Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets vs. Smalls Other Bird Recipe

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Burgess 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 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.

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess 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 meal rice poultry fat fish meal hydrolysed poultry meal brewer’s yeast beet pulp poultry gravy salt short chain fructo-oligosaccharides 0.25%

Smalls Other Bird Recipe

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

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

 

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Kibble

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Smalls Other Bird Recipe

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
C
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 98%
Protein % 38% 49%
Fat % 20% 17%
Fiber % 1% 3%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.9 to 1 2.88 to 1
Total Ingredients 14 9
Meat Content 4 total
low quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 2 total
low concentration
None
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 
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