Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Burgess has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod

Nature's Variety has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

beef beef liver beef kidney beef spleen ground cod beef heart ground flaxseed fish oil montmorillonite clay ground miscanthus grass

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 1.44 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Burgess has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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%

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Raw Longevity Frozen Bites Beef & Cod

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Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Score
A+
Score
C
Food Type Frozen Raw Kibble
Meat % 95% Unknown
Protein % 13% 38%
Fat % 9% 20%
Fiber % 2% 1%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.44 to 1 1.9 to 1
Total Ingredients 17 14
Meat Content 6 total
high concentration, high quality
4 total
low quality
Non-Meats 7 total
low concentration
2 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 
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