SquarePet Squarely Natural Chicken & Brown Rice Formula vs. 9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food
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SquarePet has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) SquarePet has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. SquarePet has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.
SquarePet Squarely Natural Chicken & Brown Rice Formula
SquarePet has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.04 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
SquarePet has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
SquarePet has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken meal brown rice white rice chicken fat natural flavor sunflower oil salmon oil calcium carbonate potassium chloride
9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat Food
First 10 ingredients:
whole ground corn chicken by-product meal corn protein meal soybean meal animal fat whole wheat ocean fish meal natural flavor dicalcium phosphate salt
SquarePet Squarely Natural Chicken & Brown Rice FormulaKibble |
9 Lives Kitten Essentials Chicken & Ocean Fish Dry Cat FoodKibble |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
| Protein % | 36% | 38% |
| Fat % | 16% | 12.5% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 2.5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.25 to 1 | 3.04 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 9 | 16 |
| Meat Content |
4 total
high quality |
3 total
low concentration, low quality |
| Non-Meats |
2 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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