Stella & Chewy's Duck Duck Goose vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

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You can't go wrong with either of these foods. They both received top marks.

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Stella & Chewy's's ratio of 1.35 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Stella & Chewy's Duck Duck Goose

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First 10 ingredients:

duck with ground bone turkey turkey liver goose turkey gizzard pumpkin seed potassium chloride sodium phosphate choline chloride dried pediococcus acidilactici fermentation product

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Stella & Chewy's's ratio of 1.35 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

First 10 ingredients:

duck duck gizzard duck heart duck liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex

 

Stella & Chewy's Duck Duck Goose

Frozen Raw

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Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
A+
Score
A+
Food Type Frozen Raw Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % 98% 94%
Protein % 13.5% 47%
Fat % 10% 21%
Fiber % 2% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.35 to 1 2.24 to 1
Total Ingredients 8 5
Meat Content 5 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 3 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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