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Three Foods, One Method

The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.

Prices are the lowest per pound we found across bag sizes, from our latest checks. Stores change prices often.

Three Foods, One Method. Each row is one measure; the best figure in a row is marked.
01 Cesar Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs Swap Remove 02 Cesar Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce Swap Remove 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs 50.0% Best in this row 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce 44.4% 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7%
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Lower Is Better Estimated, 6% ash assumed. Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs 11% 0.0% as fed 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce 28% 1.0% as fed 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% as fed
03 Named Proteins In The First Five Count of named animal proteins. The count matches any named animal word in the opening five ingredients, so it also counts animal fats and flavourings as proteins. It is shown because it is one of the five measured lines, but it is too rough to call a winner on. 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs 4 of 5 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce 3 of 5 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs None 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce None 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs 1 None in the last 3 years Best in this row 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce 1 None in the last 3 years Best in this row 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years
Starch, As Fed Estimated, not measured. It is what is left of the guaranteed analysis once protein, fat, fiber and moisture are taken out, with ash assumed at 6%. That leftover is mostly starch but also carries sugars and the fiber a crude-fiber test misses, so read it as a close estimate rather than an exact figure. Measured as fed, the same basis as the bag. 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs 0.0% 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce 1.0% 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs -- 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce -- 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs $5.39 3.5 oz bag, Amazon 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce -- No price on file. 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
Cost / 1,000 Kcal Lower Is Cheaper To Feed What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound. 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs $13.04 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce -- No price on file. 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Classic Loaf in Sauce Grilled Steak & Eggs Beef, pork by-products, chicken liver, chicken broth, water 02 Home Delights Hearty Chicken & Noodle Dinner in Sauce Chicken, Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Liver, Green Beans 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots

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Every figure here is the food's own. Protein and carbohydrate are converted to dry matter so foods of different moisture can be set beside each other; starch is estimated from the guaranteed analysis with ash assumed at 6.0%, and the recall record belongs to the manufacturer rather than to the recipe. Two rows are printed but never marked: the named-protein count, because the detection behind it is too rough to call a winner on, and calories, because neither more nor fewer is better without knowing the dog.

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