Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Alpha Feeds's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Alpha Feeds has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Burgess has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

Alpha Feeds has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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First 10 ingredients:

poultry meat meal whole wheat fish meal whole maize poultry oil maize gluten meal brewers yeast sugar beet pellets whole linseed extract of yucca schidigera

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Alpha Feeds's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Burgess has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

First 10 ingredients:

poultry meal rice poultry fat fish meal hydrolysed poultry meal brewer’s yeast beet pulp poultry gravy salt short chain fructo-oligosaccharides 0.25%