Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry Food vs. Smalls Water Bird Recipe
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Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Thrive's ratio of 2.36 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.
Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry Food
First 10 ingredients:
dried chicken meat chicken chicken fat sweet potato potato chicken gravy vitamins vitamin a vitamin d3 vitamin e
Smalls Water Bird Recipe
Smalls has a better protein to fat ratio. Thrive's ratio of 2.36 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Smalls has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
finely ground duck with bone duck heart duck liver duck gizzard duck egg duck blood goat's milk water eggshell membrane herring oil
Thrive PremiumPlus Chicken Complete Dry FoodKibble |
Smalls Water Bird RecipeFreeze-Dried Raw |
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Score
B |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Freeze-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | 90% | 98% |
| Protein % | 52% | 45% |
| Fat % | 22% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 1.5% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.36 to 1 | 2.25 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 12 | 10 |
| Meat Content |
3 total
high concentration, high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
2 total
low concentration |
None |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |