Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon vs. Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats
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Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Zeal has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Zeal is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free Salmon
Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
First 10 ingredients:
salmon menhaden fish meal white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas herring meal canola oil tapioca
Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats
Zeal has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Zeal is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 7th ingredient.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken tender chicken liver salmon yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley
Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Boost Grain-Free SalmonKibble |
Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for CatsAir-Dried Raw |
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Score
F |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Air-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 96% |
| Protein % | 42% | 36% |
| Fat % | 18.5% | 28% |
| Fiber % | 3.5% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.27 to 1 | 1.29 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 29 | 17 |
| Meat Content |
15 total
high concentration, high quality |
7 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
9 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | No, 7th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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