Ferret Kibble Chart
This information is for ferrets.
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Kibble can generally be left out for days without spoiling. However, it needs something (usually a grain) to bind all of the ingredients together to form its solid shape. Therefore most kibbles are high in fruit, veggie, and/or grain content, which is not great for ferrets.
Even the "good" kibbles contain such ingredients, which increase the likelihood of insulinoma, a form of pancreatic cancer which causes low blood sugar.
Notice how raw diets clearly advertise their meat percentage ("96% meat, organs, and bone" on Ziwipeak for example) but kibbles do not. They hide this information, which is why I don't have it for most of these foods yet.
Recently, many kibble makers have been touting their "grain-free" diets as a healthier alternative. However, these diets usually substitute the grains with peas, which can be deadly to ferrets. Peas have been linked to kidney and bladder stones which can cause discomfort and a painful death.
Any kibble with even a trace amount of peas immediately receives a score of 0 and will not be recommended or linked to.
Kibble Brands
Note: the average score is for each brand's kibbles only. They may offer other types that score higher or lower.
All Kibbles
| Analysis | Ingredients | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Score | Meat | Protein | Fat | grain- & starch- free |
pea- free |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| B | 85% | 40% | 23% | chicken meat | turkey meat | fish | rice | chicken fat | |||
| B | 90% | 52% | 22% | dried chicken meat | chicken | chicken fat | sweet potato | potato | |||
| B | - | 59% | 17% | chicken | hydrolyzed pork | pork plasma | gelatin | chicken fat | |||
| B | - | 62% | 16% | chicken meal | organic chicken | chicken fat | dried plain beet pulp | meat protein isolate | |||
| B | - | 42% | 20% | chicken meal | chicken | chicken fat | egg product | gelatin | |||
| B | 75% | 36% | 20% | dehydrated chicken | freshly prepared chicken | rice | chicken fat | prepared salmon | |||
| B | 77% | 38% | 21% | dehydrated chicken | freshly prepared chicken | rice | chicken fat | chicken liver | |||
| B | - | 50% | 22% | hydrolyzed pork | chicken meal | chicken fat | potato starch | chicken liver flavor | |||
| B | 75% | 36% | 21% | dehydrated chicken | freshly prepared chicken | rice | chicken fat | chicken liver | |||
| B | 87% | 50% | 23% | chicken | chicken fat | potatoes | sweet potatoes | cellulose | |||
| B | - | 54% | 20% | salmon | salmon hydrolysate | pork plasma | hydrolyzed pork | gelatine | |||
SquarePet HMLC Turkey & Chicken Formula
Discontinued
|
B | - | 48% | 20% | turkey | chicken | turkey meal | chicken meal | salmon meal | ||
| B | - | 37% | 21% | dried chicken | dried turkey | maize | pork fat | chicken | |||
| B | 86% | 48% | 22% | turkey meat meal | hydrolyzed chicken meal | duck meat meal | duck | turkey | |||
| B | - | 54% | 26% | hydrolyzed pork | chicken meal | chicken fat | chicken liver flavor | guar gum | |||
| B | - | 58% | 17% | rabbit | dried chicken | pork plasma | hydrolyzed pork | gelatin | |||
| B | - | 62% | 18% | chicken meal | organic chicken | meat protein isolate | chicken fat | gelatin | |||
| B | 86% | 40% | 20% | turkey | chicken | duck | duck meal | turkey meal | |||
| B | - | 58% | 18% | duck | dried chicken | hydrolyzed pork | gelatin | pork plasma | |||
| B | - | 56% | 18% | turkey | dried chicken | hydrolyzed pork | pork plasma | chicken fat | |||
| B | 87% | 42% | 21% | chicken | turkey meat meal | salmon meal | rice | chicken fat | |||
| B | 86% | 39% | 19% | lamb | pork | lamb meal | mutton meal | pork meal | |||
