Raw Paws Complete Chicken Pet Food vs. Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Raw Paws has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Raw Paws has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Raw Paws Complete Chicken Pet Food

Raw Paws has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Raw Paws has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver herring oil mixed tocopherols d-alpha tocopherol

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod

First 10 ingredients:

beef beef liver beef kidney beef spleen ground cod beef heart ground flaxseed fish oil montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass

 

Raw Paws Complete Chicken Pet Food

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod

Frozen Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Frozen Raw
Meat % 100% 95%
Protein % 45% 13%
Fat % 27% 9%
Fiber % 2.2% 2%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.67 to 1 1.44 to 1
Total Ingredients 5 17
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
6 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None 7 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 
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