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.
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 & CodFrozen Raw |
Burgess Excel Ferret NuggetsKibble |
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Score
A+ |
Score
C |
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| 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 |