| B | - | 40% | 20% | chicken meal | dehydrated whole eggs | chicken fat | potato meal | herring meal | |||
| B | - | 47% | 17% | duck | chicken | chicken eggs | tapioca | ground flaxseed | |||
| C | 86% | 40% | 17.5% | herring | mackerel | whitefish | catfish meal | whitefish meal | |||
| C | - | 37% | 18% | humanely raised turkey | humanely raised chicken | ocean whitefish meal | herring meal | garbanzo beans | |||
| C | - | 40% | 20% | chicken meal | dried eggs | tapioca | chicken fat | potatoes | |||
| C | - | 40% | 20% | chicken meal | wheat flour | chicken fat | potato protein | chicken | |||
Living World Extrusion Ferret
Discontinued
|
C | - | 38% | 22% | chicken meal | ground corn | chicken fat | turkey meal | dried egg product | ||
| C | - | 50% | 22% | hydrolyzed pork | chicken meal | poultry fat | potato starch | powdered chicken | |||
| C | 82% | 37% | 20% | dry chicken meal | dry salmon | chicken mince | potato | salmon | |||
| C | - | 38% | 20% | poultry meal | rice | poultry fat | fish meal | hydrolysed poultry meal | |||
| C | - | 37.5% | 20% | poultry | wheat | chicken fat | chicken liver | egg | |||
| C | - | 47% | 17% | chicken | tapioca | chicken fat | ground flaxseed | natural flavor | |||
| C | 80% | 37% | 17% | dry chicken | dry lamb | dry potato | chicken mince | beet pulp | |||
| C | - | 38% | 18% | chicken | chicken byproduct meal | corn grits | ground whole grain corn | salmon | |||
| C | - | 50% | 22% | hydrolyzed pork | chicken meal | potato starch | poultry fat | l-lysine | |||
Sheppard & Greene Ferret Food Adult Formula
Discontinued
|
C | - | 36% | 20% | chicken | chicken meal | corn gluten meal | rice | chicken fat | ||
| C | - | 38% | 18% | chicken by-products | chicken | chicken by-product meal | corn meal | dried beet pulp | |||
| C | - | 40% | 20% | chicken meal | sweet potatoes | chicken by-product meal | chicken fat | potato protein | |||
| C | - | 38% | 18% | chicken by-products | chicken | chicken by-product meal | corn meal | dried beet pulp | |||
| C | - | 44% | 18% | chicken meat | chicken fat | dehydrated egg | fish oil | wheat flour | |||
| C | - | 36% | 18% | chicken | chicken by-products | chicken by-product meal | corn meal | dried beet pulp | |||
| C | - | 38% | 18% | organic chicken | chicken meal | potato protein | brown rice | oat groats | |||
| C | - | 36% | 16% | chicken | chicken meal | brown rice | white rice | chicken fat | |||
| C | - | 35% | 20% | turkey meal | dried egg product | brown rice | poultry fat | catfish meal | |||
| C | 84% | 37% | 20% | dry chicken meal | dry duck meal | freshly prepared chicken mince | potato | beet pulp | |||
| C | - | 36% | 22% | chicken meal | rice flour | dried egg product | chicken fat | wheat flour | |||
| C | - | 33% | 21% | chicken | chicken by-product meal | ground whole grain corn | ground sorghum | chicken fat | |||
| C | - | 39% | 18% | chicken meal | chicken fat | prairie meal | rice | maize | |||
| C | - | 38% | 20% | dried chicken meat meal | chicken mince | potatoes | yeast | beet pulp | |||
| C | - | 30% | 20% | chicken | chicken meal | whole grain brown rice | ground white rice | chicken fat | |||
| C | - | 40% | 15% | chicken | chicken by-product meal | corn gluten meal | soy flour | ground yellow corn | |||
| D | - | 34% | 17% | chicken by products | chicken | corn meal | chicken by-product meal | dried beet pulp | |||
| D | 64% | 38% | 18% | poultry meal | rice | chicken feed | corn | corn gluten meal | |||
| D | - | 38% | 20.5% | poultry by-product meal | ground brown rice | dehulled soybean meal | porcine animal fat | spray dried animal blood cells | |||
| D | - | 30% | 14% | chicken | chicken meal | oat | milo | millet | |||
| D | - | 33% | 15% | turkey | lentils | sunflower oil | natural flavor | salmon oil | |||
