Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Smalls Bird Recipe
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Nature's Variety 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; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon
Nature's Variety 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.)
First 10 ingredients:
salmon menhaden fish meal white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas herring meal canola oil tapioca
Smalls Bird Recipe
Smalls has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th 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
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free SalmonKibble |
Smalls Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
F |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 98% |
| Protein % | 42% | 45% |
| Fat % | 18.5% | 15% |
| Fiber % | 3.5% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.27 to 1 | 3 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 29 | 9 |
| Meat Content |
15 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
9 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | No, 7th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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