Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten vs. Vitakraft Sunseed Vita Prima Ferret Food

Vitakraft Sunseed has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Merrick has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Merrick has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Vitakraft Sunseed is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient.

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

Merrick has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Merrick has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

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First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken chicken meal turkey meal potatoes peas natural flavor salmon meal potato protein chicken fat sweet potatoes

Vitakraft Sunseed Vita Prima Ferret Food

Vitakraft Sunseed has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vitakraft Sunseed is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken by-product meal porcine meat and bone meal brewers rice corn gluten meal ground wheat poultry fat ground flax seed dried skimmed milk spray dried eggs wheat middlings