Primal Feline Chicken & Salmon Nuggets vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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Primal has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 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. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Primal Feline Chicken & Salmon Nuggets

Primal has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken liver salmon organic kale organic squash organic carrots organic apples organic pumpkin seeds organic sunflower seeds organic parsley

Smalls Bird Recipe

Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

First 10 ingredients:

finely ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard chicken egg goat’s milk water eggshell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols

 

Primal Feline Chicken & Salmon Nuggets

Frozen Raw

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
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Food Type Frozen Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 89% 98%
Protein % 13% 45%
Fat % 8% 15%
Fiber % 2% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.63 to 1 3 to 1
Total Ingredients 20 9
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 12 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 
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