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Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird vs Classic Pate Chicken Feast

Fresh refrigerated food against canned pate - the question most owners weighing a subscription actually have.

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Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird

Smalls

fresh refrigeratedadult73% moisture

Classic Pate Chicken Feast

Fancy Feast

wetadult78% moisture

Nutrition, both ways

Left pair of columns is what each package prints. Right pair removes the water from both. The last column is the difference that survives the conversion.

NutrientA: as fedB: as fedA: dry matterB: dry matterGap
Crude protein ranking reverses13%11%48.1%50%1.9 pp
Crude fat8.5%5%31.5%22.7%8.8 pp
Crude fiber1.5%1.5%5.6%6.8%1.3 pp
Moisture73%78%----5.0 pp

Multipliers: Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird x3.7, Classic Pate Chicken Feast x4.5.

What the numbers actually show

78% moisture against 73% means the printed numbers are describing different things entirely - one includes several times more water than the other.

This is a case where the raw labels point one way and the dry-matter figures point the other: Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird reads 13% protein on the package versus Classic Pate Chicken Feast at 11%, but once water is removed the positions reverse (48.1% against 50%).

Reading the two packages side by side without this conversion would have given the wrong answer on at least one nutrient.

Ingredients

Only in Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird

  1. Chicken liver
  2. Green beans
  3. Water sufficient for processing
  4. Dried yeast
  5. Magnesium proteinate
  6. Potassium chloride
  7. Choline chloride
  8. Dandelion greens
  9. Dried kelp
  10. Zinc proteinate
  11. Iron proteinate
  12. Cod liver oil
  13. Salt
  14. Niacin supplement
  15. Vitamin E supplement
  16. Vitamin A supplement
  17. Copper proteinate
  18. Manganese proteinate
  19. Thiamine mononitrate
  20. D-calcium pantothenate
  21. Pyridoxine hydrochloride
  22. Vitamin D3 supplement
  23. Riboflavin supplement
  24. Vitamin B12 supplement
  25. Folic acid
  26. Sodium selenite
  27. Biotin

Only in Classic Pate Chicken Feast

  1. Liver
  2. Meat by-products
  3. Chicken broth
  4. Fish
  5. Artificial and natural flavors

Declared by both

  1. Chicken
  2. Tricalcium phosphate
  3. Taurine

Sources

ProductSourceLast checked
Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Birdhttps://help.smalls.com/en_us/what-are-the-ingredients-in-your-food-Sytx6Fg1p2026-11-01
Classic Pate Chicken Feasthttps://www.fancyfeast.com2026-10-31
This page reports and converts label data. It does not rank these foods, does not recommend which to buy, and makes no claim about either one suiting your cat. Discuss dietary choices with your veterinarian.