Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets vs. Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats
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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 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. Zeal 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. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 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%
Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for Cats
Zeal has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken tender chicken liver salmon yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley
Burgess Excel Ferret NuggetsKibble |
Zeal Chicken with Freeze-Dried Salmon for CatsAir-Dried Raw |
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Score
C |
Score
A+ |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Air-Dried Raw |
| Meat % | Unknown | 96% |
| Protein % | 38% | 36% |
| Fat % | 20% | 28% |
| Fiber % | 1% | 5% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.9 to 1 | 1.29 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 14 | 17 |
| Meat Content |
4 total
low quality |
7 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
2 total
low concentration |
3 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |