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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 Blue Seal EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula Swap Remove 02 Blue Seal Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 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 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula 27.0% 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 31.5% 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 46.7% Best in this row
02 Carbohydrate Load, Dry Matter Level 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 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula 37% 33.0% as fed 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 37% 33.0% 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 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula 2 of 5 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 2 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 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula None 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley None 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb None
05 Brand Recall History Lower Is Better Manufacturer, not recipe. 01 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula None Best in this row 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 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 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula 33.0% 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 33.0% 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb 0.0%
Kcal / Cup 01 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula 348 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley 378 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb --
Price / Lb Lowest Across Bag Sizes 01 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula -- No price on file. 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley $1.43 35 lb bag, CountryMax 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 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula -- No price on file. 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley $0.83 03 Stella & Chewy’s Wild Red : Whole Prey Chicken & Lamb -- No price on file.
First Five Ingredients 01 EnTrust Sensitive Stomach & Skin Formula Salmon Meal, Brewer’s Rice, Ground Barley, Brown Rice, Chicken Meal 02 Entrust Active Chicken Meal & Barley Chicken Meal, Ground Corn, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat (Mixed Tocopherols Preservative), Corn Gluten Meal 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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