Real Meat Lamb Recipe vs. Oxbow Essentials Ferret Food
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Oxbow has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 0.94 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Oxbow has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
Real Meat Lamb Recipe
Real Meat has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
First 10 ingredients:
lamb lamb lung lamb liver vegetable glycerin pumpkin powder parsley powder inulin ground lamb bone dried marine microalgae mixed tocopherols
Oxbow Essentials Ferret Food
Oxbow has a better protein to fat ratio. Real Meat's ratio of 0.94 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Oxbow has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Real Meat contains controversial ingredients.
First 10 ingredients:
chicken meal chicken chicken fat egg product gelatin rice flour flaxseed meal cassava root flour dried plain beet pulp l-lysine
Real Meat Lamb RecipeAir-Dried Raw |
Oxbow Essentials Ferret FoodKibble |
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Score
A |
Score
B |
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| Food Type | Air-Dried Raw | Kibble |
| Meat % | 90% | Unknown |
| Protein % | 30% | 42% |
| Fat % | 32% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 2% | 3% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 0.94 to 1 | 2.1 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 13 | 20 |
| Meat Content |
4 total
high concentration, high quality |
6 total
high concentration, high quality |
| Non-Meats |
3 total
low concentration |
4 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | Yes | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | No | Yes |
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