Real Meat Lamb Recipe vs. 9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food

Real Meat has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Real Meat has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Both foods contain controversial ingredients.

Real Meat Lamb Recipe

Real Meat has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Real Meat has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

lamb lamb lung lamb liver vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground lamb bone dried marine microalgae mixed tocopherols

9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food

First 10 ingredients:

whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal beef fat corn gluten meal whole wheat natural flavor soybean hulls salmon meal