McAdams Free Range Turkey vs Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef

How the two products stack up on rating, ingredients, analysis and price.

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Both are rated at essentially the same level: McAdams Free Range Turkey scores 93 and Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef scores 94 out of 100. Prices are not on file for either product, so we cannot compare cost.

McAdams Free Range TurkeyNature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef
BrandMcAdamsNature's Variety
Rating (Recipe)93Good94Good
TypeDry Freeze DriedDry Freeze Dried
Kind / completenesscompletecomplete
LifestageAdultAdult
Meat share (dry matter)85%77%
Poor ingredients00
Clear labelyesyes
Protein (as fed)35%37%
Fat (as fed)41%34%
Fibre (as fed)1%6%
Ash (as fed)7%8%
Moisture (as fed)2%6%
Energy--
Additives11 nutritional, 2 technological6 nutritional
Recall historyNone recorded in our databaseNone recorded in our database
Declared quantitiesTurkey 86.5%, Sweet Potatoes 5.0%, Carrots 5.0%, Cranberries 1.0%, Seaweed 0.1%, Green Tea 0.01%, Hawthorn 0.01% (2% undeclared)Deboned Beef 50.0%, Beef lung 30.0%, Carrots 5.0%, Apples 5.0%, Pea Fibre 1.3%, Butternut Squash 1.0%, Sweet Potatoes 1.0%, Vitamins and minerals 1.0%, Sunflower oil 0.8%, Cranberries 0.5%, Blackberries 0.5% (4% undeclared)
First ingredientTurkey · meat mediumDeboned Beef · meat good
Ingredient count1223
BadgesCompleteHigh meatClear labelFull labelCompleteHigh meatClear labelFull label

Lifestage comes from the manufacturer's own labelling. Dry-matter figures are estimates from the published label; recall history is presentation-only and never affects the score.

Shared ingredients

The two recipes share 7 matched ingredients. Tier badges show each ingredient's glossary grade.

In both

Sweet Potatoes goodCarrots goodCranberries goodYucca Schidigera goodGreen Tea goodDandelion Root goodHawthorn medium

Only in McAdams Free Range Turkey

Turkey mediumGlucosamine goodChondroitin goodSeaweed goodChicory Root Extract good

Only in Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef

Deboned Beef goodBeef lung mediumApples goodPea Fibre mediumButternut Squash goodVitamins and minerals mediumSunflower oil goodBlackberries goodLinseed goodChicory root goodKale goodPeppermint goodCoconut Oil mediumBeet Pulp mediumRosemary goodParsley good

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Frequently asked questions

Which has the higher rating, McAdams Free Range Turkey or Nature's Variety Complete Food mini Beef?

They are rated at essentially the same level: 93 and 94 out of 100. A gap this small is within the tolerance of the scoring model.

How are these ratings calculated?

Open Dog Food parses each published ingredient list, estimates missing quantities, converts every ingredient to its dry-matter share and scores the recipe from 1 to 100. The full method is on the methodology page.

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