Nature's Variety Instinct Ultimate Protein Duck vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.76 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Nature's Variety Instinct Ultimate Protein Duck

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First 10 ingredients:

duck chicken chicken eggs tapioca ground flaxseed canola oil natural flavor dried tomato pomace dried whey protein concentrate dicalcium phosphate

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.76 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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 Ultimate Protein Duck

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Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Score
B
Score
C
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 47% 38%
Fat % 17% 20%
Fiber % 3% 1%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.76 to 1 1.9 to 1
Total Ingredients 14 14
Meat Content 5 total
high quality
4 total
low quality
Non-Meats 5 total
low concentration
2 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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