Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Smalls Other Bird Recipe
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 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 9th ingredient.
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
duck turkey meal chicken meal chicken fat white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas tapioca
Smalls Other 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 9th ingredient.
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground turkey with bone turkey heart turkey liver turkey gizzard goat's milk turkey egg water egg shell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols
Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free DuckKibble |
Smalls Other 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 % | 40% | 49% |
| Fat % | 23% | 17% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.74 to 1 | 2.88 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 9 |
| Meat Content |
12 total
high concentration, high quality |
5 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
8 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | No, 9th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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