Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird vs Fresh Pulled Bird
Both are fresh foods, so their labels are already broadly comparable - differences here are about formulation, not water content. Declared moisture differs by only 3.0 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 | 13% | 23% | 48.1% | 76.7% | 28.5 pp |
| Crude fat | 8.5% | 7% | 31.5% | 23.3% | 8.1 pp |
| Crude fiber | 1.5% | 1% | 5.6% | 3.3% | 2.2 pp |
| Moisture | 73% | 70% | -- | -- | 3.0 pp |
Multipliers: Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird x3.7, Fresh Pulled Bird x3.3.
What the numbers actually show
Declared moisture is close between these two (73% against 70%), so converting to dry matter shifts both by a similar amount.
Whichever food is ahead on the label stays ahead after conversion - Fresh Pulled Bird carries 28.5 percentage points more protein on a dry-matter basis.
Ingredients
Only in Fresh Ground Bird / Smooth Bird
- Chicken liver
- Potassium chloride
- Dandelion greens
- Dried kelp
- Cod liver oil
- Salt
- Niacin supplement
- D-calcium pantothenate
- Riboflavin supplement
Only in Fresh Pulled Bird
- Kale
- Salmon oil
- Niacinamide
- Pantothenic acid
- Riboflavin
- Potassium iodide
Declared by both
- Chicken
- Green beans
- Water sufficient for processing
- Dried yeast
- Tricalcium phosphate
- Magnesium proteinate
- Choline chloride
- Taurine
- Zinc proteinate
- Iron proteinate
- Vitamin E supplement
- Vitamin A supplement
- Copper proteinate
- Manganese proteinate
- Thiamine mononitrate
- Pyridoxine hydrochloride
- Vitamin D3 supplement
- Vitamin B12 supplement
- Folic acid
- Sodium selenite
- Biotin
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.