Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets vs. Smack Pacific Fish Feast

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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Smack's ratio of 1.56 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smack has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Burgess has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Smack's ratio of 1.56 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Burgess has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

Legend

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%

Smack Pacific Fish Feast

Smack has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

First 10 ingredients:

rockfish herring organic pumpkin organic spinach organic celery organic apple organic parsley organic kale organic turmeric tocopherols

 

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Kibble

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Smack Pacific Fish Feast

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
C
Score
B
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 85%
Protein % 38% 50%
Fat % 20% 32%
Fiber % 1% 1.5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.9 to 1 1.56 to 1
Total Ingredients 14 9
Meat Content 4 total
low quality
2 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 2 total
low concentration
6 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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