| D | - | 35% | 18% | chicken meal | wheat flour | corn meal | chicken fat | brown rice | |||
| D | - | 38% | 15% | chicken by-product meal | porcine meat and bone meal | brewers rice | corn gluten meal | ground wheat | |||
| D | - | 35% | 20% | poultry meal | poultry by-product meal | brewers rice | poultry fat | dehulled soybean meal | |||
| D | - | 35% | 20% | poultry meal | poultry by-product meal | brewers rice | poultry fat | dehulled soybean meal | |||
| D | - | 38% | 15% | chicken by-product meal | porcine meat and bone meal | brewers rice | corn gluten meal | ground wheat | |||
| D | - | 33.8% | 15.7% | chicken | whole grain corn | corn gluten meal | whole grain wheat | brewers rice | |||
| D | - | 34% | 19% | poultry meal | poultry by-product meal | brewers rice | ground wheat | dried egg product | |||
| D | - | 35% | 17% | chicken by-product meal | brewers rice | corn gluten meal | whole grain corn | powdered cellulose | |||
| D | - | 30% | 14% | turkey | herring meal | oats | milo | millet | |||
| D | - | 32% | 17% | chicken meal | cereals | vegetables | oils and fats | vegetable protein | |||
| D | - | 30% | 15% | beef | lentils | sunflower oil | natural flavor | salmon oil | |||
| D | - | 34% | 17% | rice | poultry by-product meal | corn gluten meal | beef fat | whole grain corn | |||
| D | - | 36% | 19% | poultry meal | wheat | refined chicken oil | fish meal | turkey meal | |||
| D | - | 38% | 12% | chicken meat | fish | corn | sorghum | wheat | |||
| D | - | 30% | 14% | salmon | catfish meal | oat | millet | sunflower oil | |||
| D | - | 36% | 19% | poultry meat meal | whole wheat | fish meal | whole maize | poultry oil | |||
| F | - | 36% | 15% | chicken by-product meal | brewers rice | corn gluten meal | whole ground corn | soybean meal | |||
| F | - | 38% | 19% | chicken meat meal | rice | chicken oil | sugar beet | fish meal | |||
| F | - | 34% | 9% | chicken | corn gluten meal | brewers rice | chicken by-product meal | soybean meal | |||
| F | - | 32% | 10% | chicken meal | ground cereals | fish oil | fish meal | corn gluten | |||
| F | - | 30% | 14% | lamb meal | brown rice | flaxseeds | sweet potato | soybean oil | |||
| F | - | 30% | 15% | poultry meal | ground corn | brewer's rice | corn gluten meal | poultry fat | |||
Wild Harvest Daily Blend
Discontinued
|
F | - | 30% | 8% | poultry by-product meal | ground yellow corn | brewer's rice | corn gluten meal | chicken fat | ||
| F | - | 35% | 3.9% | chicken meal | wheat | poultry fat | soyabean meal | whole linseed | |||
| F | - | 30% | 10.5% | ground yellow corn | chicken by-product meal | corn gluten meal | soybean meal | ground wheat | |||
| F | - | 30% | 9% | ground yellow corn | corn gluten meal | chicken by-product meal | soybean meal | beef tallow | |||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 26th | deboned beef | deboned wild boar | deboned goat | deboned lamb | lamb liver | ||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 21st | deboned goat | deboned wild boar | whole arctic char | deboned venison | steelhead trout | ||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 18th | chicken meat | turkey meat | whole eggs | chicken liver | whole flounder | ||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 15th | whole atlantic mackerel | whole atlantic herring | flounder | whole acadian redfish | atlantic monkfish | ||
| F | - | 42% | 20% | 14th | deboned chicken | deboned turkey | chicken meal | turkey meal | salmon | ||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 14th | deboned beef | deboned lamb | deboned wild boar | beef liver | lamb liver | ||
| F | - | 36% | 18% | 11th | deboned duck | deboned chicken | eggs | chicken meal | turkey meal | ||
