Acana Meadowlands vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 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. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Smalls is 100% pea-free; Acana has peas as its 10th ingredient.

Acana Meadowlands

Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken deboned turkey chicken liver chicken meal catfish meal pollock meal whole red lentils whole pinto beans chicken fat pea starch

Smalls Bird Recipe

Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls is 100% pea-free; Acana has peas as its 10th ingredient.

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

 

Acana Meadowlands

Kibble

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 98%
Protein % 36% 45%
Fat % 18% 15%
Fiber % 4% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2 to 1 3 to 1
Total Ingredients 37 9
Meat Content 18 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 15 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free No, 10th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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