Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets vs. Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties

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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.65 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vital Essentials has 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.

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Vital Essentials's ratio of 2.65 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%

Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties

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

First 10 ingredients:

turkey turkey heart turkey liver herring oil mixed tocopherols vitamin e supplement zinc amino acid complex iron amino acid complex copper amino acid complex manganese amino acid complex

 

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Kibble

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Vital Essentials Turkey Dinner Patties

Freeze-Dried Raw

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Score
C
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Freeze-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 94%
Protein % 38% 53%
Fat % 20% 20%
Fiber % 1% 2%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.9 to 1 2.65 to 1
Total Ingredients 14 4
Meat Content 4 total
low quality
3 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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