Nature's Variety Instinct Ultimate Protein Chicken vs. Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

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Alpha Feeds has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.76 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Alpha Feeds has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Nature's Variety Instinct Ultimate Protein Chicken

Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken tapioca chicken fat ground flaxseed natural flavor dried tomato pomace dried whey protein concentrate dicalcium phosphate potassium chloride salt

Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

Alpha Feeds has a better protein to fat ratio. Nature's Variety's ratio of 2.76 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Alpha Feeds has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

First 10 ingredients:

poultry meat meal whole wheat fish meal whole maize poultry oil maize gluten meal brewers yeast sugar beet pellets whole linseed extract of yucca schidigera

 

Nature's Variety Instinct Ultimate Protein Chicken

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Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

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Score
C
Score
D
Food Type Kibble Kibble
Meat % Unknown Unknown
Protein % 47% 36%
Fat % 17% 19%
Fiber % 3% 2%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.76 to 1 1.89 to 1
Total Ingredients 14 12
Meat Content 6 total
high quality
2 total
low concentration, low quality
Non-Meats 5 total
low concentration
4 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes No
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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