| F | - | 44% | 20% | 11th | wild boar | dehydrated wild boar | sweet potatoes | boneless chicken | dehydrated chicken | ||
| F | - | 42% | 19% | 11th | chicken | corn gluten meal | rice | beef fat | soybean meal | ||
| F | 70% | 44% | 20% | 10th | boneless chicken meat | dried chicken meat | potatoes | chicken fat | dried egg | ||
| F | - | 36% | 18% | 10th | deboned chicken | deboned turkey | chicken liver | chicken meal | catfish meal | ||
| F | - | 43% | 19% | 9th | deboned chicken | chicken meal | dehydrated chicken | dried egg product | tapioca | ||
| F | - | 47.3% | 19.5% | 9th | chicken meal | de-boned chicken | chicken fat | de-boned turkey | turkey meal | ||
| F | - | 40% | 23% | 9th | duck | turkey meal | chicken meal | chicken fat | white fish meal | ||
| F | - | 44% | 20% | 9th | boneless chicken | dehydrated chicken | sweet potatoes | chicken fat | dried whole eggs | ||
| F | - | 42% | 20% | 9th | lamb | dehydrated lamb | sweet potatoes | chicken fat | dried whole eggs | ||
| F | - | 38% | 18% | 9th | salmon | pollock | cod | haddock | flounder | ||
| F | - | 36% | 18% | 9th | whole mackerel | whole herring | whole hake | acadian redfish | mackerel meal | ||
| F | 80% | 34% | 14% | 8th | carp | dried trout | hydrolyzed salmon | dried salmon | pumpkin | ||
| F | - | 40% | 12% | 8th | dehydrated chicken | dehydrated deboned chicken | chicken | turkey | chicken liver | ||
| F | - | 38% | 18% | 8th | deboned pork | deboned beef | beef liver | pork liver | deboned lamb | ||
| F | - | 37% | 18% | 8th | chicken meat | turkey meat | chicken liver | dehydrated chicken meat | dehydrated turkey meat | ||
| F | 80% | 39% | 18% | 7th | chicken | dried rabbit | dried duck | chicken fat | pumpkin | ||
| F | - | 42% | 18.5% | 7th | salmon | menhaden fish meal | white fish meal | pacific whiting | pacific sole | ||
| F | - | 36% | 16% | 7th | duck | duck meal | turkey meal | chicken meal | sweet potatoes | ||
| F | - | 40% | 12% | 7th | salmon | dehydrated deboned chicken | dehydrated chicken | whitefish | turkey | ||
| F | - | 36% | 20% | 6th | chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | brown rice | cracked pearled barley | ||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 6th | chicken | turkey | duck | potato | fat | ||
| F | 80% | 46% | 16% | 6th | chicken | turkey | duck | guinea fowl | potatoes | ||
| F | - | 40.5% | 22.5% | 6th | rabbit | turkey meal | menhaden fish meal | chicken fat | white fish meal | ||
| F | - | 40% | 23.5% | 6th | duck | turkey meal | chicken meal | chicken fat | white fish meal | ||
| F | 82% | 41% | 24% | 6th | chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | menhaden fish meal | chicken fat | ||
| F | - | 34% | 16% | 6th | chicken meal | lentils | field peas | chicken fat | chickpeas | ||
| F | - | 42% | 15% | 5th | deboned chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | potatoes | peas | ||
| F | - | 32% | 16% | 5th | trout | ocean fish meal | sweet potatoes | potatoes | pea protein | ||
| F | - | 34% | 18% | 5th | chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | brown rice | peas | ||
| F | - | 45% | 18% | 5th | deboned turkey | turkey meal | deboned chicken | chicken meal | peas | ||
| F | - | 45% | 18% | 5th | deboned turkey | deboned chicken | turkey meal | chicken meal | peas | ||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 5th | deboned chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | deboned cod | whole peas | ||
| F | - | 40% | 18% | 5th | deboned turkey | turkey meal | menhaden fish meal | deboned cod | yellow peas | ||
| F | - | 33% | 16% | 5th | deboned chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | oatmeal | whole peas | ||
| F | - | 41% | 21% | 5th | chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | menhaden fish meal | peas | ||
