Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg Formula vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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Purina 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. Smalls is 100% pea-free; Purina has peas as its 2nd ingredient.

Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg Formula

Purina 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 pea protein chicken meal cassava root flour dried egg product beef fat potato protein pea starch dried yeast canola meal

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.
Smalls is 100% pea-free; Purina has peas as its 2nd ingredient.

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

 

Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg Formula

Kibble

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 98%
Protein % 42% 45%
Fat % 19% 15%
Fiber % 2.5% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.21 to 1 3 to 1
Total Ingredients 21 9
Meat Content 5 total
high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 5 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free No, 2nd Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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