Oxbow Essentials Ferret Food vs. Zeal Salmon and Turkey for Cats

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Oxbow has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.55 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Zeal has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Both foods are mostly free of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free.

Oxbow Essentials Ferret Food

Oxbow has a better protein to fat ratio. Zeal's ratio of 1.55 to 1 is too low (too fatty). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

chicken meal chicken chicken fat egg product gelatin rice flour flaxseed meal cassava root flour dried plain beet pulp l-lysine

Zeal Salmon and Turkey for Cats

Zeal has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.

First 10 ingredients:

salmon turkey turkey heart turkey liver bamboo fibre sunflower lecithin krill meal parsley taurine vitamin a

 

Oxbow Essentials Ferret Food

Kibble

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Zeal Salmon and Turkey for Cats

Air-Dried Raw

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Score
B
Score
A+
Food Type Kibble Air-Dried Raw
Meat % Unknown 96%
Protein % 42% 34%
Fat % 20% 22%
Fiber % 3% 4%
Protein to Fat Ratio 2.1 to 1 1.55 to 1
Total Ingredients 20 10
Meat Content 6 total
high concentration, high quality
5 total
high concentration, high quality
Non-Meats 4 total
low concentration
2 total
low concentration
Pea-free Yes Yes
Sugar-free Yes Yes
Controversial ingredient-free Yes Yes
 

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