Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten vs. Vitalin British Chicken Complete Ferret Diet

Vitalin has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Vitalin has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Vitalin has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Vitalin is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient. Vitalin contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Merrick Backcountry Raw Infused Kitten

Vitalin contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

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First 10 ingredients:

deboned chicken chicken meal turkey meal potatoes peas natural flavor salmon meal potato protein chicken fat sweet potatoes

Vitalin British Chicken Complete Ferret Diet

Vitalin has a better protein to fat ratio. Merrick's ratio of 2.8 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Vitalin has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Vitalin has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Vitalin is 100% pea-free; Merrick has peas as its 5th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken meat meal rice chicken oil sugar beet fish meal brewer’s yeast fish oil chicken liver digest fructo-oligosaccharides mannan-oligosaccharides