Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg Formula vs. Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
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Purina has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 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. Vital Essentials 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. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
chicken pea protein chicken meal cassava root flour dried egg product beef fat potato protein pea starch dried yeast canola meal
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties
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.
Vital Essentials is 100% pea-free; Purina has peas as its 2nd ingredient.
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 Pro Plan Kitten Chicken & Egg FormulaKibble |
Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
F |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 94% |
| Protein % | 42% | 55% |
| Fat % | 19% | 18% |
| Fiber % | 2.5% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.21 to 1 | 3.06 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 21 | 4 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
high quality |
3 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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