Mazuri Ferret Diet vs. Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Mazuri has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Mazuri contains controversial ingredients.

Mazuri Ferret Diet

Mazuri has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.24 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

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First 10 ingredients:

poultry by-product meal ground brown rice dehulled soybean meal porcine animal fat spray dried animal blood cells poultry fat glutamic acid dried beet pulp soy protein concentrate soybean oil

Vital Essentials Duck Dinner Patties

Vital Essentials has much fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vital Essentials has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Mazuri contains controversial ingredients.

First 10 ingredients:

duck duck gizzard duck heart duck liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex