Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity 20% Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Blend Chicken vs. Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats

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 fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Zeal has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Zeal is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 6th ingredient.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity 20% Freeze-Dried Raw Meal Blend Chicken

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.)

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken meal turkey meal menhaden fish meal chicken fat peas freeze dried beef freeze dried beef kidney freeze dried beef spleen freeze dried beef liver

Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats

Zeal has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Zeal has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Zeal is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 6th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken tender chicken liver salmon yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley