Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast vs. Smalls Other Bird Recipe

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Alpha Feeds has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Smalls has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

Alpha Feeds has a better protein to fat ratio. Smalls's ratio of 2.88 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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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

Smalls Other Bird Recipe

Smalls has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Smalls has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Alpha Feeds contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

First 10 ingredients:

finely ground turkey with bone turkey heart turkey liver turkey gizzard goat's milk turkey egg water egg shell membrane herring oil mixed tocopherols

 

Alpha Feeds Ferret Feast

Kibble

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Smalls Other Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
D
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 98%
Protein % 36% 49%
Fat % 19% 17%
Fiber % 2% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.89 to 1 2.88 to 1
Total Ingredients 12 9
Meat Content 2 total
low concentration, low quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 4 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free No Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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