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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 Pedigree Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken Swap Remove 02 Pedigree Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon 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 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken 36.4% 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon 44.4% 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 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken 23% 1.0% as fed 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon 19% 0.0% 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 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken 2 of 5 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon 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 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken None 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon None 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken 5 2 in the last 3 years 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon 5 2 in the last 3 years 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 2 None in the last 3 years 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 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken 1.0% 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon 0.0% 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken -- 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon -- 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken $1.63 1.4 lb bag, PetSmart 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon -- 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 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken $1.88 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon -- No price on file. 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 Chopped Ground Dinner Adult Pouch, Chicken Chicken, Sufficient Water For Processing, Meat By-Products, Animal Liver, Minerals (Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Potassium Iodide) 02 Choice Cuts IN Gravy Adult Pouches, Grilled Chicken & Filet Mignon Sufficient Water for Processing, Chicken, Meat By-Products, Pork Liver, Beef 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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