Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck vs. Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

Alpha Feeds has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Alpha Feeds has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Alpha Feeds is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient. Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Duck

Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

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First 10 ingredients:

duck turkey meal chicken meal chicken fat white fish meal pacific whiting pacific sole pacific rockfish peas tapioca

Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

Alpha Feeds has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Nature's Variety's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Alpha Feeds has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Alpha Feeds is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 9th ingredient.

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