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Three Foods, One Method

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

These foods are different formats, so cost is shown but not ranked: wet and kibble are priced on very different amounts of water.

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 Instinct Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility Swap Remove 02 Stella & Chewy's Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Swap Remove 03 K9 Natural Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Swap Remove + Add A Food
01 Protein, Dry Matter Higher Is Better 26-32% dm reads typical mainstream. 01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility 38.3% 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% Best in this row 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 44.4%
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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility 18% 17.0% as fed Best in this row 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 13% 0.0% as fed 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 24% 21.5% 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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility 3 of 5 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 3 of 5 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 4 of 5
04 Flagged Additives Level Lower Is Better Matched against the flag list. 01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility None 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility 2 None in the last 3 years 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish None Best in this row
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 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility 17.0% 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0% 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 21.5%
Kcal / Cup 01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility -- 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish 423
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility $39.99 12.8 oz bag, Petco 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file. 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $7.87 16 lb bag, Chewy
Cost / 1,000 Kcal What the same amount of energy costs, so a denser food is not penalized for a higher price per pound. 01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility -- No calorie figure on file. 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file. 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish $4.43
First Five Ingredients 01 Raw Boost RawBoost+ Mixers Tranquility Turkey, Turkey Liver, Pumpkin Seeds, Turkey Heart, Cherries 02 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb Cage-Free Chicken, Chicken Broth, Beef Broth, Pumpkin, Organic Carrots 03 Baked & Coated Wild-Ocean Fish Salmon, Herring, Cod, Whitefish, Dehydrated Herring

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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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