The Comparison
Three Foods, One Method
The same five measures, applied to each food from its own figures.
Open Your Saved Comparison- 01 Nulo FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut Swap Remove
- 02 Nulo FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin Swap Remove
- 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove
| 01 Nulo FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut Swap Remove | 02 Nulo FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin Swap Remove | 03 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove | + Add A Food | |
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| 01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. | 01 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut 43.0% | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin 43.0% | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% Best in this row | |
| 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 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut 24% 22.0% as fed | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin 13% 12.0% as fed Best in this row | 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 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut 4 of 5 | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin 4 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 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut None | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin None | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None | |
| 05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. | 01 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut None Best in this row | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin None 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 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut 22.0% | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin 12.0% | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0% | |
| Kcal / Cup | 01 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut 199 | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin 234 | 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- | |
| First Five Ingredients | 01 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Beef & Coconut Beef, Beef Liver, Coconut, Beef Heart, Dried Beef Bone Broth | 02 FreeStyle True Boost Whole Prey Mixers Chicken & Pumpkin Chicken, Chicken Heart, Chicken Liver, Pumpkin, Dried Chicken Bone Broth | 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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