Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties vs. Arthur Ferret Food

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Arthur has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken heart chicken liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex

Arthur Ferret Food

Arthur has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 3.06 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

First 10 ingredients:

chicken meal dehydrated whole eggs chicken fat potato meal herring meal natural flavour herring oil ground flaxseed salt choline chloride

 

Vital Essentials Chicken Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Arthur Ferret Food

Kibble

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Score
A+
Score
B
Food Type Freeze-Dried Raw Kibble
Meat % 94% Unknown
Protein % 55% 40%
Fat % 18% 20%
Fiber % 5% 2.5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 3.06 to 1 2 to 1
Total Ingredients 4 18
Meat Content 3 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats None 2 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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