| F | - | 41% | 22% | 5th | chicken | chicken meal | turkey meal | menhaden fish meal | peas | ||
| F | - | 32% | 13% | 5th | black soldier fly larvae | hydrolyzed yeast protein | herring meal | millet | peas | ||
| F | - | 35% | 14% | 5th | salmon | ocean fish meal | lentils | chickpeas | peas | ||
| F | - | 40% | 18% | 5th | deboned chicken | deboned turkey | chicken meal | turkey meal | pea protein | ||
| F | - | 40% | 18% | 5th | turkey | chicken meal | potato | duck meal | peas | ||
| F | 0% | 30% | 14% | 4th | whole grain oatmeal | high protein maize gluten meal | high protein soybean meal | pea protein | potato flakes | ||
| F | - | 33% | 19% | 4th | chicken | chicken liver | dried egg product | dried peas | soy protein concentrate | ||
| F | - | 33% | 19% | 4th | salmon | whitefish | dried egg product | dried peas | tapioca | ||
| F | - | 42.5% | 22.5% | 4th | chicken | turkey meal | menhaden fish meal | peas | chicken fat | ||
| F | - | 32% | 13% | 4th | black soldier fly larvae | hydrolyzed yeast protein | millet | peas | lentils | ||
| F | - | 39% | 15.5% | 4th | chicken | chicken meal | lentils | peas | chicken fat | ||
| F | - | 38% | 16% | 4th | chicken | chicken meal | lentils | peas | chicken fat | ||
| F | - | 40% | 18% | 3rd | deboned chicken | chicken meal | pea protein | tapioca starch | peas | ||
| F | - | 40% | 18% | 3rd | deboned duck | chicken meal | pea protein | peas | tapioca starch | ||
| F | - | 33% | 16% | 3rd | chicken breast | chicken meal | peas | lentils | chicken fat | ||
| F | - | 32% | 16% | 3rd | whitefish | whitefish meal | peas | lentils | chicken fat | ||
| F | 75% | 40% | 18% | 3rd | duck meat | pheasant meat | yellow peas | chicken fat | beet pulp | ||
| F | 70% | 37% | 18% | 3rd | duck meal | turkey meal | yellow peas | chicken fat | apples | ||
| F | - | 36% | 14% | 3rd | chicken meal | ground brown rice | pea protein | oat meal | dried egg product | ||
| F | - | 42% | 20% | 3rd | chicken meal | poultry by-product meal | pea flour | poultry fat | chicken | ||
| F | - | 42% | 20% | 3rd | chicken meal | poultry by-product meal | pea flour | poultry fat | turkey | ||
| F | - | 32% | 15% | 3rd | chicken | chicken meal | peas | faba beans | pea protein | ||
| F | - | 32% | 15% | 3rd | salmon | menhaden fish meal | peas | lentils | pea protein | ||
| F | - | 40% | 20% | 3rd | deboned chicken | chicken meal | pea protein | tapioca starch | menhaden fish meal | ||
| F | - | 38% | 18% | 3rd | deboned chicken | chicken meal | yellow peas | green lentils | chicken fat | ||
| F | - | 40% | 18% | 3rd | turkey meal | chicken meal | peas | chicken fat | pea starch | ||
| F | 75% | 40% | 20% | 3rd | salmon meal | turkey meal | yellow peas | chicken fat | chicken protein hydrolyzed | ||
| F | - | 40% | 18% | 3rd | salmon meal | pacific whiting meal | peas | pea protein | pea starch | ||
| F | - | 40% | 17% | 2nd | chicken by-products | pea flour | chicken | menhadan fish meal | dried beet pulp | ||
| F | 50% | 34% | 15% | 2nd | white fish | peas | herring meal | chickpea flour | lentils | ||
| F | 0% | 30% | 16% | 2nd | organic sunflower meal | organic peas | organic soybeans | organic soybean meal | organic soybean oil | ||
| F | - | 35.5% | 16.5% | 2nd | turkey meal | peas | turkey | tapioca | canola oil | ||
| F | - | 42% | 19% | 2nd | chicken | pea protein | chicken meal | cassava root flour | dried egg product | ||
| F | - | 42% | 18% | 2nd | chicken meal | peas | sweet potatoes | chicken fat | pea protein | ||
| F | - | 35% | 13% | 2nd | chicken | pea protein | red lentils | buckwheat | natural flavors | ||
| F | - | 34.5% | 21.3% | 1st | yellow peas | pea protein | duck | green peas | pork fat | ||
