Real Meat Lamb Recipe vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

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Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 0.94 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has 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. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

Real Meat Lamb Recipe

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First 10 ingredients:

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

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 0.94 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.

First 10 ingredients:

duck duck gizzard duck heart duck liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex

 

Real Meat Lamb Recipe

Air-Dried Raw

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Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A
Score
A+
Food Type Air-Dried Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 90% 94%
Protein % 30% 47%
Fat % 32% 21%
Fiber % 2% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 0.94 to 1 2.24 to 1
Total Ingredients 13 5
Meat Content 4 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 3 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free No Yes
 

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