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Stella & Chewy's Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust

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RECIPES REVIEWED
4
AVG PROTEIN, DM, TOPPERS
43.4%
AVG STARCH, TOPPERS
10%
FDA RECALLS
2
LINE REVIEW

The Stella & Chewy's Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Line, Reviewed

4 recipes, read label by label

This line is built around organ-rich freeze-dried raw meat sold as a topper. Every recipe leads with animal ingredients. The Grass-Fed Beef recipe lists beef, beef liver, beef kidney, beef heart and beef tripe first, and the others open with bacon, duck with ground bone or chicken with ground bone. All four are grain free, none list peas, lentils or potato, and all are labeled for all life stages and all breeds.

Protein ranges from 38% to 48% and fat from 28% to 38%, as fed. Estimated starch is 8% in three recipes and 15.5% in What’s Shak’n Bac’n. Compared with the 266 toppers in our catalog, the line averages 41.3% protein against 18.4%, and 9.9% estimated starch against 11.1%.

The trade-off is density. Calories run from 4,420 to 5,370 kcal per kg, so small amounts add meaningful energy to a bowl, and fat is high across all four recipes. The line comes only in topper format, so there is no kibble or wet version here.

A GOOD FIT FOR
  • Owners adding a high-protein raw topper to a regular meal
  • Owners who prefer recipes without grain, peas, lentils or potato
  • Rotating proteins across beef, pork, duck, turkey and chicken
WORTH KNOWING
  • Every recipe is calorie dense, from 4,420 to 5,370 kcal per kg.
  • Fat runs high, from 28% to 38%, with Duck Duck Goose at the top.
  • What’s Shak’n Bac’n lists bacon first and has 15.5% estimated starch, against 8% in the other three recipes.

Stella & Chewy's Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Toppers 4 recipes

Recipe Protein Fat Starch Kcal / cup First ingredients
Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Cage-Free Chicken Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw 48% 28% 8% 60 Chicken with Ground Bone, Chicken Liver, Chicken Gizzard
Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Grass-Fed Beef Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw 41% 35% 8% 56 Beef, Beef Liver, Beef Kidney
Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust What’s Shak’n Bac’n Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw 38% 34% 15.5% 4,760 Bacon, pork, pork liver
Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Duck Duck Goose Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw 38% 38% 8% 60 Duck with ground bone, turkey, turkey liver
Line average 41.3% 33.8% 9.9% 1,234

All figures as fed, from the guaranteed analysis on each label. Starch is our estimate, since no bag prints it. Highest in the line is marked in bold, lowest in italics.

Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Cage-Free Chicken Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

48% protein · 28% fat · 8% starch · 60 kcal/patty · All Life Stages

Most protein in the lineLeast fat in the lineFewest calories in the line

Cage-Free Chicken is the only chicken recipe in the line, with the most protein (48%), the least fat (28%) and the fewest calories (4,420 kcal per kg). Pumpkin seed and organic cranberries appear in its first five ingredients, and it suits owners who want the leanest topper here.

Full review of Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Cage-Free Chicken Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Grass-Fed Beef Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

41% protein · 35% fat · 8% starch · 56 kcal/patty · All Life Stages

The Grass-Fed Beef recipe uses beef as its only animal protein, with beef, beef liver, beef kidney, beef heart and beef tripe as its first five ingredients. At 41% protein, 35% fat and 8% estimated starch, it suits owners who want a single-protein beef topper.

Full review of Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Grass-Fed Beef Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust What’s Shak’n Bac’n Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

38% protein · 34% fat · 15.5% starch · 4,760 kcal/kg · All Life Stages

Most starch in the lineOnly topper here with pork

What’s Shak’n Bac’n is the only recipe in the line with pork, opening with bacon, pork and pork liver before beef liver and beef kidney. It has the most estimated starch here at 15.5%, with 38% protein and 34% fat, and suits owners who want a pork-led topper.

Full review of Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust What’s Shak’n Bac’n Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Duck Duck Goose Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

38% protein · 38% fat · 8% starch · 60 kcal/patty · All Life Stages

Most fat in the lineMost calories in the lineOnly topper here with duck

Duck Duck Goose is the only recipe here with duck and turkey, and it also lists goose among its first five ingredients. It has the most fat (38%) and the most calories (5,370 kcal per kg) in the line, so it suits owners who want a rich poultry topper and can account for its calories.

Full review of Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Duck Duck Goose Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw

Questions About Stella & Chewy's Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust

Is Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust grain free?

Yes. All four recipes, What’s Shak’n Bac’n, Grass-Fed Beef, Duck Duck Goose and Cage-Free Chicken, are grain free, and none list peas, lentils or potato.

Which Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust recipe has the most protein?

Cage-Free Chicken has the most protein at 48% as fed. Grass-Fed Beef follows at 41%, and What’s Shak’n Bac’n and Duck Duck Goose both show 38%.

Which Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust recipe has the fewest calories?

Cage-Free Chicken has the fewest calories at 4,420 kcal per kg, and it also has the least fat at 28%. Duck Duck Goose has the most at 5,370 kcal per kg.

All recipes

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DEEP DIVE

Inside The Stella & Chewy's Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Range

Across 4 recipes we review

Protein is close to the average topper we review (43.4% on a dry matter basis).

75% of recipes lead with a meat, fish or egg ingredient (89% across the site).

100% of recipes are grain-free.

NUTRITION

How The Range Measures Up

this range, lowest to highest its average average of all 3,205 foods we review

Protein, dry matter 43% 40% to 51%
15%site avg 45%50%
Fat, dry matter 36% 30% to 40%
5%site avg 18%30%
Starch, as fed 10% 8% to 16%
10%site avg 11%60%

Starch is our estimate from the guaranteed analysis, since no manufacturer prints it. How we work it out

INGREDIENTS

What Goes In The Bowl

Beef 50% 20%
Chicken 25% 56%
Turkey 25% 20%
Pork 25% 11%
Duck 25% 8%

Share of recipes that list each animal protein as an ingredient, not counting oils, fats or flavorings. Useful if your dog has a food sensitivity.

Ingredients Some Owners Avoid

By-products 0% 13%
Artificial colors 0% 1%
Chemical preservatives 0% 9%
Corn 0% 15%
Wheat 0% 13%
Soy 0% 10%

These are not unsafe. They are listed because readers ask about them.

LIFE STAGE
  • All Life Stages4
BREED SIZE
  • All Breeds4
SPECIAL DIETS
  • Grain-free (no wheat, corn, rice, barley or oats)4
Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Cage-Free Chicken Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw Dog Food Topper MOST PROTEIN Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Cage-Free Chicken Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw Dog Food Topper 50.5% dry matter Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Grass-Fed Beef Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw Dog Food Topper LEAST STARCH Stella & Chewy’s Marie’s Magical Dinner Dust Grass-Fed Beef Recipe Freeze-Dried Raw Dog Food Topper 8% as fed
RECALL HISTORY // STELLA & CHEWY'S

2 FDA Recalls On Record

DEC 11, 2015
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES

Pet Food, Frozen Dinner Morsels

JUL 5, 2015
LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES

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