Kibble

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Zeal Chicken for Cats

Air-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Air-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 96%
Protein % 42% 36%
Fat % 18.5% 28%
Fiber % 3.5% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.27 to 1 1.29 to 1
Total Ingredients 29 16
Meat Content 15 total
high concentration, high quality
6 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 9 total
low concentration
3 total
low concentration
Pea-free No, 7th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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