Wellness CORE Original vs. Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets
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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Wellness's ratio of 2.5 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Burgess has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Burgess is 100% pea-free; Wellness has peas as its 5th ingredient.
Wellness CORE Original
First 10 ingredients:
deboned turkey deboned chicken turkey meal chicken meal peas herring meal chicken fat dried ground potatoes tomato pomace ground flaxseed
Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets
Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Wellness's ratio of 2.5 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Burgess has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Burgess is 100% pea-free; Wellness has peas as its 5th ingredient.
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%
Wellness CORE OriginalKibble |
Burgess Excel Ferret NuggetsKibble |
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Score
F |
Score
C |
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| Food Type | Kibble | Kibble |
| Meat % | Unknown | Unknown |
| Protein % | 45% | 38% |
| Fat % | 18% | 20% |
| Fiber % | 3% | 1% |
| Protein to Fat Ratio | 2.5 to 1 | 1.9 to 1 |
| Total Ingredients | 22 | 14 |
| Meat Content |
7 total
high concentration, high quality |
4 total
low quality |
| Non-Meats |
6 total
low concentration |
2 total
low concentration |
| Pea-free | No, 5th Ingredient | Yes |
| Sugar-free | Yes | Yes |
| Controversial ingredient-free | Yes | Yes |
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