Smalls Bird Recipe vs. 9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food
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Smalls 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.) Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
Smalls Bird Recipe
Smalls 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.)
Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.
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
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
Smalls Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat FoodKibble |
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Score
A+ |
Score
F |
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| Food Type | Freeze-Dried Raw | Kibble |
| Meat % | 98% | Unknown |
| Protein % | 45% | 28% |
| Fat % | 15% | 9% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 4% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 3 to 1 | 3.11 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 9 | 20 |
| Meat Content |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
low concentration, low quality |
| Non-Meats | None |
5 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | No |
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