Kaytee Fortified Ferret Food with Chicken vs. Smalls Bird Recipe

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Kaytee has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Smalls is 100% pea-free; Kaytee has peas as its 3rd ingredient.

Kaytee Fortified Ferret Food with Chicken

Kaytee has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 3 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken meal poultry by-product meal pea flour poultry fat chicken ground flax seed dried plain beet pulp fish meal brewers dried yeast dried egg product

Smalls Bird Recipe

Smalls has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Smalls is 100% pea-free; Kaytee has peas as its 3rd ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

finely ground chicken with bone chicken heart chicken liver chicken gizzard chicken egg goat’s milk water eggshell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols

 

Kaytee Fortified Ferret Food with Chicken

Kibble

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Smalls Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
F
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 98%
Protein % 42% 45%
Fat % 20% 15%
Fiber % 5% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.1 to 1 3 to 1
Total Ingredients 17 9
Meat Content 6 total
high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 3 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free No, 3rd Ingredient Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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