Acana Homestead Harvest vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Burgess's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Burgess has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Burgess has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Burgess is 100% pea-free; Acana has peas as its 5th ingredient.

Acana Homestead Harvest

Acana has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Burgess's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken chicken meal turkey meal oatmeal whole peas chicken fat whole green lentils whole chickpeas eggs deboned turkey

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Burgess has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Burgess is 100% pea-free; Acana has peas as its 5th ingredient.

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%

 

Acana Homestead Harvest

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Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Score
F
Score
C
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 33% 38%
Fat % 16% 20%
Fiber % 4% 1%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.06 to 1 1.9 to 1
Total Ingredients 19 14
Meat Content 11 total
high quality
4 total
low quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
2 total
low concentration
Pea-free No, 5th Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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