Kaytee Fiesta vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Kaytee's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Burgess has much 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. Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Kaytee Fiesta

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First 10 ingredients:

poultry meal poultry by-product meal brewers rice ground wheat dried egg product poultry fat dehulled soybean meal soybean oil dried molasses beet pulp fish meal

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. However, Kaytee's ratio is not bad. (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Burgess has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Burgess has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Kaytee contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

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%

 

Kaytee Fiesta

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Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

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Score
D
Score
C
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 34% 38%
Fat % 19% 20%
Fiber % 3% 1%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.79 to 1 1.9 to 1
Total Ingredients 33 14
Meat Content 7 total
low quality
4 total
low quality
Non-Meats 8 total
low concentration
2 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free No Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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