Purina Cat Chow Naturals vs. Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
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Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Purina's ratio of 3.78 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.
Purina Cat Chow Naturals
First 10 ingredients:
chicken corn gluten meal brewers rice chicken by-product meal soybean meal ground yellow corn animal fat turkey powdered cellulose natural flavor
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Purina's ratio of 3.78 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken heart chicken liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex
Purina Cat Chow NaturalsKibble |
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
|
Score
F |
Score
A+ |
|
Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
Meat % | Unknown | 94% |
Protein % | 34% | 55% |
Fat % | 9% | 18% |
Fiber % | 5.1% | 5% |
Protein to Fat Ratio | 3.78 to 1 | 3.06 to 1 |
Total Ingredients | 20 | 4 |
Meat Content |
4 total
low concentration, high quality |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
Non-Meats |
6 total
low concentration |
None |
Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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