Taste of the Wild Canyon River Feline Recipe vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
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Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Taste of the Wild's ratio of 2.67 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are 100% free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Vital Essentials is 100% pea-free; Taste of the Wild has peas as its 8th ingredient.
Taste of the Wild Canyon River Feline Recipe
First 10 ingredients:
trout fish broth vegetable broth ocean fish salmon dried egg whites potato starch dried ground peas carrots sweet potatoes
Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties
Vital Essentials has a better protein to fat ratio. Taste of the Wild's ratio of 2.67 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials is 100% pea-free; Taste of the Wild has peas as its 8th ingredient.
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
Taste of the Wild Canyon River Feline RecipeCanned | Vital Essentials Duck Dinner PattiesFreeze-Dried Raw | |
Score F |
Score A+ | |
Food Type | Canned | Freeze-Dried Raw |
Meat % | Unknown | 94% |
Protein % | 8% | 47% |
Fat % | 3% | 21% |
Fiber % | 1.5% | 5% |
Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.67 to 1 | 2.24 to 1 |
Total Ingredients | 25 | 5 |
Meat Content |
6 total
high quality |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
Non-Meats |
8 total
low concentration | None |
Pea-free | No, 8th Ingredient | Yes |
Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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