Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets
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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Kirkland's ratio of 1.5 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Kirkland has slightly 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.
Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula
Kirkland has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken chicken meal whole grain brown rice ground white rice chicken fat natural chicken flavor flaxseed sodium bisulfate potassium chloride choline chloride
Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets
Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Kirkland's ratio of 1.5 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.
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%
Kirkland Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice FormulaKibble |
Burgess Excel Ferret NuggetsKibble |
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Score
C |
Score
C |
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Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
Protein % | 30% | 38% |
Fat % | 20% | 20% |
Fiber % | 3% | 1% |
Protein to Fat Ratio | 1.5 to 1 | 1.9 to 1 |
Total Ingredients | 13 | 14 |
Meat Content |
4 total
high quality |
4 total
low quality |
Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
2 total
low concentration |
Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |