FERRET FOOD CHART
All Foods are given a ranking in points, and point ranges are divided into tiers. Green Tier: Excellent Foods that a ferret can thrive on.* These all have a minimum of 40% protein. Most of them are grain-free and provide a promise of at least 75% animal ingredients. Blue Tier: Solidly good foods. Most of them meet a ferret's basic requirements for protein and do so without using meat by-products. Orange Tier: A ferret could certainly live on these foods, but I would not personally expect them to thrive. I would recommend switching or mixing with a higher quality food. Red Tier: Foods that I would personally NOT consider to be suitable for a ferret. *note that Epigen cat/dog is an exception that has excellent protein levels, but does not contain enough fat for a ferret to thrive on (it is 11-12% fat) and is thus recommended as a treat or 'mixer' only.
Points Name Type Protein Fat Fiber First 6 ingredients
chicken
58.3 dry 60% 20% 3.5% chicken chicken meal chicken fat gelatin apples Wysong Ferret Epigen giblets 90
56.59 Innova EVO cat and dry 50.2% 22.53% 1.39% turkey chicken meal chicken herring meal chicken fat peas kitten
56.59 dry 50.2% 22.53% 1.39% turkey chicken meal chicken herring meal chicken fat peas Innova EVO ferret
chicken pork protein
55.29 dry 55% 24% 4% poultry fat soybean oil fish oil herring meal Young Again Zero Carb meal concentrate Cat
chicken de-boned de-boned 54.66 dry 48% 18% 1.5% duck meal turkey meal salmon meal Go! Fit and Free meal chicken turkey
Wysong Epigen 90 chicken 54.22 dry 60% 12% 3.5% chicken chicken meal chicken fat gelatin apples [RECOMMENDED AS giblets MIXER ONLY]
deboned deboned 52.62 dry 42.0% 20.0% 2.5% chicken meal turkey meal chicken liver herring meal Orijen Cat chicken salmon
deboned whitefish deboned 51.63 dry 45% 18% 3% herring meal chicken meal peas Wellness CORE Kitten turkey meal chicken
deboned deboned whitefish 51.63 dry 45% 18% 3% chicken meal herring meal peas Wellness CORE cat turkey chicken meal
Wysong Epigen chicken vegetable 50.96 dry 60% 11% 3.5% chicken chicken meal poultry fat egg [RECOMMENDED AS giblets protein MIXER ONLY]
50.1 Natures Variety Instinct dry 40% 20% 2.5% duck meal turkey meal chicken meal herring meal chicken fat tapioca Duck and Turkey
49.59 Instinct Rawboost Duck dry 42% 17% 2.8% duck meal turkey meal chicken meal herring meal chicken fat tapioca and Turkey
chicken chicken
48.72 dry 50% 22% 2.8% chicken fat tapioca salmon meal pumpkin seeds Instinct Rawboost meal flavor Chicken
chicken chicken
48.72 dry 50% 22% 2.8% chicken fat tapioca salmon meal pumpkin seeds Natures Variety Instinct meal flavor Chicken
48.6 Natures Variety Instinct dry 40% 20% 2.4% rabbit meal chicken meal salmon meal herring meal tapioca chicken fat Rabbit
chicken pork protein tomato 48.22 dry 50% 22% 4% poultry fat potato starch herring meal Young Again 50 22 Cat meal concentrate pomace
chicken pork protein
47.22 dry 50% 22% 5% potato starch poultry fat soybean oil grape seed oil Natural Gold Ferret meal concentrate Food
chicken pork protein tomato 47.22 dry 50% 22% 5% poultry fat potato starch cellulose Young Again Ferret meal concentrate pomace
46.12 dry 40% 22% 3% turkey chicken chicken meal rice barley chicken fat Innova Kitten
deboned 45.6 dry 40% 20% 3.5% chicken meal turkey meal potato starch fish meal fish oil BLUE Wilderness Kitten chicken
deboned 45.08 dry 40% 18% 3.5% chicken meal turkey meal potato starch fish meal chicken fat BLUE Wilderness Duck duck
deboned
45.08 dry 40% 18% 3.5% chicken meal turkey meal potato starch fish meal chicken fat BLUE Wilderness chicken Chicken
cracked 45.06 Chicken Soup for the dry 34% 22% 4% chicken chicken meal turkey meal chicken fat pearled white rice Kitten Lovers Soul barley
boneless 44.55 dry 35% 20% 2.5% lamb meal salmon meal russet potato herring meal chicken meal Acana Cat Grasslands lamb
44.06 dry 36% 20% 2.5% turkey chicken meal chicken potatoes egg barley Innova Cat and Kitten
chicken dried potato 44.06 dry 38% 18% 2.5% chicken chicken fat salmon meal natural flavors Serengeti Cat meal product
43.12 dry 42% 20% 3.5% chicken chicken meal peas turkey flaxseed pea fiber Innova PRIME Cat
deboned
43.08 dry 40% 18% 3.5% chicken meal turkey meal potato starch peas chicken fat BLUE Wilderness salmon Salmon
Chicken Dried Egg
42.58 dry 38% 20% 2.8% Brown Rice Chicken Fat Lamb Meal Chicken Digest Drs Foster and Smith Meal Product Ferret
chicken
42.11 dry 45% 16% 3% chicken chicken meal ground rice chicken fat raisin juice 8 in 1 ULTIMATE digest Crunchy
chicken
42.09 dry 37% 22% 1.5% rice flour egg product chicken fat catfish meal wheat flour Path Valley Farm PVF meal Crunchy
Chicken potato 41.59 dry 39% 20% 1.5% turkey meal lamb potatoes peas Felidae pureELEMENTS meal protein
chicken chicken 41.16 dry 46% 20% 3% potatoes canola oil chicken salmon oil Solid Gold Indigo Moon meal flavor
chicken
41.1 dry 40% 20% 2% chicken fat ground wheat wheat flour chicken egg product Zupreem Premium meal Ferret
deboned dehydrated dehydrated 41.04 dry 36.0% 18.0% 3.0% chicken meal turkey meal chicken fat Before Grain Tuna Cat tuna potato sweet potato
deboned dehydrated dehydrated 41.04 Before Grain Chicken dry 36.0% 18.0% 3.0% chicken meal turkey meal chicken fat chicken potato sweet potato Cat
salmon dehydrated dehydrated 41.04 Before Grain Salmon dry 36.0% 18.0% 3.0% chicken meal turkey meal chicken fat meal potato sweet potato Cat
40.06 dry 34% 22% 3% chicken chicken meal brown rice chicken fat oatmeal fish meal Premium Edge Kitten
Professional Kitten 40.06 dry 34% 22% 3% chicken chicken meal ground rice chicken fat pea protein egg product Chicken and Rice Formula
dried egg
40.05 dry 35% 20% 1.75% turkey meal brown rice poultry fat catfish meal rice flour Totally Ferret Turkey product Venison and Lamb
cracked 40.02 dry 34% 18% 3% chicken chicken meal egg product pearled ground rice chicken fat 4Health Cat barley
chicken
39.6 dry 38% 22% 1.5% rice flour egg product chicken fat wheat flour dried beet pulp Triple F Farms Ferret meal Food
chicken wheat chicken by- ground flax 39.59 dry 36% 23% 3% chicken fat brewers rice L Avian Plus Ferret meal middlings product meal seed
chicken
39.52 dry 32.51% 20.48% 1.67% brown rice chicken chicken fat herring meal flaxseed HealthWise Cat N Kitten meal Dry Food
chicken by- 39.06 dry 38% 18% 4% chicken herring meal corn oatmeal cod fish Marshall products
cracked 39 Chicken Soup for the dry 30% 20% 4% chicken chicken meal pearled chicken fat turkey meal white rice Cat Lovers Soul barley
corn protein
38.6 dry 40% 20% 3% chicken chicken meal brewers rice poultry fat fish meal All Living Things Ferret concentrate Daily Diet
chicken & chicken liver vitamins & 38.1 dry 40% 20% 2% chicken whole rice herring meal whole egg Vitalin Ferret & sugar beet minerals meat meal
chicken ground whole corn gluten whole ground 38.08 dry 36% 22% 3% chicken fat herring meal AvoDerm Kitten meal grain corn meal brown rice
Chicken Ground Ground 38.05 dry 35% 20% 3% Chicken Poultry fat Ground Corn Wysong Archetypal-2 Giblets Brown Rice Wheat
pearled 38.04 dry 34% 20% 3.5% duck chicken meal white rice salmon meal chicken fat Fromm Kitten Gold barley
Chicken by- dried egg
37.58 dry 36% 22% 1.5% product Rice flour chicken fat poultry fat wheat flour Totally Ferret Active product Show Pet meal
tomato 37.06 dry 38% 18% 3% chicken chicken meal rice flour canola oil natural flavor Simply Nourish Kitten pomace
chicken
36.54 dry 34% 20% 4% ground barley chicken fat ground oats chicken chicken livers By Nature Kitten meal Formula
chicken ground brown dried beet dried egg 36.54 dry 33% 21% 3% chicken fat catfish meal Lifes Abundance Cat meal rice pulp product
chicken by- 36.51 dry 34% 17% 3% chicken herring meal corn oatmeal cod fish Marshall Senior products
chicken corn gluten 36.33 dry 34% 24% 3.5% rice chicken fat chicken corn Royal Canin Babycat 34 meal meal
ground whole
36.3 dry 36% 19% 3% turkey meal turkey fat fish meal turkey gravy potato protein James Wellbeloved wheat natural ferret food
chicken by- poultry by- dried egg 36.06 Iams Premium dry 34% 22% 3% chicken corn meal animal fat product meal product meal product Protection Kitten
deboned whole ground 36.06 dry 36% 20% 3.5% chicken meal ground barley oatmeal chicken fat BLUE Kitten chicken brown rice
36.02 California Natural Cat dry 36% 16% 1.5% chicken chicken meal brown rice rice chicken fat natural flavors and Kitten food
35.6 dry 38% 22% 3.5% poultry meal poultry fat ground maize dried egg brewers rice dried beet pulp Living World Ferret
cracked Chicken
35.52 dry 32% 20% 2.5% brown rice chicken fat egg product pearled peas Felidae Chicken Meal meal and Rice Formula barley
chicken
35.52 dry 34% 18% 3% chicken brown rice barley oatmeal chicken fat Natural Balance Ultra meal Premium Cat Food
chicken corn gluten 35.29 8 in 1 ULTIMATE Soft- dry 36% 18% 3.6% chicken rice flour soy flour poultry fat meal meal Moist
deboned 35.04 dry 36% 18% 3% chicken meal rice ground barley ground rice chicken fat Wellness Kitten chicken
pearled
35.01 dry 32% 19% 3.5% chicken chicken meal white rice chicken broth sweet potatoes Fromm Chicken A La barley Veg Cat
deboned tomato 34.81 Wellness CORE Cat dry 38% 18% 6% turkey meal peas potato protein canola oil Turkey and Duck turkey pomace Formula
corn protein 34.79 dry 34% 20% 3% chicken chicken meal brewers rice poultry fat ground corn Authority Kitten concentrate
chicken sweet potato
34.6 dry 42% 18% 3% peas chicken fat salmon Zupreem Grain-Free meal potatoes protein Ferret
chicken by- dried beet dried egg 34.58 dry 36% 22% 2.5% chicken corn meal corn grits Eukanuba Kitten product meal pulp product
chicken 34.56 dry 34% 22% 3% rice ground corn chicken fat dried egg beet pulp PRO PAC Cat Kitten meal
chicken by-
34.55 dry 34% 21% 2.5% chicken corn meal corn grits Lamb Brewers Rice Eukanuba Adult Lamb product meal and Rice Formula
ground brown corn gluten 34.54 dry 34% 20% 4% chicken chicken meal corn meal chicken fat Evolve Kitten Formula rice meal
chicken by- dried beet dried egg 34.54 dry 33% 21% 3% chicken corn meal animal fat Iams Kitten product meal pulp product
chicken ground brown anchovy &
34.52 dry 32% 20% 2.8% chicken fat oatmeal flaxseed Holistic Select Cat and meal rice sardine meal Kitten
chicken corn gluten
34.36 dry 43% 18% 3% ground rice chicken fat wheat flour herring meal Nutro Natural Choice meal meal Kitten
chicken menhaden ground 34.04 Prairie Chicken Meal dry 34% 20% 2.5% brown rice oatmeal chicken fat meal fish meal flaxseeds and Brown Rice Medley
chicken deboned whole brown whole white 34.02 dry 32% 20% 2.5% oatmeal chicken fat Go! Refresh and Renew meal chicken rice rice
vegetable
34.01 dry 33% 18% 6.5% chicken eggs pea protein chicken fat peas Halo Spots Stew Grain- broth Free Cat
chicken by- chicken by- dried beet 33.54 dry 36% 18% 4% chicken corn meal cane molasses Marshall Select products product meal pulp
33.53 dry 35% 18% 4% poultry meal fish meal pork fat soy flour kibbled corn dried beet pulp Kaytee FortiDiet Ferret
chicken ground brown corn gluten ground anchovy & 33.3 dry 34% 21% 3.8% chicken fat Eagle Pack Kitten meal rice meal yellow corn sardine meal
chicken sweet 32.85 dry 42% 18% 3% peas chicken fat pea protein potato protein Taste of the Wild feline meal potatoes
chicken ground brown
32.75 dry 32% 18% 3% chicken fat hulless barley chicken soy protein Holistic Blend Chicken meal rice and Salmon Feline
chicken by- corn gluten soybean
32.58 dry 40% 18% 2.5% chicken brewers rice animal fat Purina ONE Healthy product meal meal meal Kitten Formula
poultry by- 32.55 dry 36% 19% 2% product whole wheat chicken fat fish meal turkey meal dried beet pulp Science Selective Ferret meal
corn gluten chicken by-
32.34 dry 41% 18% 3% chicken brewers rice animal fat soybean meal Pro Plan Dry Kitten meal product Food
chicken dried beet 32.04 dry 33% 21% 2.75% brown rice oat groats chicken fat egg product Blackwood Kitten meal pulp
porcine chicken by- corn gluten 31.77 Sunscription Vita Prima dry 36% 16% 4.5% meat and ground corn brewers rice poultry fat product meal meal Ferret bone meal
chicken corn gluten dried whole 31.55 Sheppard and Greene dry 35% 20% 2% ground rice chicken fat ground corn meal meal egg Ferret Food
wheat 30.77 dry 34% 18% 2.5% poultry meal ground wheat chicken fat fish meal soybean meal Browns Zoo Vital Ferret middlings
porcine blood wheat 30.29 Path Valley Farm dry 34% 20% 3.5% poultry meal poultry fat cooked corn soy meal meal middlings Premium
chicken 30.03 dry 35% 18% 2% wheat flour corn meal chicken fat brown rice potatoes Totally Ferret Complete meal
poultry by- dried egg
29.03 dry 34% 19% 3% poultry meal brewers rice ground wheat poultry fat Kaytee Fiesta Max product meal product Ferret
chicken corn gluten 29.03 dry 36% 17% 3.5% brown rice corn chicken fat chicken Royal Canin Kitten 36 meal meal
chicken by- ground whole corn gluten chicken liver 28.83 dry 37% 21% 2.5% product animal fat brewers rice Science Diet Kitten grain corn meal flavor meal
dehulled poultry by-
28.55 dry 35% 20% 3% poultry meal brewers rice poultry fat soybean ground wheat Kaytee FortiDiet Pro product meal Health Ferret meal
28.51 dry 35% 16% 5% poultry meal ground corn fish meal rice pork fat dried beet pulp Kaytee Fiesta Ferret
chicken 28.45 dry 30% 15% 3% ground rice chicken fat papaya pineapple chicken digest Wild Harvest meal
chicken by- dried beet poultry by- 27.97 dry 32% 15% 3% chicken corn meal corn grits Iams Original Chicken product meal pulp product meal
poultry by- porcine ground brown dehulled poultry poultry fat 27.84 dry 38% 20.5% 4% product animal fat Mazuri Ferret rice soybean meal digest (ethoxyquin) meal (BHA)
cracked Chicken 26.52 dry 32% 20% 2.5% brown rice pearled peas millet chicken fat Felidae meal barley
chicken ground yellow corn gluten 25.75 dry 35% 15% 3% brewers rice animal fat corn oil 8 in 1 Ultra meal corn meal
chicken 24.45 dry 30% 15% 3.5% ground corn brown rice wheat flour chicken fat dried beet pulp Blackwood Adult Cat meal
chicken by- corn gluten 23.03 dry 40% 12.5% 4% product brewers rice soy flour animal fat wheat flour Purina Kitten Chow meal meal
chicken by- corn gluten ground yellow soybean 21.51 dry 36% 15% 4.5% product brewers rice beef tallow Meow Mix Kitten meal corn meal meal
spray dried feeding oat 20.9 LM Farms Bonanza dry 30% 10% 5% kibbled corn fish meal poultry meal soy flour animal blood meal Ferret
poultry by- ground yellow corn gluten brewers dried 14.63 Wild Harvest Daily dry 30% 8% 4% product brewers rice chicken fat corn meal yeast Blend meal
animal fish vegetable other *All foods below 8% or above 12% moisture have been converted to kibble matter on this chart