Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets vs. Zeal Chicken for Cats

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Burgess has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Burgess has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Zeal 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. Zeal's ratio of 1.29 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Burgess has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

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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%

Zeal Chicken for Cats

Zeal has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.

First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken tender chicken liver yeast extract dicalcium phosphate natural flavor bamboo fiber pumpkin powder parsley calcium carbonate

 

Burgess Excel Ferret Nuggets

Kibble

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Zeal Chicken for Cats

Air-Dried Raw

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Score
C
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Air-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 96%
Protein % 38% 36%
Fat % 20% 28%
Fiber % 1% 5%
Protein to Fat Ratio 1.9 to 1 1.29 to 1
Total Ingredients 14 16
Meat Content 4 total
low quality
6 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 2 total
low concentration
3 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 
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