Stella & Chewy's Chick, Chick Chicken vs. Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

Stella & Chewy's has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Stella & Chewy's has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Stella & Chewy's has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Stella & Chewy's is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient.

Stella & Chewy's Chick, Chick Chicken

Stella & Chewy's has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Stella & Chewy's has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Stella & Chewy's has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Stella & Chewy's is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken liver chicken gizzard pumpkin seed potassium chloride sodium phosphate choline chloride dried pediococcus acidilactici fermentation product dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product dried bifidobacterium longum fermentation product

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken chicken meal turkey meal potatoes peas natural flavor salmon meal potato protein chicken fat sweet potatoes