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Farmina N & D grain free neutered and grain free wild boar, both get higher marks on cat food db, than orijen. I think you were entirely missing the point. All the extra unnecessary ingredients in orijen are meant to boost protein levels and lead you to believe there is more meat in it, than there actually is. All the beans and chickpeas, significantly raise an already lower protein level of 42%. Do you know how to calculate carbs? Farmina has lower carb levels than Orijen. You subtract protein, fat, moisture and ash from 100 to get the estimated carbs. Farmina is the lowest carb food out there besides wysong epigen, but i have heard mixed reviews about them. Potato on the other hand isn't a protein. They need 1 ingredient as a binder and that is the only one they use. They don't use unecessary beans and legumes in there, which is very much ingredient splitting, having multiple legumes. Not to mention legumes contain lectin, which cause GI inflammation and phytic acid, which blocks the absorption of nutrients. Just 5 to 10mg of phytic acid reduces iron absorption by 50%. No protein boosting legumes and beans, means farminas higher 44% protein is the clear result of having more meat. And not only that, they contain dehydrated whole meats which is more nutritional than the meat meals. The wild boar has boar, dehydrated boar, chicken, dehydrated chicken, herring, dehydrated herring, dehydrated eggs, herring/salmon oil blend and dehydrated fruits and vegetables like dehydrated spinach and fruits like dehydrated pomegranate and dehydrated apple. 97% of the protein coming from animal ingredients means they have more meat in there than the ingredient splitting orijen. The 100 different ingredients orijen has puts each one at a lower percentage and therefore fillers like beans and legumes make up a lot more of the recipe, especially with acana, but orijen too. And the last and biggest issue...farmina food is non gmo and they feed their chickens appropriate non gmo diets too. Orijen is not. I wrote champion and asked them if their chickens are fed non gmo diets and the answer was no. They use a cheap corn and donut waste feed, which causes the chickens to be unhealthy and very high in omega 6. Too much omega 6 causes heart disease, mobility problems arthritis and even alzheimers. And since orijen is basically all chicken and poultry, your cat is going to have an omega 6 to 3 ratio of 20 to 1 instead of 2 or 3 to 1. All the gmo fed chicken and turkey in orijen is very unhealthy and very high in bad fats. To me and to cat food db, farmina is the clear choice. They have unique processing techniques to ensure the nutrients are long lasting. Higher meat content, lower carbs, its a win win. Really there is not too much of a difference between the two except farmina is all non gmo, gmo itself and everything is fed non gmo and that really makes it a lot healthier. But protein values and all that, really aren't all that different from each other except that orijens protein value comes from all the lectin filled GI irritating legumes.