Pate Salmon Dinner vs Meaty Bits With Ocean Fish in Sauce
Both are wet foods, so their labels are already broadly comparable - differences here are about formulation, not water content. Declared moisture differs by only 1.0 percentage points, so the conversion changes little.
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.
| Nutrient | A: as fed | B: as fed | A: dry matter | B: dry matter | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude protein | 9% | 10% | 40.9% | 47.6% | 6.7 pp |
| Crude fat | 5% | 2% | 22.7% | 9.5% | 13.2 pp |
| Crude fiber | 1% | 1% | 4.5% | 4.8% | 0.2 pp |
| Moisture | 78% | 79% | -- | -- | 1.0 pp |
Multipliers: Pate Salmon Dinner x4.5, Meaty Bits With Ocean Fish in Sauce x4.8.
What the numbers actually show
Declared moisture is close between these two (78% against 79%), so converting to dry matter shifts both by a similar amount.
Whichever food is ahead on the label stays ahead after conversion - Meaty Bits With Ocean Fish in Sauce carries 6.7 percentage points more protein on a dry-matter basis.
Ingredients
Only in Pate Salmon Dinner
- Salmon
- Poultry by-products
- Fish
- Rice
- Guar gum
- Carrageenan
Only in Meaty Bits With Ocean Fish in Sauce
- Chicken
- Wheat gluten
- Ocean fish
- Soy flour
- Corn starch-modified
Declared by both
- Water
- Meat by-products
- Liver
- Artificial and natural flavors
- Tricalcium phosphate
- Potassium chloride
- Magnesium proteinate
- Zinc sulfate
- Ferrous sulfate
- Manganese sulfate
- Copper sulfate
- Potassium iodide
- Vitamin E supplement
- Thiamine mononitrate
- Niacin
- Calcium pantothenate
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride
- Riboflavin supplement
- Vitamin B-12 supplement
- Biotin
- Vitamin A supplement
- Folic acid
- Menadione sodium bisulfite complex
- Vitamin D-3 supplement
- Choline chloride
- Taurine
- Salt
Sources
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.